Blogs from Santorini, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 35

After circumventing the globe, and any sort of moral conscience we once had, the Captain and I decided to take it easy for a couple days on the glorious volcano Greek Isle of Santorini. This is of course, not to say that our time here was without Mythos or Whiskey...it was just consumed in more, healthier and practical portions. Essentially the focus of such an island is the sunset tours and the volcano. So, in conclusion this island had rocks and gas, gas and rocks. Judge for yourself how marvellous these items can be. Oh, and there also was some lukewarm springs we frequented. For a travelling sea-goer, the Captain sure is a poor swimmer.... read more

What To Do If You Find Yourself In Oia The Greek Islands: a collection of vastly different ecologies that all have one thing in common - tourism. Amongst these hundreds of islands there are a few that stand out as the jewels in Greece’s island crown: Mykonos, Crete, Rhodes, and Santorini. Mykonos is known for its party life, Crete for its history and Rhodes for its coastal resorts. Santorini, sometimes ascribed with being the most beautiful of the many islands, is known for its whitewashed cliffside villages that tenaciously grip onto the volcanic precipices looking over the blue water of the Sea of Crete. We found ourselves headed to Santorini because Kel’s best friend Jen and her husband Jeff along with Jeff’s sister Tracy wanted to hit Greece. Greece, which is one of Jeff’s top ... read more

Santorini is nice!...the Island is spread out ....touristy..but nice vibe! Got to the Youth hostel.....met some Australian girls and hung out a bit with them...nice ne!! Went to Perissa Beach...the black sand beach! and the water was GREAT!! The first time I actually wanted to stay in the water at the beach!!!! ahhhhhhhh! The sand was kinda rocky but comfi to lie on!!=) Today..took a full day tour around the Islands in Santorini...Got on this "old-fashioned" boat...At the hostel, the Australian girls checked out and so, I teamed up with a Kiwi and American guy to the tour!..the tour was not fun but it was nice! Went up to the volcano Island.....err...disappointing actually....just lots of really nice rock formation...that was COOOL! but the caldera wasn;t exciting at all......Mt Aso in Kyushu was way cooooler!^^" Anyways, then ... read more

Day 20 *Arrive in Greece *See Olympia, where the first Olympics took place Day 21 *Ferry to Santorini Day 22 *Service project- clear path for 97-year-old man *Boat ride to Thirasia *Swim in the Aegean Sea *Lunch *Boat ride back to Santorini *Take a cable car up to Oia *Donkey ride Day 23 *Greek dance lessons *Museum Tour *Greek Dance performance Day 24 *Ferry to Athens Day 25 *Cook Greek food at a restaurant *See and tour the Acropolis Day 26 *Out of the hotel rooms and down in the lobby by 3:30am for an emotional good-bye to the Michigan students before loading the bus to go to the airport for the two-hour flight to Frankfurt, nine-and-a-half hour flight to Chicago and one-hour flight to Minneapolis. With layovers, delays and the drive home, it took... read more

Yasas, We are on the last leg of our journey and spending it visiting a few of the Greek Isles. Sorry that we have not blogged for a bit, the Travelblog website has been down and we weren't able to get onto it. After another overnight ferry from Italy to Greece we arrived here and then took a bus to Athens and another ferry to the island of Mykonos. Fortunately the ferry from Italy to Greece was a little shorter than the one from Rome to Barcelona so it was better. We decided since we didn't sleep well on the seats that we would try our hand at sleeping out on the deck. It was quite the experience. We spent most the night being windblown across the deck, but we lived. We took turns blocking the ... read more