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*Stairs to the Deep Blue Sea

So I slept in one morning after the night before, if you know what I mean, and the sun had already climbed into the sky spraying the island with the soft promise of the heat to come.

 

The streets were surprisingly empty so I took advantage and wandered with my 2nd favorite friend, if you know what I mean, and found these stairs spilling down into the beautiful deep blue of the Aegean Sea.

 

This was the Santorini I dreamed of: waking up to: sunshine and the deepest hues of the ocean that filled a long extinct volcano.

 

Whenever I travel to a location for the first time, I realize I am sharing this with millions of kindred souls but it doesn't matter. This is the first time for me. This is the lightning rod that makes me want to travel more... and so I do.

 

Although the eye is besieged with so many details, I still liked to come to this spot before breakfast, before the crowds, before the heat of the day when photographs are difficult to harness and we are forced to drink the beer fast! But that is still hours away.

 

So I captured this image while it was still young and last night became today and we drove our ATV to the beaches and relaxed where the sands arrive in a rainbow of colors.

 

You should come, maybe take a photograph you will always remember.

 

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Uploaded on June 23, 2020
Taken on September 13, 2009