Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 89

Mike, the owner of Ios Resort was waiting at the port to pick us up and gave us a quick tour of the main strip before taking us to the hotel. It's 2.5km from the port to the town and then 2.5km from the town to the beach, all on the same road. The hotel itself was only a 5 minute walk from town which is another one of those Greek island towns that sits on the side of a steep hill. Once you get into the right part of town it is all bar and clubs, all of which are not much bigger then the average family room back home. The whole island is full of tourists, mainly Australians, all under 25. It was very rare that we got served by anyone other then Aussies, ... read more

After 8 hours of boating torture we finally arrived at Santorini more then happy to be getting back to dry land. A short cab ride and we were soon at the hotel, Ira Studios No2 (Nikita's Appts). From the outside it looked beautiful but Nikita, although a lovely guy has falen a little behind on the maintenance of late. Still, it was great just to have a bed and warmish shower at that point. The rest of our group arrived throughtout the day, including Shain and Kim who it was great to see after 18 months abroad. That night 6 of us, Luke, Shain, Kim, Stu, Katie and myself had a small reunion meal before Tim turned up to take us out to Bob's Bar where the rest of the group had been drinking. As it ... read more

Happy Birthday to Me! Thank you to all of you who sent me birthday wishes on Sunday! It’s been a pretty cool celebration for me this year since not only am I celebrating it with Kels in Greece, but we also had Reed and Sarah here visiting us for four days! They arrived last Tuesday and we had an awesome time! The afternoon they arrived Kelsey surprised me with CAESARS!!! Yup that’s right…Vodka, Clamato, Worcestershire, Tabasco, Celery Salt, Limes, and fresh celery…in Rhodes! Fantastic! Thanks to Tiff who brought everything from Canada last month! What a treat! That night we had dinner at Megan’s restaurant and I enjoyed my Caesars with a great Indian dinner. Then we had a few drinks in an “alley bar” in the old town of Rhodes, and then headed into the ... read more

Santorini, Thira, Stroggili, or Santa Irini, are many different names for the same beautiful island I visited with my wife for our honeymoon. After reading hundrends of reviews regarding Santorini island I concluded that this was the right choice for our Honeymoon. The next step as you can understand was to book the flight tickets and one of the nicest hotel possible. The first part was easy, since two greek airline companies had about twice everyday direct flights from Athens to Santorini airport. But, the second part.. yes, how to choose the right hotel among hundrends one? Therefore, I started searching hotels with 5 and 4 stars rating. Guess what? There were still around one hundrend hotels on my list. I found out that there were 3 regions, which are less crowded so as to enjoy ... read more

Just thought you might like to see a few images of this island. I am sure that you are already over reading my bits of news but perhaps the photos are worth sending. Love Hil... read more