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Hello all, After spending a week in Dundee with our family we headed down to Newcastle, I dont think I have been sober since. We decided to stay on with Sharon and try and find jobs so I can actually get back to Canada and Pamela will be ok in London. We will be heading down to London as soon as we have enough money and staying with our good friend Marcy, who we met up with last week in Newcastle (if you are reading this helloooo Marcy!). When I get back to Canada I think I will be checking in with the Canadian version of the betty ford clinic, I seem to making up for the last 4 1/2 years I have been away. Newcastle has really changed and gone more upmarket than when I ... read more

Hello, it was a lot colder up here than Rome so we had to go shopping for warmer clothes and get rid of some of our summer stuff. We had a day trip to Sienna and went to the market there and got some really good bargains. We lost Pin Pin as she loves to shop and was in there for hours so me and Pamela went to look at the Cathedral. Pamela hates shopping so was happy to get away from the market I love a good bargain so I could of stayed there for a while but thought I better see some of the sights. We used the lonely planet guide (which I am ready to burn when we have stopped travelling) and found this nice pub in the main square which had a ... read more

Greetings, Arrived safely but tired, the ferry from Santorini was fine and we sunbathed on the deck. The train was a bit different though and had a bit of a time trying to get a ticket, and then got shouted at a few times by passengers and conductors on the train because we are a bit dim and should have really learnt some Greek. Our hotel is erm... cheap and I am sure there is blood in the corner of the room but it is just for sleeping and storing our bloody backpacks. Great shops here but no money so we are just looking. Tried to make it to Halkidilki beach but dont really want to talk about it, anyway we got to a beach but dont know where it was. We lay on some sun ... read more

Hello all, well we finally made it to Ios and the place we are staying (Francescos) is nice and the people are really friendly and helpful. Had a welcome shot at the bar at 10pm then headed out to the Orange bar (which played Indie and rock music) got very drunk and had a good time, the people who owned the Pub were really nice (a brit lady and and a Greek bloke)and got some free malteser shots and they even walked us home so we were ok! Kept requesting metallica 'wherever we may roam' and we were headbanging all night (we managed to sprain our necks). The next day was a bit of a write off but we managed to make it to the beach. I cant believe how friendly the local people are here ... read more

Hey up all, We are relaxing in beautiful Paros until the 17th then we move on to Ios next which is a party island, it is pretty quiet here but nice and loads of good beaches. Me and Pamela have named ourselves the Albino twins (or the pasty's) as we are the palest people here and we are scaring some of the local children. Since we are the only pasty's here everyone thinks we are twins. Spent a lot of time lying around on different beaches along the coast, the best one so far is called golden beach. Eating lots of pasta (in the apartment) and ice cream (thanks for the cabbage tip though :-) I may yet try it). The champagne of fizzy orange Fanta is everywhere, have tried all the flavours. Also eating Greek ... read more