Blogs from Milos, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 2

One thing you notice when you first stay in Europe is that the bathrooms are different. Not just in size, which is generally smaller, but in style. They look hip and stylish, albeit smaller, with the showers tending to have the hand held head, which can be nice at times. The toilets also look and work differently. In fact, when I first encountered them, it took a few moments, at least it took me a few moments, to figure out how the things worked. The flush mechanisms are often on the wall behind the seat, and there are two settings, a low flush for #1 and a big flush for #2. There is usually less water in the bowl than what Americans are probably used to, leading to an interesting bathroom experience, to say the least. ... read more

I am having trouble with Blogger, so my posts have been inconsistent. Sorry about that. We spent our last half day in Athens scrambling to find myself a patch with the Greek flag. In the past, I’ve collected pins with the national flags and pinned them to my backpack, and then proceeded to lose them all, which is a bummer, because the pins are cool, and we gotten them from some pretty cool places, but such is life. My new plan is to buy patches, and then sew them on. Problem solved, as long as I manage to actually sew the things on. The city was really nice in the AM, again, not unlike NYC. Cool, quiet, and peaceful, though only a handful of vendors were open at that hour. The ones that were open were ... read more

As always, we now join you from some random location in Europe. This time, it's back in our favorite city in all of our travels, Berlin. Last time you heard from us, we were on our way to beautiful Greece. We will now fill you in on everything in between then and now... We arrived in Athens late at night and ended up having to take a bus into the city center. Our first impression of Greek people turned out to be quite negative. We hopped on the bus and asked the bus driver for two tickets, to which he told us that we had to buy them at a kiosk about 25 meters away. I, Rob, ran as fast as I could to grab our tickets. I quickly made the transaction, started on my way ... read more

Hey all in Greece sailing and loving it.. Don't have time to write a long blog as we have limited internet. Here are some photo's to look at in the meantime. It is 35 degrees most days and we are having an amazing time in the second week with Ollie, Miriam and Chris at the moment. Had a great time in the first week with Kojo, Shrin, Yiannis and Costantinos and looking forward to the third week with Neil, Tessa and Chloe! Will write a proper blog when we return. Sam & Debs.... read more

Hi again. We are in Milos now and having a great time. A few dramas getting here though. Our flight to Athens was late arriving due to a storm and we missed our connecting flight to Milos and there were no more seats for 3 days........... Managed to get a ferry the following morning so have lost a day here but not dwelling on it..... The island is beautiful and we spent the day yesterday on a sea kayaking tour. We paddled 12kms and were applauded by the others in the group (all experienced kayakers) as we battled some strong winds in a few places. It was great as we got to stop at some deserted beaches not accessible by land due to the huge cliffs. It was a greeat day and we were very proud ... read more