As we look at romance this week I was reminded of this restaurant in Chania on the island of Crete. If flowers are romantic then this restaurant would be a great place [...]

What’s wrong with this picture? This is the front door to a restaurant in Santorini. But where is the restaurant? Because the towns on Santorini are often built on cliffs this door [...]

Visit Santorini with the Amateur Traveler: This video which is the 4th and final video of Santorini shows the various beaches of Santorini. We look at Red Beach, Perrisa and Kamari. The [...]

This beautiful cafe in Rethymno (or Rethymnon) Crete is a familiar scene for me. I love sidewalk cafes. I think because I grew up in a town that was always so cool [...]

Visit Santorini, Greece with the Amateur Traveler: This is the 3rd of 4 videos on the island and it shows video from a boat tour to the volcano in the center Santorini. [...]

Visit Santorini (Thira) with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows goes on a road trip to the tip of the crescent shaped island to the picturesque town of Io. At sunset Io [...]

Visit Santorini (Thira) with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows arriving in Santorini on a ferry, the view from the lighthouse on the southern tip of the crescent shaped island, the town [...]

Visit the National Museum of Archeology in Athens, Greece with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows the sculpture and other exhibits highlighting Minoan, Mycenaean, Archaic Greece, Classical Greece, Helinistic and Roman styles [...]

Visit Athens with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows the ruins of the ancient Agora which was the marketplace which is now surrounded by the picturesque neighborhoods of Plaka and Monastiraki. Monastiraki [...]

If you have seen pictures of Santorini (the Greeks who live there call it Fira) at the travel agency you could be excused if you thought it was too beautiful to be [...]