Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 96

Hi all, just adding quick entry as havnt had the chance to for a few days. that is because the last two days have been a bit heavy, none-stop travelling for 48 hours. the last time we added sumut was the morning when we left monopoli. from there we changed our plans, deciding to get the ferry to patras from brindisi instead of bari, as i was a bit cheaper. we arrived there at around 2pm, and i just chilled out reading on a bench in the sun by the harbour, and kerry went for a wander, seeing the cathedral etc. it was here that we met a canadian couple, eric and julia, who were getting the same night ferry as us. they seemed pretty decent, for north-armericans (!), and so we stuck together in our ... read more

Had the best fish meal on tour last night at the local harbour. followed by 263 steps back to the top. Good for the soul. today we had a fabulous day touring the volcano. we caught a boat at 10.25 and spent the day travelling between isldands. the highlight was the volcano which still smokes and is still warm to the touch. the volcano last erupted in 1950 and is constantoly monitored. ran into Cassey and Shalini on their honeymoon from Canada. Delightful couple. we swapped taxi stories and shared travellers tales on a very pleasant boat trip. tomorrow we will head to the other end of the island and maybe visit the old port before we fly back to Athens.... read more

Just a quick update. Knossos was disappointing. There are a number of 19 and early 20th century archaeologists whoi have a lot to answer for. Arthur Evans did Knossos and rebuilt stuff in the style he thought was "most appropriate". As a result he "restored" areas as he felt they probably were 1600 BC. Hah!!!! This morning we came on a seacat to Santorini. Hired a car. drove around the island today in 90 minutes and sat on the gighest point. Spectacular views. But the biggest news is that Dale and the team at The Loft won the Local Govt cultural awards on friday for the Loft's music program. Well done to all. Great stuff and i'm very proud of you.... read more

Yesterday we arrived in Kusadasi Turkey. We had a guided tour of the ancient city of Ephesus, which was the first city to have a running water system. The tour was all walking downhill, we have taken many pictures of everything! Our driver dropped us off at the top, and picked us up some two hours later, the design of the city was very cool. We also visited the temple of Artemis, which is one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, now just one standing column and a big pile of marble pieces. Now onto another day, after a slow (14 knot cruise) through the Greek archipelago we have docked on the island of Rhodes, a small but beautiful island, as the ship docked this morning the rain started to fall, heavy at times, ... read more

April 27th Today I went to Adventure Ocean all day. We played games like Gaga Ball and Crazy Tag. At noon, we got picked up by mom and went for lunch at the Windjammer Café. It is a cafeteria style restaurant. The ship was rocking a lot and the food was good. After lunch I went to mini putt with my new friend Hugo. He is from Australia. When we finished about 3 games of mini putt my mom picked us up. But, I convinced her to stay because the rock wall was opening in about 10 minutes. We signed up for the rock climbing wall. Tyler made it halfway up three times, Hugo made it up a little way, and I reached the top on the red and blue courses. Then I went back to ... read more