Hey from Mykonos Island! Wow. I could easily live here forever. It's absolutely beautiful... The night of my last entry, I met up with my Contiki group in Athens, and we all went out for a tradtional Greek dinner in the Plaka (downtown) and it was a good way to meet everyone and hopefuly try to learn everyone's names. After dinner we did a bit of a pub crawl and by the end of the night, there was only a select few of us that were still goin strong. There is a good mix of people, some Aussies, some Americans, some [View Full Entry]

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Mynokos was a great place to end our holiday. Although our first impression was not so good. The cabins we stayed at at Paradise beach was not really a cabin but a permanent tent- consisting of 4 walls, 1 window, 1 door and 2 little beds. Compared to a beach hut it was awful but compared to camping in a tent it was great! It was quite hot and stuff inside but everyone spent all their time outside. The beach is really nice, there are bars with DJs playing fucky tunes, cocktails, water sports etc. It was the beginning of the [View Full Entry]

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There are some moments in my life where I wish I had the ability to press the pause button. I have felt that way continually during my time in Mykonos. The Greek people are so warm and kind with their "is okaaay" attitude. I have made friends who have welcomed me into their homes, lent me their cars and shown me the 'secret' beaches that the tourists don't know about. Their generous spirit sparkles like sun off the beautiful waters. In turn I hope that I have offered them a positive view of US Americans. That we can be environmentally and [View Full Entry]

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A miracle/unsolved mystery greeted me this morning: the absolute absence of a hangover or any of its sidekick symptoms! This, considering I mixed about 37 different types of cheap alcohol the night prior and that I’ve been hungover off a thimble of wine, I found quite astonishing. Today was spent much like yesterday, only we capped it off with a walk past Paranga Beach to the Western-most stretch on our side of the island to watch the sunset. It didn’t set until close to 9:00 and the skies were without a cloud. The one thing missing? A bottle of red… [View Full Entry]

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Flying over Athens the city looked beautiful with red tile roofs and small cobble walkways. Upon closer inspection, the city is not quite as quaint. Bustling and congested it boasts the worst traffic in Europe. However the lack of charm is quickly made up for in the beauty of its people and the depth of its history. Athens is dripping in history. Some say Greece is the the lost Atlantis. Meeting up with my tour group has been amazing. Everyone is fun and up for a good time. There are about 30 of us total. Mostly from all over the united [View Full Entry]

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Wow - Mykonos is certainly not what we had expected!!! We arrived 3 days ago, and were greeted at the port by a handful of people asking if we wanted a room - normally there are hundreds! We chose one who informed us that we have arrived on one of the busiest weekends of the year - the Greeks' version of Spring Break. Bearing in mind Mykonos only has a population of 5000 - 30,000 students have descended on this small town for the weekend! Needless to say, it was a bit of a struggle finding somewhere to stay. We managed [View Full Entry]

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I woke up early to hit the Acropolis before the crowds and since Sundays gain free admittance, according to Lonely Planet. Well, since 12euro is hardly free, I skipped the Acropolis and killed my morning in Athens walking around it, sipping an exceedingly dear cappuccino (3.80!), and talking to travel agents about ferry options to lay out the afternoon’s game plan. It was hot as all fuck without a single breeze of respite. Originally, the plan was to spend the night in Nafplio on the Peloponnese, about a 2.5 hour bus ride from the main bus station in Athens. After doing [View Full Entry]

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April 27th Today I went to Adventure Ocean all day. We played games like Gaga Ball and Crazy Tag. At noon, we got picked up by mom and went for lunch at the Windjammer Café. It is a cafeteria style restaurant. The ship was rocking a lot and the food was good. After lunch I went to mini putt with my new friend Hugo. He is from Australia. When we finished about 3 games of mini putt my mom picked us up. But, I convinced her to stay because the rock wall was opening in about 10 minutes. We signed up [View Full Entry]

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The trip to the coliseum was incredible; it was much larger than I had thought. There are many areas where restoration was attempted but failed. The weather has been great a little cool but still no need for a jacket. After we left the coliseum we returned to our hotel to catch the bus to the cruise ship, the drive through the country side was very scenic. Check in on the ship went smoothly and we found our room with no problems, the first and second day was spent at sea, so we explored the ship (not as big as the [View Full Entry]

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Well it’s been a while since I wrote last because our internet has been really spotty. We didn’t have it in Tinos, and now in Mykonos we have to pay for it. On Thursday we left Crete and got on an overnight ferry to Pireaus (Athen’s port). That ferry was really rocky because it was so windy. At least we were sleeping for most of it, so it wasn’t that bad then. We arrived in Pireaus around 6am and then proceeded to get on another ferry for Tinos. The ferry to Tinos was only four hours or so, so it wasn’t [View Full Entry]

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