Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 78

Went to visit Evagelos in Athens, started the RTW trip with him, start of this blog. Mediterranean experience.... read more

A great nights sleep and we awoke to another clear beautiful day with prospects of warm temperatures. Our breakfast purchases yesterday will see us right and cheaper way to go by far than the €5 cost each for breakfast at Pension George.Bringing two plates,bowls and plastic cups as well as cutlery for us both including a super sharp little knife means we are fully equipped for breakfast,lunch and dinner if we want and none of it takes up much room in the suitcase.We even have salt and pepper in a container.We are even thinking of buying a cheap microwave in London when we get our car so we can heat up frozen meals etc. The showers in both Turkey and Greece have presented their challenges.All have beeb showheads on the end of a flexible hose.Occasional we ... read more

Friday 1st May Exploring Mykonos We knew the run of good nights sleep would have to end at some point and it was here in Elenis Rooms that was to happen.One of the problems with tiled floors and hard surfaces for walls is that any noise is at least trebled.!! And so it was to be from the early hours until 4am other guests(we have another name for them that is not printable)kept arriving home and banging and crashing their way into their room through the front door and their adjacent bedroom door as they came from home from the nightclubs nearby.We had taken count of the number of bedrooms on our floor and that had numbered six.Now we were tucked up in bed so that made 5 rooms to fill at worst.We gave up after ... read more

some more photos from santorini. also thanks again for all the comments....if we don't reply to them personally doesn't mean we don't read and appreciate them...good internet access is surprisingly sparse in europe as a backpacker so we have to be frugal with our time. actually we are also being frugal with our money, and long gone are restaurant meals and nice guesthouses...we are slumming it up in backpacker hostels and buying food from the supermarket and sitting on plastic bags on the grass to eat (yesterday in roma we were chowing down on half a chicken and dry biscotti in front of the main train station Termini, sitting on plastic bags on the asphalt, and got quite a few snobbish looks from the italians dressed in prada and gucci...) miss you all lots xxx jian ... read more

Wednesday 29th April Chilliin’ out on Paros Another day in paradise was ahead for us as the day dawned bright and clear with no wind again. Watched the BBC who are trying to scare us with the Swine Flu outbreak in Mexico.However the Greek Islands seem so far from the rest of the world that it is hard to believe that it could affect this area.Although we realise that with travel around the world so easy it is only a matter of time before we come across warnings and even people wearing masks as the alert heightens.One must just take all precautions and we have our hand cleanser and wipes and can avoid big crowds other than when we are travelling. Our self made breakfast was delicious again with Greek yogurt and fruit plus a very ... read more