Blogs from Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe - page 36

Last time I updated I was in Athens, I believe! We ended up having a great time with family friends that evening. It was so neat to meet my Yiayia's friend. The next morning we woke up and went shopping. Later we went to Syntagma Square and got to see the changing of the guards. Afterwards, we ate and shopped at Plaka. Family friend time again, we met up for ice cream. THis place had a nice night view of the Acropolis. :) The next day we woke up and left for Zakythos at 11. A taxi, bus, boat, bus, and another bus ride later, we were at our hotel at 9 pm just in time for dinner and ... bed! :) Zakythos is ridiculously gorgeous ....but EXTREMELY hot. Today it was the hottest it's been ... read more

Leaving Italy was suprisingly heartbreaking. Contrary to the pesimistic guidebooks which warn of thivery and sexual harrassment by Italian males I found Italy to be a friendly place full of fantastic people who will help you without you even asking. Plus its just gorgeous there so leaving to unknown Greece where I dont even know a word of the language made me quite sad. We got on the ferry at 5 to depart Italy. It was an overnight ferry because it doesnt make it to Corfu until 9 in the morning. Since we are on a budget we didnt book a cabin and opted for the 20 euro choice on sleeping on the deck. Worst choice ever. First of all since we were lower class passengers we were kicked out of the upper scale coffee bar ... read more

On Saturday we spent the day in Corfu, Greece. We woke up early and walked into the small town. It was nice. I loved the shops. We bought ourselves a dancing jackass. Biago and Noah, you are going to LOVE it! In Corfu, we toured a castle. It was dark, damp and very high. We walked up scary steps but it was worth it because the view was beautiful. Dad got a lot of great pictures. Brittany loved the castle. After a few hours in Corfu, we headed back to the ship. Brittany, Dad, and I went swimming. We had fun. Once again we played BINGO. We didn't win. :( We will try again today. We ate at Mama's Italian Kitchen for dinner and then went to the Weakest Link Game Show. Mom was picked to ... read more

-more like it destroyed us. Now where was I? The four of us parted ways as Steve, Sas and I planned our Greek Island adventures, with Steve heading towards the Cyclades in the Aegean and Sas and myself heading for Corfu in the Pleiades which was on the way to Italy. Our decision saved me from a night camping on the beach near the port in Athens, but as far as I know, Steve still did it on his own. We packed up, ate a tasty spaghetti dinner which Seb cooked up, picked up our giant backpacks and headed towards the Athens metro - without any Greek translators this time. We had to make our way to the Hostel Aphrodite to meet the Pink Palace Express bus which would bring us across the country and directly ... read more

Yes thats right...its me again!!!! So ......sunny Corfu.....NOT!!!!!! apart from the beautiful sunrise that I posted on here last time.......its done nothing but rain for 4 days........big boat ride.....postponed...postponed...postponed....cancelled........ So... the first day we were supposed to go out...rain.....so 10 pin bowling it was......what else do you do when you're in the greek islands....... not a bad day i guess......... there was even a little trophy for the high score of the bus..... and ...you guessed it...... Uncle Chopper was the king once again!!!!! That night it was all TOGA TOGA TOGA!!!!...toga party was on!!!! good times had by all!!!! Next day rain again....after watching gladiator for the 3rd time....... we went out to a dinner where they put on traditional dancing and songs.......and again....your super uncle chop somehow got pulled up in front of abou ... read more