Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 69

September 30, 2009 Judy and I awoke to the sun rising over Fira, the largest city on Santorini. No time for a sit down breakfast, we opted instead for the buffet, which was fine. The ship does not dock in Santorini but rather tenders passengers over by smaller boats. Of course the Princess paid tour guests get to go first but we didn't have to wait long for our boat to take us ashore. Since the crowds at the dock were light we took the cable car to the top in under 5 minutes. The port at Santorini is some 600 feet or so below the city on the cliff. One has the option of cable car, donkey or walking to reach the top and the same choices for the way back down but more on ... read more

Well this Island was just magical... The postcards don't do it justice at all. Dinner was served on the side of a cliff top overlooking the Caldera on the first night. It was breathtakingly beautiful, unexplainable... The food was superb and the 1 liter Rose we drunk in an hour was also fantastic...hehe. It was off to the highlander where we danced the night away, splurging on cocktails (2 for 7euro) and shooting bazzilions of shots... It was then up on the bar for some go go dancing led by the infamous timmy tim tam... With heaps of old tunes belted out it was an awesome night had by all... Up early the next morning Andy Pandy and I set sail on an old pirate ship to check out the volcano and hot springs... This after ... read more

Paros is a beautiful small fishing island. It has quaint cobbled streets that can be explored in a just a few hours. On arrival we were greeted by a lovel host at Pension Demitrios. We stayed in a lovely Pension (which is like a cross between a hostel, B&B and a small hotel...... After another guided tour of the island it was out to Dinner where Jen ate Tims choice of the fresh fish of the day which was served whole with eyeballs and all ahhhh! A quick word about Timmy boy... He is our guide-friend on this tour and he is the most amazing and nicest mate ever! And he is hilarious... watch this space for pictures... he also has an obsession with body parts hehe... So anyway Paros was so lovely and the town ... read more

Hicran Cigdem Yorgancioglu RHODES RODOS GREECE YUNANISTAN Seyahatinden Gunluklerinden /siirlerinden bir kac kesit Eser Sahibi (H.ÇİĞDEM YORGANCIOĞLU) Bu gezi yazısına dair 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunu’ndan doğan mali ve manevi hakların gerçek sahibidir. All rightS are reserved . İki kıta arasından gelip üç kıtaya dönüp yüzümü Söyleyeceğim bugün de Rodos Adası için sözümü Güneş ilahı Helios’a göz kırptım , Yine gezdim yine hikayeler kırptım , Argos’tan gelen bir denizci kavmiyim bugün Dor’lar gibi Nedir acaba Rodos’a bakan denizlerin mavi sularının dibi 7 kapısı var şehrin biz Dabuaz kapısından girdik Adanın neolitik çağlardan başlayan hikâyelerinden günümüze doğru yaklaşırken ilk başta Yunanlı’ların yaşadığı daha sonra 14 .yüzyılda St John şövalyelerine geçtiği anlaşılıyor .1522 de Osmanlı’ların eline geçmiş 1914’ te İtalyanlar ve sonrada... read more

If there is one thing that you learn when you are traveling by yourself is how to entertain yourself. Not only do you have to be prepared to rely on yourself to deal with all the difficulties that arise, to make all the necessary decisions, but you have to be in your own company all the time. I know everyone has that problem, but it takes on new dimensions when you are traveling alone. Just like how traveling with a friend can be trying if you don’t get along all the time. An eight hour ferry ride or a two hour bus ride can be torturous if you don’t know how to entertain yourself. Although it is rare, when you are traveling you could conceivably go a week without having a conversation in your native language. ... read more