May 9/09 We leave Santorini after dropping off our ATV's (Sad days...) today. Our hostel owner drives us to the ferries (the island is so small, so pick up and dropoff services are offerred by ALL hostels! soooo convenient!), and i am happy to announce that WE DID NOT MISS IT! yay! We pay a very sketchy 56 cents "port tax", which is collected by 3 casually dressed guys sitting on a bench (SKETCHY), then go onto our "Flying Cat" ferry to Myonos. After a nauseating 2 hour journey, we were there! I automatically see the difference between Santorini and Mykonos. The houses were ALL WHITE! No pastel coloured buildings were seen, but what can only be described as little white sugar cubed houses with brighly coloured doors and window frames. I definitely abused the "colour ... read more

HUGE BLOG ALERT. May want to take breaks. ---- May 7/09. Today was a BIG day! We paid for a tour to Nea Kameni (a volcano island), Palea Kameni (hot springs), Thirassia island (small port town), and Oia (most beautiful town in Santorini, seen in sisterhood of the travelling pants 1 AND 2). BUT Karen is SUPER sick with a fever, so unfortunatley she had to stay back at the hostel. We get picked up by a large tour bus, then off we go. We head to the port via a sloping, winding, small road - half petrified at crushing oncoming, smaller cars, and half fascinated @ the driver's nerve and skill, we find ourselves safe @ the port. We then board the boat ("I'm on a boat!"), and we take off to Nea Kameni. Quick ... read more

Sooooo we're in Santorini now (SO GORGEOUS), but Karen has a wicked fever, so we're staying in tonight to keep her company since she missed out on a whole day of fun.. =( SO i'll just quickly update you guys on the rest of the Atens Adventures... ---- Today was a HUGE day. Since we only had one day to see all of Athens, we hauled ass! We were up adn out at 10AM., and off we were to the Acropolis. OUr hostel was at teh center of everything, so getting to the Acropolis tookl ess than a half hour's walk. Even though we got lost on uor way, the path we got lost on was beautiful! Narrow streets, steep hills lined with Greek buildings, plants and quaint restaurants with tables sprawled out onto the street, ... read more

Hey all! so it's my third day into the trip - and i'm exhausted, but having a great time! i'm in athens right now - buuuut, since i've only written stuff in my little journal about london, you guys only get to hear about london! you lucky little things you! enjoy! (i wrote most of this on the plane ride to athens - and now i have 15 minutes of internet time to type it all up! yay!) ---- So here's the beginning of our Eurotrip! I'm super psyched to be here with 4 of my closest friends and am ready to get started and share my adventures with you alL! So where to start?First thing is, of course, the plane ride! To get to Heathrow airport, Michelle and I flew via AIR INDIA. was. awesome. ... read more

here's my England stories now! ----- so i know that since i'm not backpacking anymore, you guys are sad that i haven't written anymore blogs! SO, to make u guys less sad, here's my ENGLAND blogs! I'll write it in point form, since i know u guys love to read my point form blogs (u lazy asses). so here is what i learned/experienced here in ENGLAND! - pylons are not pylons here in england. pylons here are telephone/electricity poles. pylons are called cones here. interesting. - i ate spotted dick. and it was good. now before you guys think i've become some weird little...weird person, i'll explain. spotted dick is a popular english dessert. It's basically a raisin muffin surrounded by custard. apparently the muffin is traditionally made with animal fat. mm... - i like custard. ... read more