The local people of Oia Santorini

For the respect of privacy i haven't used their faces in this piece as i haven't asked them for the rights to You might ask  why an old boat but this represents the generations of the pass as 80% of the village in Oia has a connection to the sea (Fishermen or Captains).

 Take my word they have made me feel part of their community.as with every community in the world you show who you are by what you do in your everyday life style and i love that i could have tea sorry coffee in papayiannis the now retired  priest 's house and chat about my life and family and even a little about religion.The local young  people of Oia are changing as the years go by and now becoming more involved in tourism opening up shops and involved in the behind scenes such as electricians and plumbers.( which is lovely as it is their village and island and have studied to get the qualifications by living in Athens,Piraeus or Crete).Their parents have and are involved a lot from the early days of tourism in the development of Oia such as the nursery school,  kinder garden school and their primary school which nearly closed due to children going to the school in fira until the mayor of Oia requested they return back and now it is lovely to see the teenagers  that i remember when i first arrived  are now the parents at the local schools standing outside the school gates.

My favourite moments of Oia are when you walk into the village or when im working they will stop and say hi and ask how or what am i doing  and taking an interest in my life .Or when their is a community gathering i see the welcome on their faces and for it must be 10 years now where some of the ladies are joking about me having to marry a local gentleman so his sister can marry hahaha .  

Need to go just now but will add more to this post over time as there is so much to write about the people of Oia