Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 88

The Medieval town of Rhodes is located in the NE side of the island and is surrounded by a brick wall that use to protect the old city from the invaders. Now it is dedicated to commerce and tourism but the site is very interesting. The Medieval castle and the three windmills are the most important landmarks.... read more

Beautiful beaches, great atmosphere, stunning scenery. All things we thought we were heading to. We got the ferry from Athens to Santorini. Slept on the deck which was great at the start, novelty factor. But by the middle of the night we were quite cold. The ferry stopped at almost every possilbe stop on the way. It took us 16 hours!!! Which didnt bother us at the time because we just thought about the beach! We got to Santorini at 6 or 7am and found a guy with a sign for Perissa Beach where we knew we had accommodation for the following 3 nights. The guy who drove us was a bit of a character, pointing out all the wineries on the way. Despite the wineries there is practically no trees and no greenery on Santorini. ... read more

Day 34 When you have heard high praise about certain places all your life it is difficult to describe your first response. You actually feel ashamed to have to resort to cliches and superlatives as though you are the first person to have ever been there. The Greek islands are just like that. Amazing! I asked the owner of the delightful restaurant where we dined this evening about the holidaying Greeks who are everywhere, and he explained that most of them are Athenians . He realised that we are from Australia- assumed Melbourne, as it is the second largest Greek population in the world after Athens. He has cousins from Canada who are here at present. And his charming wife is actually from Germany- has been here for 11 years. They have a three year old ... read more

Day 33 After three delightful days on Paros, our time came today to move on. We took the noon ferry to Naxos, only about 45 minutes away, round the other side of the island. Quite a different atmosphere. A bigger island, with more of a "town" like feel. The main town seems to have developed round a medieval Venetian castle. Many more boats at the marina, including private yachts and smaller cruise ships at anchor, all interspersed amongst local fishing boats. Our island hopping package had given us vouchers for a delightful small hotel. A driver in a van met us and took us there along with four US uni students here on an internship for "animal studies" - ie pre-vet science. We have come across quite a few US students on summer school credits. On ... read more

I've just finished a wonderful day of hiking and old Byzantine stone walking trail from a medieval city in the centre of Paros named Lefke toward the sea (about 5 km) absolutley magic. I also just returned froma lovely dinner at another small island - Antiparos where I had an eggplant dip with fresh bread, local chilled white wine and a whole fresh BBQ'd squid. What a day. I'll sleep well tonight!... read more