Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 115

Hello All, Thanks for all the messages that everyone has been sending. Internet has been few and far between so we are not writing as often. Neetz just typed out this blog and the computer died on her so I'm typing it now. Things here have been a blast. We left Athens for Mykonos and then Ios and we are now trying to make our way to Italy from Santorini. The beaches here are ok (just). We are simply spoilt in Aus with our beaches. We have been kicked off banana lounges so many times as we refuse to pay to sit on them. We have come to know that the dodgy banana lounge people let everyone get comfortable before asking them to pay. Otherwise we have been hiring scooters to get around the islands ... read more

Hey Everyone, Well, it is unanimous here, Santorini is our favorite island and neither of us want to ever leave. No worries Mama Andrews, we will be coming home. Our wish unfortunately cannot come true. So yesterday in Naxos, we climbed Mount Zas and well, once again it is no surprise that no one worships the Greek Gods anymore. It is rather quite silly that their places of worship are so hard to reach. Climbing the mountain was more than just some little jaunt in the park and it was quite difficult to find the path. We only got lost a few times. And we never found the Cave of Zas (aka Zeus) so we don't think he ever really existed (wink wink). The hike was pretty steep and there was very few people there. ... read more

Hey everyone from Naxos! It's our second day here on the biggest Cycladic island at 20k people (and no, these islands are not just for cycling around)-- that was Dennis. It's very pretty here, but we both agree that Mykonos was better. It's very hot here, possibly more than Mykonos, and right now Dennis is petting a beautiful white lab. Dennis is trying to tell him to sit, but we just realized he probably doesn't understand English, so Dennis is looking up how to say sit in Greek. Well we got here yesterday afternoon on the high speed boat. It only took about 40 minutes. It's definitely greener than Mykonos, but we forgot our camera cord again, so no photos for you. We will probably update in Santorini again (not tomorrow but the next). Our hostel ... read more

Our last stop in the Greek Islands After leaving upper class Mykonos and the party island Ios, it was time to go to Santorini - a place that is somewhere in between the two lifestyles we had already experienced. Unlike our trip between Mykonos and Ios, on a slow and painfully boring ferry, we were able to go to Santorini by hydrofoil. The journey took less than an hour. In fact it took longer to get from the port to our villa than it did travelling along the water. Santorini is nearby to a volcano. One side of the island has steep, black cliffs and the other side is completely flat, which is probably the most interesting aspect about it. We stayed in a little villa about a 25 minute walk from the town. There ... read more

Well I arrived safe and sound in Sunny Rodos, no major problems with flights, although they still are very strict with liquids in your hand luggage so be warned anyone flying out in the near future. I would certainly recommend going via London Gatwich again as no problems there in doing the transfer and all my luggage arrived at the same time as me (even though I did fly B.A!!) Feels like I've been here for weeks, but this is only the start of my 3rd day! It is a lot hotter today (been very windy over past couple of days). Am going to Kos next week for a few days with my friends, taking the boat and staying in a rather nice hotel - www.kosaktis.gr (hang the expense!!) Well that's all for now, off to ... read more