Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 132

We arrived on the pretty island of Naxos. It had been a pleasant trip on the yacht. We decided to go for a bit of an explore. Some of the girls went for a look at the shops, while Matt, Mark, Dave, Jamie, Luke and I took a ten minute walk to a local beach. We went for a swim and then went for a stroll. On the way back we just had to buy an ice-cream. In the evening we had a communal meal on the yacht and then headed out to a cocktail bar where we enjoyed strawberry daiquiris, blue velvets and Matt had a Forest Gump. A great night was had by all! Before we went to bed, Matt and I took a stroll to see Naxos by night.... read more

We got up mega early and caught the blue star ferry to Paros. The journey was a pleasant four hours. Luckily when we got to Paros there was a place to store our luggage (for a price of course) and we headed on a bus to a busier part of the Island called Naousa. We spent our day eating ice-cream and exploring. There was a small inlet with some water and rocky sand. We went for a swim then lay on our 1 Euro 50 straw mats and had a nap. Eventually we headed back to the port to meet the guys and find the yacht that we were to spend the next seven nights on. It was a staggered meeting of everyone, we stocked up with supplies from the shop and settled in. In the ... read more

We arrived in Rhodes at gone 1am and from the moment that the aircraft doors opened heat swept across us. An hour on the coach took us to Kiotari, a small resort towards the south of the island, about 15km from Lindos. We arrived at the Rhodes Village Hotel, complete with marble foyer, tiled floors and, thankfully, air conditioning. We caught a few hours sleep and then spent the first day settling in. On Monday 1st August 2005 we took a coach to Rhodes town which sits at the very north end of the island. The town is broken into two main parts. The old town sits within the 'city walls' which date back to medieval times and are about 10km in circumference. The new town exists outside the walls and contains the police, council buildings ... read more

Ever had one of those days when accomplishing even the smallest of tasks feels like trying to write Mandarin Chinese upside down while riding a drunk elephant? Yeah me neither but let’s just say today approached that level of frustration. We left our village of Imerovigli for the bright lights of Fira, the biggest little (only) town in Santorini. Fira offers lots of tourists, few cabs, street hawkers moving people into restaurants (even in Greece there’s slimy recruiters) and gift shops that make you scratch your head (do you really want to ship fresh wool pelts and feta balls back to the states?). The place is pretty much what I expected of a resort town dedicated to making middle-aged couples overpay for trinkets they’ll throw in the junk drawer as soon as they get back to ... read more

Hi Everyone-today we were on the Greek island of Santorini, I really loved it here! When we opened the windows this morning the first thing we saw was one of the most beautiful islands. The top of the mountains were covered with whitewashed and sea blue adobe type houses, hotels, churches and cathedrals. I really like it here. We had to tender (small boat) over to the island because our ship could not get close enough to the island. Once we arrived on the island, we had 3 choices to get up the very high, vertical mountain, 1. 600+stairs 2. cable car 3. donkey. Guess what choice I made? Yes, the donkey. Mom, Dad, Brittany and I each got our own donkey, they gave me a smaller one. Mom was so afraid the whole time we ... read more