Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 95

We walked down to the old port to board our boat for the tour. What a climb down! I was dreading climbing back up after the tour. The boat was like a small tow-0master schooner, but they used engines instead. We sailed out to the volcano's island cone. Apparently the cone has changed at least two or three times since the initial eruption in 15,000BC, with the last eruption in 1950. We hiked up and over the island to see the two cones. One is still live, with steam coming out of serveral vents. After walking back down, we boarded a similar boat for our trip to the hot springs. The guide warned us that they couldn't get the boat very close to the hot springs, so if we wanted to swim, we'd have to swim ... read more

Today was a down day. We walked up into Fira and strolled around shopping and sightseeing the sites, churches, overviews, and myriads of up and down walkways. There are only two main streets in Fira, with a few connecting ones. The rest are dozens and dozens of narrow walkways up, down, and across, mostly crowded with shops, taverns, and people. There were two major cruise ships in port today, so it was even more crowded than yesterday. We ate lunch in a placed called Ouzeqi, where I had dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), Manoli had tomato balls, and we both had a Greek salad. About 20 Euros with drinks. Afterwards, we hiked up to Firostephani, the next small town above Fira. We then walked back down hill to the hotel. For dinner, we ate at a small ... read more

We arrived in Rhodes yesterday, luckily with all our baggage too! It is pretty nice weather here, around 20 but the wind is very strong and cold, especially by the ocean. We are staying in a village on the western side of Rhodes called Kremasti. Our hotel is very nice, we have a kitchenette with hot plates, fridge and sink. We also have a balcony, it is much larger than our last hotel room. Today, we walked down to the beach and rented chairs from a charming greek man, he was busy fixing up his beach cafe for the 'real' busy tourist season. We did manage to get some sun although it was very windy, I think I may be quite burnt tomorrow. We tried to go in the water but it was very cold and ... read more

After walking about a mile to get 2 capuccinos for breakfast, I asked Poppy to call for the 4-wheeler. About 10 minutes later, I was getting the low down on 4-wheelers, then went back to pick up Manoli. We headed out about 9:30am... two old folks on a 4-wheeler! Along the way, we stopped at the Santos Winery just outside Pyrgos and took the tour. Very interesting and only 3 Euros for both of us. We also sampled some Vinsantos, their best wine. Yum! I actually liked it and usually dislike wine. We arrived at Pyrgos and against my better judgement, decided to ride up to the Prophet Ilias Monastery. Being on the top of the highest hill on Santorini (over 1,800 feet), it was quite a ride. Unfortunately, we found it was closed! Oh well, ... read more

Hi all, so the big day has arrived, i have found a very nice sports bar, which apparantly is also the popular bar for ladies of the night to ply their trade, but most importantly, is showing the leeds match tonight!! im buzzing, im currently teaching "marching on together" to our canadian pals, so there'l be a good crowd in tonight! so, to update u with the events of the last few days. On the evening of our first full day here, we went for a wander round the old town, which, sadly, had an old market bit, full of little shops selling silk scarves and girl stuff like that, so the girls messed around looking at that while me and eric pined for some seafood. we had tea at a nice restaurant run by a ... read more