Blogs from Ios, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 4

Well ive straightened out my travel plans. ill fill you in as we go, but for now, i leave ios on tuesday for syrios. its another island to the north. from there im going to samos, which is an island just off the coast of turkey. thats about all i have together at this point. ive truley enjoyed my time here on ios. today i rented a scooter and explored the whole island. got to see the tomb of Homer, i neat castle overlooking the sea, and lots of beautiful beaches. had a proper greek meal at this little family restraunt on the other side of the island, and made it home unscaved. but know im ready for some real cultural exploration again. its really why im here. partying is getting old and im want the ... read more

We made it to Ios last night, and its as fantastic as everybody says. We got up yesterday at half 5 packed up and jumped on the metro. took that to the port town of pireaus and hustle our way onto a 7:30 ferry to ios. as we approuched the island after seven hours on the ferry, i noticed that we were going around the island on the wrong side. between my compass and my map i was able to determine which island was ios, and that we were in fact headed first to santorini and then back to ios, thus making or journey ten hours instead of the seven the woman in the travel office told us. Once of the ferry we found a bloke that was from the hotel we booked and he rode ... read more

Hello! so, we are now into our final week, and the thought of coming home is not a pleasant one! obviously it will be nice to see everyone, but a british summer is not an appealing thought. anyway, what have been up to since i last added to this. Well we are now on Ios, which is certainly a lot more lively than folegandros, which, as great it was to see an fairly untouched island, didnt have a lot going on. Ios, on the other hand, has everything going on. we are staying at a b and b called hermes (although replacing one of the letters with a "p" might be a more appropriate name!), which is the cheapest place so far. this is good for the wallet, but not so good for kerry, who is ... read more

Hi! I'm still in Ios. I am obsessed. We are actually leaving tomorrow for Budapest. We will be staying there a few days before we head off to Oktoberfest. We decided we had to give our livers a break. Love you all! Kisses, Tati... read more

Tired of our days of rest in Santorini, we voyaged to the backpacking / party isle of Ios. Where, true to its description, we partied and backpacked. Allow me to lead you through our days: wake up at 1pm. get frustrated that the captain remains asleep burn self at pool eat spaghetti take a nap go up in flames and make way to rehab dance and sing and drink repeat Drink of choice? Flaming Lamborghinis...approximately 4 or 5 a night, we reckon. Flames and Rehab remind me of Carrot Top the comedian. While not human, nor prop comics, the bars really seemed to focus on props in order to excite their patrons: Throwing napkins foam spraying from the ceiling at the climax of the umbrella song flourescent paint sporadicly lighting the bar on fire hiding vampigs ... read more