Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 106

Hey all, So its been a while since i've entered anything in here.. Ios, the holidays to end all holidays! After 2 weeks away qith work I was dying for a cold beer. I waved goodbye to my little darlings and headed off to meet th girls on the number one party island. Ios! The weather was to die for. It was at least 38 everyday. We stayed at an awesome hotel, Club Hermes.. The 6 of us girls partied like you'd never seen before. Nights out in Greece don't kick off until around 12am. Cray i know.. By day 2 we had a fairly set routine- Wake up lunchtime, have breakfast Lay by the pool and soak up the rays Head into town for some late lunch(at dinner time) Back to the hotel to our ... read more

Thank you again for all the messages. Although we are having a blast, we still long for all of our friends at home. Well, at least for a minute. Back to the adventure. Naxos was an enjoyable place to put up our feet but there was much anticipation of spectacular beauty as we headed to Santorini and we were not disappointed. There were many conversations about living on the edge of a volcano and how many people died. Once we got over the “volcano” talk, we were left to enjoy and marvel at the Greek ability to construct buildings where it is “engineeringly” impossible. The 2 ½ hour ferry ride was occupied by trying to find new and ingenious ways to stay out of the baking sun (and lack of air circulation due to the interesting ... read more

Prior to my arrival I heard that the Ios is the party island of Greece. I was looking forward to some dancing and crazy nights. Upon my arrival, I went to Far away Camping site and asked for accommodation. They were fully booked. However, when they asked me where I am from I replied Canada, and added Serbia. Immediately the guy behind the counter replied, why don't you speak Serbian so that the whole world can understand you. AND...the place was found for me. I was placed in a tent bungalow that looks like a dog house. It has a door that locks and 2 beds. It has nothing else and it is as small as the beds. The price for this bungalow is usually 10 euros a night for each bed. I was paired ... read more

(Long blog; lots of pics; enjoy what you will) Arrived about 10 AM. Found a good place to sleep on the ferry, that was nice. Deviating from my original plan, cut a day out of Kos, so I'm early to Rhodes & got a hostel in Old Town. Very hot! But otherwise, Rhodes is cool. Old Town is a fortified (walled-in) city. It's pretty big, elaborate labrynth of cobblestone streets, some wider, sometimes opening to bigger squares, some incrediblely narrow. To enter Old Town, you cross (what may have been a moat?) bridges to enter through "gates" which are arched short tunnels (the shade is great!). It's incredible how some of these people's houses seem to be built into the walls. It's really bizzare how you walk down these narrow streets & just see some ... read more

Santorini is relatively small so we rented a small four wheel ATV so we could see it all. We had heard that Oia was the most beautiful part of the island, and that was true. But we decided to stay in Fira since it has a greater selection of the best restaurants, activities, and night life. The people-watching was better in Fira and Oia seemed a bit sleepy for us. We took a day tour sailing on the Mediterranean. The sailing tour included a guide who took us into the center of the volcano that originally formed the island of Santorini. (http://www.greeka.com/cyclades/santorini/santorini-volcano.htm). The guide also said that an excavation on Santorini has uncovered a civilization that was present at the time of the eruption (3600 years ago). The excavation has shown that the civilization had plumbing ... read more