Blogs from Greece, Europe - page 489

It didn't happen yesterday, for which I am grateful, but today there is a public transit strike. No worries though, Leslie and I had plans to be tourists so we just walked all over town, all the way to the Acropolis. You can just imagine how it would have been minus all the city buildings, coming upon this huge creation at the top of a hill you can see for miles. I can see it right now from Leslie's place, and it's all lit up at night which is wonderful. There's been some deterioration of the structures because of the pollution, and most of the ancient buildings are surrounded by scaffolding, which is too bad because it totally ruins the look. Metal and ancient stones just should not mix, but otherwise it might fall down, and ... read more

i made it to greece safe and sound....sleeping on a ferry that reminded me of the titanic i got a little sick but i just took some pills and went to bed... the hotel we are staying at is a piece but whatever we just have a few drinks and it is paradise... we went out last night expecting a club that everyone was talking about...but it was closed so a bar that was suppose to open at 12 opened for us...which was nice, but the drinks were seven euro... today we all came into town and i ate a gyro... it was so much better than than the wonderful food of the greek festival and oakland gyros...wait maybe not at 3am... tonight we are having a toga party, the rules are that you can't wear ... read more

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated, Mom please don't be worried! You do watch too much CSI! I am safe and sound and somewhat tanned. I had a full day on the train from Roma to Brindisi, met a really cool girl on the train named Lauren and let me say that the deck seats on the ferry were not that bad, just little chairs. I had the place almost to myself, but not much sleep. I arrived at the Pink Palace in Corfu at 5:30am and it's been great. I"ve met tons of cool people and we've been hanging out on the beach all day. The first day we went on a 4-wheeler safari which was SO fun, we went all day all over the island, off roading to the highest points and ... read more

what! i love this place and i dont want to leave funny thing... again.. i love being the girls here that acctually wear clothes out at night... hahaha BUT!! after quading that one day we just... kept our ritual of a bicardi and cookies on a rock everyday before supper and then went down to eat AGAIN..... we hung out for a bit at the disco but everyone was pooped from the quading and heat woke up early for breakfast... this time we got eggs and a hot dog.. hahahhaha but they have nutella and i decided i love nutella we met some cool guys from edmonotn... one of them which knows bronwen!! it was insane... and pretty much every one at the pink palace is from canada or the u.s i also met a girl ... read more

A continuation of my Egypt and Greece trip. Obviously, this would be the Greece part, and in my opinion, considerably less exciting. So stepping off the plane in Athens provided a rather welcome change. It was weird really, as it wasnt just so much as if we were back in civilization (per say,) but it really almost felt like home- as though as if we were back in our own familiar world again. However, this was only partly true and mostly due to a quick but refreshing first glance. The Greeks definitely have their own marked identity and culture as well. It soon became "all Greek to me." Thus, due toe it's somewhat familiar feel, it also isn't exactly as story worthy, so I will try to avoid the day to day, hour by hour rundown ... read more