Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 72

1. You can wear Royal Caribbean keychains as earrings for that time when you want a big white and blue plastic accessory to compliment your outfit. 2. You can wear a string bikini when you’re in your 80s. You won’t look good but you can wear it. 3. Don’t ever tell people you wish your wife of 4 days had less attitude in front of a theatre full of people. The rest of us will laugh and laugh and laugh. 4. Re: getting burnt. Response we heard someone say to a friend warning her that she’s burnt: “I don’t burn because I’m showering a lot”. 5. Ignorance is bliss. Case in point: “People in Croatia should just learn English to make it easier for us to shop”. 6. It’s ok for young girls to wear stilettos. ... 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

In our third and fourth weeks we went from Kythnos to Siros, Mykonos, Rinia, Delos and Paros. There were some fabulous sailing days with good winds, calm seas and clear skies. We saw dolphins a couple of times (Common Dolphin we think) moving along with young ones - we took time out to drift and watch. In Mykonos we moored in the “marina”. This is much like most marinas in Greece - built with 13 million euros of European money ten years ago and still incomplete and unmanaged (and in this case built on the richest island in Greece - just where the investment wasn’t needed). Rant over. We got the bikes out and cycled the 2 miles into Mykonos town each day. A complete contrast to other islands, Mykonos is highly touristed plus takes 3 ... read more

We woke up early today and headed back out on the four-wheelers to a beach called Red Beach. The beach was so cool. It has red sand and red cliffs, but the most beautiful blue, clear water. We could only stay at the beach for a little bit because we had to return the four-wheelers. We were sad to drop them off, but they were so worth it and probably saved us a bunch of money that we would have spent on taxis. Next we went on an excursion and hiked a volcano. We had to take a cable car down to the old port of Santorini and from there a boat took us out in the middle of the water to the center of the volcano. I have no idea how far we hiked, but ... read more

The first day at sea involved sleeping in, something we hadn’t done since starting our travels. My friend Rachel and I decided to go off and do our own thing in the morning. My decision was to eat a great breakfast at the buffet and then to grab my book and lay by the pool. I found a great lounge chair and just got to enjoy the sun and relax. After lunch I met up with Rachel, we hung out in the solarium and had pizza and French fries as a little treat. We went to the bar and enjoyed the drink of the day before dinner. The next morning we arrived at Santorini, Greece. This port was one of the main reasons we choose this cruise. We arrived via small boat since the cruise ship ... read more