Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 79

...is difficult. The schedule of eating lunch at 3, dinner at 10 and bars and clubs not getting going until 12-1am is rather exhausting when you want to squeeze in some daytime sightseeing also (early too, given that many sights and museums close at 2pm). So finally got down a little time for some more blogging. Been in Greece for 3 weeks already. Slowly made my way through a few places - Chios from Turkey as in the last blog, Delphi, Meteora, Santorini, and now in Paros. My proudest moment in Greece - finding the Chinese consulate in Athens without a map, by metro and foot without a cab. Arrived very early off the ferry from Chios to Athens, so thought to try to find the consulate for my visa. It's far enough from the center ... read more

Some of the things that I am loving about our Greece experience: Greece is vibrant, chaotic, authentic and charming. People just are. They don’t seem out to impress you and yet they do. Fruit trees growing by the roads on the foot path - you see oranges and lemons growing and smell orange and lemon blossoms when you walk under them. They often have parsley growing at their base. Everyone that we have interacted with have been very friendly and the hotel and restaurant staff speak excellent English and have menus translated into English. It makes our trip that much easier. Organised chaos - the whole vibe so far has been fairly relaxed (except driving and then horns are used with gusto) and it appears that Greece does not have the same level of rules and ... read more

Last day in Larnaca and I have to say I am not so sad of saying goodbye. It was an awesome exotic vacation however I think I would love to come back and do Aynapa and Pafos with dad and mom or someone who can drive/ husband or whatever. It was a rainy day waking up not looking forward to possibly getting soaked, we made our way to the bus stop to go down town and the driver looked at me like I was absolutely insane we sat on the promenade had hot coco to die for. Our waiter was adorable never met Americans before and was so fascinated that we made it to Cyprus. So we knew that the entire country decided to go on siesta in the afternoons but we did not realize that ... read more

Woke up at 845 because I originally wanted to visit the Island of Delos, but was way too tired due to going to bed so late that I decided to go back to bed. It was a bummer, but it gives me another excuse to come back to Mykonos in the future:) We slept until about noon then decided to rent some 4 wheelers which were only 15 euro each for 24 hours! So only 7.50 each person since we could fit two people on each. I shared with Domi. And then we had to fill them with gas which ended up being 3 euro each. Such a good deal I thought, and ended up being the best part of the trip. We were able to ride around the entire island on them, and even stopped ... read more

Currently on the ferry to Mykonos. Just tried Greek coffee, quite interesting! I guess its like Bosnian coffee, the grinds are super fine and actually stay in the coffee, they settle to the bottom. We didn’t know this at first and added our sugar and stirred it up and took a sip and wanted to spit it back out. It was like drinking sand or dust! I was about to go complain about it but then Shannon realized that it might be like Bosnian coffee she had tried before. We let the coffee settle for a few minutes, and then tried it again and it was sooo much better once the coffee settled and stuck to the bottom. The water here is to blue! Like a deep, true blue. It’s a bit cloudy right now, but ... read more