It is a hard life...

Petros M. Nomikos conference center in Fira, Santorini is a very nice medium capacity facility (~ 200 for the main room, which we are filling)

Well worth a visit, if you're planning a small meeting.

I forgot to bring my camera, but MacPro has a small built in web-cam...

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View to Firastefani west from the conference center. Main town center of Fira is east of the conference center, about 10 minutes walk along the cliff - everything, except the beach, is about 10 minutes walk, depending on your walking speed on the vertical...

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Caldera from the conference center balcony to the west, at sunset.

The conference center also includes a small archeological museum of the wall paintings found at the Akrotiri dig, the only(?) remnants of the Atlantean pre-eruption culture.
Need to stop in there this afternoon.

Very hot here this week, temperatures over 40C (100+F) each day so far, but supposed to be cooler for the rest of the week - this is exceptional heat, setting records, barely getting any cooling with the sea breeze at night.

Nice island, but I don't think I'll make it to the beach - too hot for someone raised in the arctic at mid day, and that is the only time I have with my schedule committments. Will just have to come back some other time - ocean does look nice and inviting and cool from up here on the caldera cliff.

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