Blogs from Santorini, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 30

After a few days on the island we think we may have mastered the art of relaxation! This is such a unique place we are absolutely loving it here!! We arrived Sunday early morning after a 26 minute puddle jumper flight over here from Athens. Yesterday we hit up the beach and just swam and layed in beach chairs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. As if laying on a beach isn't relaxing enough, here in Santorini they have BEDS and COUCHES with huge fluffy pillows right on the beach! It's a dream come true!! Our hotel is right on the Sea and our room has a balcony overlooking the Sea. We could get used to this. Today we went on a self guided tour of this island via a four wheeler. We both agree it was the ... read more

So yes, I'm obviously in the Greek Islands still, happy as a clam. I don't want to leave them. So instead of thinking about that just now, I will take this 15 minutes and quickly tell you about Paris the second time around. I also forgot to mention a rather funny thing that happened. Jono and I were walking one day in downtown Berlin, and a girl passed us. My first reaction was "God, I hate that girl she's so tall and skinny! And she looks like Sarah Hoyles." We kept walking for a few seconds until someone tapped me on my shoulder, and asked if we were from Canada. It was in fact Sarah Hoyles! We went to school together for a short time at the U of A, I believe she graduated when i ... read more

Here I am, mxing up my geography again...posting photos of Egypt while writing from Greece. Considering the hours it would have taken to do this in Egypt versus the minutes it's going to take here, I think I have a good excuse this time. We've been in Greece for almost a week now. This was supposed to be the "relax and recuperate" part of our vacation, but despite the nice weather and great scenery (ink-blue sea water surrounding picturesque islands) Greece is a little fast-paced and impersonal for our liking. Admittedly, the island life is better than Athens so we're warming up to it. Aside from eating Greek Salad and drinking Ouzo every day, there's not much else to report. After seeing the Acropolis, we've decided that no ruins in the world will ever compare to ... read more

We have just spent three days at Santorini since our last visit to the island some 8 years ago. The changes are enormous. The back of the island that swept from the caldera rim at between 300and 450 meters down to the airport and the sea, which was traditionally held in small farming blocks and country side, is now an extending urban development. New houses are being constructed everywhere but thankfully all are required to conform to Santorini house designs which at least restricts high-rise and non-Greek glass development. The other noticeable change is white and blue are not the only colours that people paint their houses. Now there are yellows and reds and warm earth colours, which make an interesting change to the Greek character of Santorini. Saying it’s Greek is a bit of a ... read more

Our first real vacation in 3 years, and what a place to spend it in! We headed to Kamari beach on the Greek island of Santorini. There we learned what it was like to be lazy again. We spent the first 3 days laying by the pool or next to the ocean soaking up the sun. We'll take as much sun as we can get considering our skin hasn't seen it in 3 years (and definatley won't for another year--yeah for Englands weather)! One week just wasn't enought, but we did get a good tan started. We stayed at a wonderful hotel called the Bellonias Villas. They also have the best pool on the beach with a spectacular view. It was nice being able to switch back and forth from pool to beach. The beach was ... read more