I met my wife, Kelly, when I first received a taste of true happiness. She has filled my life with complete and utter joy. There isn't a moment that passes that I don't wish to spend more time with her, and give her all that wants, needs, and desires.
Below is a piece of our Grecian Honeymoon to help all understand the power & grandness of love.
This picture was taken on a catamaran traveling inside the volcano of Santorini. We arrived to this romantic island by water ferry from the island of MyKonos. This Island holds a few small town on top of it's volcanic crest 5000 feet or so up. The volcanic hill sides are covered in homes that are literally dug into the hill. It is majestic how the white washed Greek home roll across the crest of this volcano.
The day after our arrival and new introduction to a terrific Grecian fare, Santorini Tomato Fritters, we headed to the opposite side of the island to meet our private boat and crew for a afternoon of swimming, boating and dining. After meeting our new friendly Aussy Captain and deck hand we set sail for 3 beaches. Santorini is the only place in the world that has 3 different type of sand beaches, a white, a red, and black sand beach that are literally a couple of miles apart. Quite remarkable really. Truth be told, we 'forgot' our swim suits thinking this was simply a dinner cruise so when we were given our itinerary we were a little shocked. We decided that we would probably not be swimming. We pulled into the first stop, a cascading slope of bleached white sand cliff side flowing into a seemingly abandoned beach area. Kelly and I looked at each other with nobody in sight for miles (except our crew) and tore or clothes off and jumped into the 70+ degree Aegean Sea. After floating for a period of time and having explored rock formations in utter bliss, we headed back to our floating romantic vessel. Off we went, being served terrific Sauvignon Blanc, we laughed at the carefree spirit for which we just partaken in.
Shortly after our laugh we pulled into the black sand beach. Well, holding nothing back in this post- we dropped our towels for another dip into Poseidon's front porch. Diving down to grasp handfuls of black volcanic sand we couldn't help but have a grin from ear to ear, amazed by the vastness of our isolation. Back to the boat we went, for another glass of wine and off we went to beach number 3, the red sand beach. At the Red sand beach we decided to pass on the dip and instead had another glass of vino.
Our last leg of our water journey took a little detour to the center of Santorini's volcano. There is a little island of newer bedrock that holds a sulfur hot spring bubbling up 100+ degree sulfur. Sulfur is known to be very good for your skin no matter how bad it tastes. To get to the center of the spring it was about a 1/4 mile swim. This small island was deep black basalt, coated with sulfur and with hundreds of names cut into the rock. The deeper back, the less names appeared. 'Did we come all the way across the world to pass on the opportunity to feel the center of the world?' Hell no. I dove in head first to see how much sulfur I could handle. It was a once in a lifetime experience, to feel so much raw power coating your body and gliding deeper to the source with the one you love. It was at the heart of things, so delicate and entrancing. A sense of exuberance filled both of our minds with not only excitement, but also a dash of fear.
After our swim back and shower, (sulfur is VERY potent) our lovely crew had fresh squid and pork on the grill for us. We dined the night away basking in our love for each other. This what life is about, sharing such once in a lifetime experiences with the one you love and realizing that love. Feeling such strong and differing emotions, only to have pure content and happiness with your best friend. It has a profound effect on the mind, body and soul.
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