Greece is the backyard of Europeans. Due to its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, numerous islands on the sea, and monuments of civilization everywhere, it has become a holiday paradise for Europeans. Famous islands are Crete, Mykonos, Santorini, etc. Located on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, the cradle of ancient Greek civilization, the Aegean Sea has been changed to the "Sea of Love" by the worshippers of Aegean religion, and the ancient myths are giving way to the romance of the new age.
Santorini is a famous island and an island of romance, sought after by people in love as a paradise for romantic and leisurely love time. It is a volcanic island, the vegetation is not good, and when you come to Santorini by sea cruise, you first have to take a bus along the cliff road to the top of the mountain, and as far as the eye can see, it is barren: the vegetation on the island is sparse and bald;The land was grayish, red, grayish, and very ugly. However, when the car came to the small town of Oia, which stood on the cliff, it was a completely different scene: the town was full of white houses, full of churches with white walls and blue roofs, when the afterglow of the sunset fell on the town, sitting in the cliff hotel of the town, drinking wine made from the island's own white grapes, watching the sailboats shuttling in the Mediterranean, at this time, the sunset was about to sink, the sea was a golden light, and slowly, the sun slowly sank into the sea ...... little by littleWhen the sunset is completely submerged in the sea and the sky is dark, you take a sip of sweet wine and you will feel that this moment of life is not in vain.
European wines have a long history of winemaking, and the quality varies depending on the origin, vintage, and winemaking process. But Santorini's wines are very good: bright red in colour, sweet on the palate, and have won several international awards.
Santorini has a red sand beach, and the sand gets its name from the red color. When I came to the red beach, I saw couples on the beach, and I guess most of them came to Santorini for their honeymoon. The smell of happiness fills the air, and this sense of happiness is transmitted to me, making me feel happy too. The violinist was playing a cheerful tune with his back to the Mediterranean, the orange sun was shining on the sea, the sea was rolling behind him, the wind blowing from the sea was refreshing, the music was light and bright, and I felt a great beauty hit me, and I was intoxicated, as if the whole time and space had melted into the sound of his violin. I thought he was just a street artist, but I picked up the disc in front of him and looked at it, and found that this artist was still quite famous in the local area, only to realize that he had come here not to sell art, but to pursue a romantic artistic realm that was in harmony with nature, and I really admired him.
I visited the ordinary people on the island and saw that the ordinary people on the island have very nice houses, basically all of them are garden villas, and the villas are built with beautiful swimming pools - maybe it has something to do with Santorini being a famous tourist resortIt is said that in the summer months of June and July every year, ordinary Greek citizens take a break from work and go out for a family vacation – which shocked me: Greece, as a middle-income country in Europe, is not wealthy, but the economic conditions are still so rich, and the lifestyle is still so exciting, how can I not be ashamed as a citizen of a large country that is developing rapidly?
With small waves, blue skies and clear waters, and numerous ports, the Mediterranean Sea was once the center of world civilization before the rise of Britain and the United States on both sides of the Atlantic. Around the Mediterranean, empires rose or fell: Assyria, Persia, Macedonia, Carthage, Rome, the Arab Empire, Ottoman Turkey, ......Heroes set in the Mediterranean, wrote epic poems one after another: Cyrus, Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Caliph, Sultan of Türzi, Napoleon, ......However, the achievements of the heroes were built with the bones of the common people, and in those magnificent times, when the flames of war burned, the holy Santorini was probably reduced to ashes;**The sound of the violin will also be annihilated in the rumbling cannon, faint and inaudible;And what about the romance of lovers?It will be replaced by the howls of women and children......
Standing on the reef of the Mediterranean, thinking back on history, looking at the end of the horizon, imagining the scene of the enemy on the sea, the warships were lined up, and the people fled in terror, I suddenly realized the rare and precious peace and freedom.