Monday, September 17, 2012

22 Weeks: More baby bump photos from Greece

After spending about one week on the island of Crete, we took another ferry north to Santorini.  The island of Santorini is a ring of cliffs that remains from a volcano explosion, actually multiple explosions over the past hundreds of years.  In this photo, we are on the still-active volcano in the center of the caldera.  The volcano last erupted in the 1950's.  During a portion of our hike, we observed sulphuric gas coming out of some of its rocks.  Off in the distance, the white on top of the cliff is Fira - a main city on Santorini.  Oh, and we took a pirate ship to get to the volcano - quite the adventurous day for our little one!
This is a picture of me in our "cave" residence.  The majority of the hotels are built into the sides of the cliffs - a very unique but fun lodging experience.  We thought this would be a fun photo to take for comparison sake to the 10 week photo posted back in June.  I feel like the baby grew a lot on this trip!  Hopefully not just the result of all the yummy vacation indulgences :)

Our first night in Oia, we were lucky to be "upgraded" to a "cave house" with private outdoor jacuzzi.  We arrived with enough time to put on our suits and enjoy the famous Santorini sunset from our balcony.  With the rush of our daily adventures, mommy and baby finally had some time to just relax.

This was our last night out in Oia before leaving Santorini for home the next morning.  I think this particular evening, baby got to enjoy some delicious caramel chocolate cake after a wonderful dinner - yum!