About Santorini

I could say a lot about Santorini. I will try to stick to the basics -my own basics. I have been to Santorini in every season and in every note of the love stave, if I can call it that way. In my four journeys, I was quite in love, crazy in love, barely in love (imagine, it was the same woman of the second journey) and the fourth time, married. So, I had the chance to see the island in every phase.
It goes without saying that Santorini is a rather touristic island; a multi-filmed island; an island ideal for cruise tourists. A rich island –and an island for the rich, fortunately not just for them. Because at the same time, it is an island that keeps its magic and mystery. Not like before, but it does. Thirty years ago, when I first went there, there was just magic and mystery...
(text from the 52 eyelands book, the photo goes back to the '8Os, i have no idea who the girl is)

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ABOUT SANTORINI'S BLACK OUT

From: enet.gr- EnetEnglish.gr

Ministers fly to Santorini following new blackout

Updated At: 20:50 Friday 16 August 2013

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras asked two of his ministers to sort out issues on the island of Santorini, where power outages were continuing for a fourth consecutive day on Friday

Interior Minister Yannis Michelakis and Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni arrived in Santorini on Friday as power outages on the island were continuing for a fourth consecutive day.

Santorini and its neighbouring Thirasia have been experiencing power outages since Tuesday afternoon, when a fire at the island's power station caused a blackout that lasted for several hours.

Apart from Michelakis and Kefalogianni, also ordered to the island by the premier were PPC managing director Arthouros Zervos and Hellenic Tourism Organisation (EOT) general secretary Panos Leivadas, who attended a meeting at the town hall together with the island’s mayor Anastasios-Nikolaos Zorzos and local authorities.

Following the meeting, Michelakis said that power would be fully restored by Saturday at the latest.

The Public Power Corporation (PPC) had initially assessed that power would be fully restored by Wednesday night, but different areas were still being supplied in rotation throughout Thursday, before a new blackout left the island without power.

The island's mayor said on Thursday that the municipality was planning to file a complaint against anyone responsible for the ongoing electricity problems. “It's time some people took responsibility for their actions,” Zorzos said in a statement.

According to PPC spokesman Kimon Stergiotis Thursday night's blackout was due to a breakdown in a power condenser.

Sources within PPC told AMNA news agency on Friday that efforts were being made to fully restore power by the end of the day.

They stressed however that hindering efforts were rough seas that delayed the arrival of auxiliary generators from Piraeus and other islands, as well as the difficulty of transporting and setting up the generators. 

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