Blogs from Ios, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 2

Holy crap we slept in until 2:30pm! After we finally dragged ourselves up, we went to the upper pool and talked to a couple from Melbourne who was on a five week holiday – I’m jealous again! After a bit we went down to the beach and bought two floats to use in the ocean. We sat on the end of the beach right near the hotel, the water was calm and the water’s edge was nice and sandy as far out as you could walk. Steve and I took a walk all the way down the street to the Far Out Club and on the way saw a really cool restaurant covered with camouflage netting. It had hammocks and couches to sit on and raised platform tents. We decided we should go back there for ... read more

I have never been to such a superficial place as Ios in my travels. Some places you go yeah fair enough but this is like if you are a solo traveller no one really wants you to tag along. When I first started talking to people they’d ask “Are you on your own? Shit good luck! You really need to be part of a group to enjoy this place.” At this point I didn’t say I had just turned 30, 5 days earlier. I have mentioned on the first blog entry for JP 5 that I am actually 24. This is based on my theory that you are only as old as how many birthdays you’ve had in your native country. But since I am half Greek a birthday in Athens should see me gain a ... read more

Yasu! From alicja Last night we spent on the beach (again)! Straight after breakfast we went swimming and Patrick and Dad went spearfishing. They came back with a surpise - they had caught a crayfish!!! We have to give all of the credit to Patrick who spotted it hiding under some rocks- pretty impressive! Despite some of our (mine and tosia's!) early fears of it biting us, once it was cooked it didn't really pose any potential threat. :P We returned to the place we are staying in and after lunch went for a swim in the afternoon at Valmas beach. While having fun splashing about, mum went for a frappe and then gave in to the water. Later in the day we went for a lovely dinner with some friends: Dimitri, Katie, Elena and Stelios. ... read more

Hi guys, Alicja here! We haven’t written in the blog for days, partly because we have been so busy, and partly because until now our search for an internet connection has been unsuccessful. We are currently in Greece. We arrived on Friday, after 2 days of travelling. On Friday we were too tired to go for a swim far from the hotel. However on Saturday it was dad’s birthday (happy birthday!!!!!!!!) so he chose, typically, to sleep in Kabaki, the beach where we own land (which, if I may say, is pretty nice!). So we spent the night in the ‘house’ we have devised, a.k.a a military tent. But I’m not saying it wasn’t fun- we made dinner on the fire, ate birthday cake and fish that dad caught, had late swims, looked at the stars ... read more

So I just concluded a 17 hour ferry ride from Patras to Bari and am just waiting for my 9 hour ferry from Bari to Dubrovnik which departs this evening at 10pm. Since there is absolutely nothing to do in Bari, I thought that this would be the perfect time to update the ol' blogsky, as I have been neglecting it since we left Naples. Our first stop was in Corfu, and I was told by everyone who has been there lately to go to the Pink Palace. Full of debauchery and young travellers, we were guaranteed a good time. Apparently, however, this has been the quietest summer in years and so the bar and hostel in general was at about 25 percent capacity. Nonetheless, it was nice to relax, drink cheap booze and meet people ... read more