Blogs from Santorini, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 14

Well, we've been spending the past week and a half bumming around the Greek islands and I have to say I am loving every minute of it. Sasha and I caught a red eye flight from Rome to Santorini, with a six hour stopover in Athens in the wee hours of the morning. What can I say about Santorini? It's everything you imagine when you see photos of it. It's magical, beautiful, captivating, and has that mysterious feeling about it. Sasha and I really hated leaving and had even extended our stay there by two nights, but that just wasn't enough for us, and we still talk about going back there instead of to Mykonos. That most likely won't happen. We made some great friends during our stay there and ended up having our own little ... read more

Santorini We arrived in Santorini and managed to snag a double private room, I agreed not to cuddle Kel while we slept and then we were off to find Jem and Grace's accomodation. I followed Kelly's dodgy advice and navigation and we ended up in the entirely wrong direction. We finally turned back to town but were stopped by two girls on a quad bike as they asked the time, I eagerly grabbed my phone out to tell them and they said they couldn't hear me, just show me the phone. When they attempted to grab for it Kelly snatched my hand back and the girls took off. I immediately thanked Kel for saving me from getting my phone stolen. Arg I am so naive sometimes. We found our girls and headed into town for jewellery ... read more

Day 3. Kargi Koyu to Astypalia. Whilst not fluent in German I think I recognised some of the words screeched by “Bruno” and “Hilda” next door to us as the Meltemi picked up at about 0100 this morning and they swung into the path of recently-arrived gullet (a Turkish pleasure boat). Not knowing them we felt for them as the Turks were utterly non-compliant or interested as they had little option but to up-anchor and find somewhere else with echoes of “schiesse” as they disappeared into the darkness. Lisa was clearly pretty concerned as she rolled over and did slightly less than the Turkish protagonists. After that the wind blew still and we wrapped up a little yet still sleeping on deck until 0630 before we heard Dad putting on the coffee and it ... read more

We slept in until after 9am, we must’ve been really tired! After leisurely showering and dressing we wandered down to breakfast...a great assortment to choose from...bacon (quite salty tho) eggs, croissants, fruit, cereals, and a coffee machine...not too bad at all. After breakfast we were off...at least keith and I were off on a day trip on a boat...for someone who feels seasick on a boat moored at the harbour, not a great thought...but, armed with wrist bands that were supposedly going to stop the seasick feeling, off we went, leaving Rach to lie in the sun and catch up on some of the blogs. After being picked up in a bus, we had to weave our way down to the port to catch the boat, down a really steep, really narrow road on the edge ... read more

A wonderful day around the island - though brutally hot, topping out at 40 C (what is that in fahrenheit?). Started with a taxi down to one tip of the island, Akrotiri. This is home to the famous archeological site. Akrotiri, back in its day during the 1600s BC, was one of the great cities of the world, and had established trading routes all throughout the Meditteranean. It also produced some of the great artwork of the world. But it was horribly decimated by a giant earthquake and volcanic eruption, and never really recovered after that. At Akrotiri, a lot like at Pompeii just outside of Naples, you can see volcanic ash mixed about in the ruins. What's also nice about Akrotiri is that it's completely covered, meaning that the Greek government was smart enough to ... read more