Blogs from Europe - page 11357

Hello all, I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated but I have much to share with you. First, this blog dedicated to my time at Helike (or Nikolaiika) and another two devoted to my trips to Olympia and the Argolid, respectively. As some of you know, I’ve spent the last three weeks participating in a dig in and around the village of Nikolaiika on the shore of the Northern Peloponnese, about an hour from Patra. On the whole it was an incredible experience, largely because of the people I met there. The first two weeks, there were 11 of us altogether: Aliki, a Greek-Canadian who’d just completed a Masters in Archaeology; Effie, a Greek-American who is currently an undergraduate at Tulane; Jessica, a girl from Pennsylvania who’s just completed her undergraduate; Rachael and Erika, ... read more

It is Friday and I am back, but not for long, because we 3 are off again to the island of Evia, Nick and Arlene's summer home for the weekend. We got in late, but the port street was absolutely full of people eating and having coffee and ice cream and drinks. The next day we drove to the other side of the island at a narrow point and went to a beautiful beautiful beech. Swam in some caves (I did not venture too far in). Wow. But we did have to drive through the fire area, where the Canadian water plane went down. Could not believe all the area that did burn. After this beautiful swim we went back to Styra to another night of walking along the port till 2 in the morning. On ... read more

The Czech Republic. Try and pronounce it with a faux Russian accent, like Natasha out of Rocky and Bulwinkle. It works for me. Again we're on a roll with only 5 days and 2 stops. Across the border from Austria and into stop numero uno, Czesky Krumlov. Through another minor miracle, we found our hostel straight off the bat, but the fun was just beginning. We had reserved all 4 beds in a 4 bed dorm with private ensuite - cheaper than all the doubles we had seen advertised on the net. Perfect. Inspection of the room revealed a joker the pack. Our PRIVATE room with PRIVATE ensuite actually involved other occupants having to pass through our room to get theirs. Plus, the PRIVATE ensuite was actually shared, ie. "come into our room please everybody, the ... read more

Yep, no jokes, we finally tied the knot! Sorry that we had to keep it a secret but we didn't want certain family members dropping everything & flying over here - we would have loved to have had family & friends here with us, but we felt it wasn't fair to ask at such short notice. We applied for approval to marry in the UK as part of Kurt's visa application & when we returned from our trip home it was here waiting for us. The only catch was that it had to be used within 3mths, and it certainly got us thinking & the chance of a summer wedding in london followed by a croatian honeymoon was too good to pass up. The other deciding factor was that if we didn't do it now, then ... read more

Now, you know how I like to be doing what all the kids are doing. Well, all the kids in London go to Ibiza, so obviously, I had to check it out. It’s not my fault that I somehow ended up attending a bucks weekend (I didn’t know when I booked the tickets - promise). Luckily, I am one of the blokes - and … there was another girl. We both adopted boys names for the weekend, so it was like we weren’t even there! Now, obviously, what goes on tour stays on tour, so I can’t write that much (thank goodness I hear you say). What I can tell you is: • We went to three clubs - Pacha, El Divino and Space - the sound systems are all that - awesome! The clubs are ... read more