Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Santorini Island, Greece

I first heard of this beautiful place from the hit movie Mamma Mia and was instantly attracted to it. No, it's not only because it's extremely beautiful and scenic, but also because of its intriguing story behind how this little island actually come about!

"Santorini is essentially what remains of an enormous volcanic explosion, destroying the earliest settlements on what was formerly a single island, and leading to the creation of the current geological caldera"
-vis Wikipedia.org

It is also worthy to note that before the name Santorini came about, which is reference to St. Irene, this island was actually named as Kallístē which literally means "the most beautiful one".
Interesting, no? Ü I sure thought it was!

Before I end, I'll leave you guys with a few panoramic views of the breathtakingly beautiful island. Until then, I shall dream away.

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3 comments:

  1. I think it was featured in travel and living astro channel before. It is definitely a nice place for a vacation.

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  2. Greece has many beautiful places <3
    Missing it, hope i can go back there once again in the future :) maybe together with you ;)

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  3. @Willie: Yes yes it was featured as one of the must travel to places in the world!

    @Lucia: Oh yeah!! I remember, u visited Greece before.. remember the picture u had on your avatar when we first met??? :D

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