As i wandered though the small streets an shops at the heart of Fira, Santorini's main town, I didn't actually have it mind to buy anything. I was looking for a dinner place, I had already lost the shopping urge (yeah right), and most things were too expensive anyway. Most of the shops were selling jewelry that I was dying to buy, if one piece hadn't cost as much as the budget of my entire trip.
Then I stumbled into a gift shop called
Gorgona, attracted by the beautiful glass pieces at the window especially by a glass lady in orange and yellow that I had seen displayed there. I almost walked away until the shop owner brought out another piece, this glass lady detailed with the black Santorini lava and white gold. Each piece is unqiue, and this was made by an artist named Efrosini who lives and works in Naoussa, one of the biggest cities in Greece after Athens. After furiously computing in my head, I paid for and her shipped to Malaysia...I didn't dare carry her along with me.
I wondered what made me like her so much when my usual color palette are the lighter turquoise and gold shades when I realized she reflected the colors of the gorgeous Santorini sunset.
One of the funniest sights that greeted me on my Italy trip was my first view of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, accompanied by scores of people posing to pretend that they were hugging/kicking/supporting/kissing/lifting/holding/etc it. There are natural habitats for camwhores after all!
