Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 86

Today is the day that we leave Mykonos to start tripping around the rest of Europe. Again the 6 days have gone really fast but they have been great. I have got rid of the cough and beginning of cold that I had, ready to catch it all over again when we meet up with the rest of the group who went to Egypt. (Glad I didn't decide to go to that part of the world, would have given Mum a few more grey hairs I'm sure!) Have spent the time relaxing by the sea and pool, reading books, I guess having a real holiday rather than the rush rush rush that contiki tends to be. We went into Mykonos town two nights ago to have dinner. We sat at a restaurant by the sea, so ... read more

Greek Islands Karen Bowden Ok addition 2 for those of u with little faith in me (Karen) I have turned over a new leaf and will be the ever more dutiful emailer. Ok maybe not but I have at least started addition 2 much to Kristy’s surprise. Ok so we left for the Greek Islands with our 8 new friends and headed for Santorini. Land of the blue domes. Sunset in Santorini have a look in Kaz sunnies So after a 6 hour boat ride across the Mediterranean I was climbing the wall with boredom. My ADD started to kick in and Kristy may have seen the writing on the wall that she is actually travelling with a child or a caged animal who doesn’t do long trips well. But we made it to Santorini ... read more

Arrived on Santorini around 4pm on Tuesday (2/8) It took about two and a half hours on the Blue Star ferry from Naxos to the island of Thira, commonly known as Santorini which is at the southern end of the Cyclades. It is a very popular island and quite dramatic island with steep rocky cliffs and villages perched on the top and dense clusters of colourful buildings. Along the way we past Paros, Iraklia (a small island on which Vangelis and Michele were married), and Ios. From the port at Athenios, we took a coach up the steep, narrow, and winding road to Fira where we changed to another which took us to our destination at Oia (“ear”). Again the transport was modern, comfortable, clean, and efficiently organised. It took us some little time to locate ... read more

Well Ios is pretty sweet we got off the boat with no where to stay and sure as shit some girl with a sign hooked us up with an apartment for 20 euro a night. Really nice place, great view of the island and the port, i got lucky to my bed faced the window so when i woke up the first thing i saw was the ocean haha sean. So we sort of got screwed unless we wanted to stay there for the week whitch we didnt, cuz our flight only left every week from crete and the only ferry was leaving from ios after our second night. Then we had a stop over in santorini and that kind of blowed cuz we had no way to get to town so we had to stay ... read more

Leaving the wind in Mykonos and arriving in sunny, calm Santorini was marvelous! This has always been one of our favorite Greek Islands in spite of the crowds and popularity. There are so many ways to detach yourself from the hectic pace and just truly enjoy what the island has to offer. One of the ways that we do this is by staying in the beach town of Kamari which is on the opposite side of the caldera portion of the island. There are fewer people, wider streets, flat terrain, and a beautiful black sand beach to enjoy. Mesa Vouno is the large mountain at the end of the beach which we love to hike. A paved switchback road takes us to the top of the saddle. From there stairs and a steep trail lead to ... read more