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

Leaving the campsite (7/9/11) Motorcycles don't hold much stuff... or at least they shouldn't. However, ours had become a rather unhappy exception to that rule. In fact, so much so that when we pulled up to say goodbye to the campsite owner I nearly toppled over sideways. Catching the hem of my boot on the footpeg didn't help. Note to selves: must reduce the luggage! First stop - a lesser known Italian Lake (7/9/11 - 9/9/11) Having survived our somewhat unwieldy ride over the Simplon pass we finally arrived at our first stop by one of the lesser known, but surely the most beautiful of the Italian lakes. We set up camp, and the trip had officially begun. In the morning we went through the luggage to see what we could get rid of. What ... read more

Up we got this am bright and early to wander round Crete in the am. We had been told not to expect too much and not much is what we saw! The day didn’t help as it was grey and once again very windy but Crete was not the most amazing place we’ve been to! At all!! Old and a bit scungy! But El did go to the Fish Doctor and had lil fish eat her dead skin! It was awesome to watch and felt really weird apparentl¬y! I couldn’t do it cos I am way way too ticklish! So we hung out in Cretet for an hour or so, saw about all there was to see and headed back to the boat. Another amazing lunch as always on board, some sitting in the crazy wind, ... read more

Before I continue with our amazing stay in Santorini... I need to tell you one more story about our bus tour in Greece. This story is specifically for Cheyenne, Jesse, Amy, Matt, Tyler, Mom, Dad and Rachel and it is about my "but people say these glasses make me look like a movie star"... sunglasses... sigh, my perfect 20$ sunglasses. So despite my attempts to keep my sunglasses only in the safest locations (which meant wearing them the entire flight from Vancouver to Paris), I had them in the seat pocket on the bus and Rob in a mad rush to get to the bathroom before the multitude of people on our tour he raced out of the bus and I was left with my broken sunglasses in hand and a crushed look on my face. ... read more

I was a real little shit the first time I travelled - Not interested in anything, not even a glimpse at one of the worlds most iconic landscapes could change my initial thoughts of overseas travel. My true hatred, my belief was that travel sucked. So when on my first morning I was served up a Greek style Continental breakfast I officially gave up. That was until half a day later I drove around the volcanic remains of the Greek Island Santorini. 16 years on and I returned to look back with fondness of the ungrateful 14 year old little shit that was I. There is a build up of appreciation of what that 1 month with my mum and dad gave me. Within ½ a day I realised that there was life outside of Australia ... read more

July 12th - 18th Have you ever been on a plane next to a panicked screamer when there is turbulence? Well I was next to four of them. However, when I landed I finally got to see a familiar face from back home, my friend Sarah was waiting at baggage claim for me. We plan to spend the next three weeks traveling Greece and Turkey together, starting in Athens, island hopping over to Turkey and ending in Istanbul. Right before heading to the airport, I looked up a hotel that I had booked weeks earlier and I read some reviews and it turns out it is in a shady neighborhood within Athens. When I booked it, all i looked at was the price and the location, both I thought we were real lucky to get. So ... read more