Blogs from Greece, Europe - page 503

We left about 9:30 today. Ares (our skipper) had warned us it was going to be a rough one. Not even ten minutes into the journey and 7 out of the 11 of us were feeling queesy. It turned out that this trip was to be the roughest of the lot! Most of the people on board got very seasick (lucky for Matt and I we were fine!) We arrived in Syros at about 2pm and most of us were starving so we headed out for some lunch. After that we went by bus to Syros town. Mark, Katrina, Melissa, Adrienne and I climbed up loads of stairs to an awesome view of the ocean and part of the island. At night we had alfresco nibbles but not too many drinks on the boat because of ... read more

Túristákat vonzó látványosság, tömegeket vonz, az amúgy néptelen fokhoz. 10 felé értünk a Bacchus kempingbe, az általunk legjobbnal ítélt görög kempingbe (bár ekkor még nem tudtuk), ahol az athéni fárasztó munka után, egyből be is iktattunk egy pihenő napot. Amikor csak strandoltunk, rákfogással próbálkoztunk, kiúsztúk a kis korallzátonyra, finomakat ettünk és frappéztunk a sátánkutya mellett és éjjeli fürdést (hideg volt, de sok volt a csillag) rendeztünk.... read more

We arrived in Mykonos about 11:30 and went straight across the road to try and get ourselves some wheels (mopeds), but it was not to be. So we headed off by foot to Mykonos town to have some lunch. The service at the restaurant was terrible, we all thought we were getting hot chips with our toasted sandwiches but we got those french fry crisp things. Luke's meal came out a good twenty minutes after the rest of us finished. After that we got the bus to Paradise beach where it was all happening! Doof doof music, bikinis and sweaty bodies to boot! This was where it's at! The beach was just packed with party goers, there was a huge screen on the beach too. We pulled up some banana lounges and had a few drinks ... read more

És végre eljutottam Athenba. Harmincakárhány óra a Transzbalkán Expresszel (már rutinosan), ahol a hálófülkét egy család két lányával osztottam meg (nyáron kicsit többen utaznak Görögországba, mint télen). Majd Thessalonikből további 5 óra Athenig. De végre ott voltam, az utolsó szigrolatok, szakdolgozatvédés, az államvizsga, és a diplomaosztó után Görögország élettel teli, nyüzsgő szívében. A többiek már reggel megérkeztek fapadossal (pár órát aludtak a reptéren) és már vártak rám. Egy Youth Hostelben volt a szállásunk, a régi olimpiai stadion mögött, kb. 20-25 perc sétára a belvárostól. Az aznap estét a Lykavitoson töltöttük, a város fényeiben gyönyörködve. A hegyoldal azonban telis-tele van kaktuszokkal, ezért nagyon kell vigyázni, hova állítjuk fel a fényképezőgépet... Szikiből fél órán keresztül szedegettük ki a tüskéket. A következő nap intenzív városnézéssel kezdődött az... read more

well, i survived!!! i did the lovely 21 hour ferry trip from ancona, italy to patras, greece. it actually went very well surprisingly. much better than i expected. we had a group of 7 of us and we were pretty early so we stood in line, waiting for our turn to get on the boat. we had a very good set up in our little area, which was actually quite big compared to others. we had the cheapy deck tickets, which means you are outside and you don't have a designated seat. you are actually lucky to get a seat at all. we were in the best place possible on the boat, i think so anyway. we were in a covered area, with a few tables and about 10 chairs between us. it was great fun ... read more