Island Fever

Ahhh the greek islands!

We started our trip in Mykonos with high expectations, as we had been chatting to a lot of people at the hostel who all said how great it is. We rocked up to Paradise Beach where we were staying, walked through the gates and went ...... is this it?! It was a teeny little beach, packed with umbrellas and loungers (for 4 euros a day each!) and naked fat old men! We spent three days there and had some good times and relaxed on the beach, but it was quite different from what we expected. The beaches don't have sand, it's small rocks, and it was really busy, and it wasn't even high season yet!







One day we headed into town to check out the famous windmills and see if we coud find the pelican. Sadly we couldn't find the pelican, but the windmills were pretty cool. There was a great view from the hill, and the town along the waterfront was a great place to people watch and had a great vibe.







After three nights in Mykonos we caught the ferry over to Paros, which was ACE! We stayed in a great little place close to the port, Ampeli Studios, and we ended up witha 4 people dorm all to ourselves, had tv (english channels!!!), a fridge, and private bathroom! And it was cheap! We took a walk through town that afternoon. The town is so quaint and beautiful, and there weren't hordes of tourists overrunning the place. It was fantastic!






The next day it was hosing down, so we couldn't go explore further on Paros, which was such a pity! Our hostel was so nice, they let us stay in the room hours after checkout with no penalties. In the afternoon we caught the ferry to Santorini, and were greeted at the port by the owner of our new hotel, Villa Dimitri, which is in Perissa, and a 2 min walk from the beach. We met up with Eva at the hostel, who got there the day before us, and had a walk around, got dinner, and made plans to meet up the next day for a bit of sightseeing. We spent the next morning at the beach chilling out - the beach is over 3kms long and has this black sand/stone, and clear deep water. It's sucha difference from Mykonos! There was practically noone on the beach when we got there in the morning!










We then went to Oia to watch the sunset and see the famous blue domed churches. The teeny tiny little streets and blocky white buildings built into the cliffs were really amazing to see. We ate at this cute little crepe place, with only JUST enough arm room to use your knife, and tried this greek dessert I've seen around. I cant pronounce the name of it, let alone spell it, but it was like a sweet (very sweet!!), er, thing (??) with walnuts underneath and syrup inside. Sorry for the useless description!!
















As a side note, Stacy's really developing and eye for photography :D He's come up with some amazing shots... pretty much all the good ones on the blogs are his :D I better start putting more effort into my photos or I might as well chuck away my camera!! (the cat photo's mine though :P - just for you ML).

Tomorrow is our last day with Eva before she flies back to the States, and then we have 1 and a half more days on Santorini. After that we take an 8 hours ferry, overnight for a few hours, catch a 3.5 hour train, a 21 hour ferry, and a 4 hour train to get to ROME! I'm really looking forward to seeing mum in Rome, I haven't seen her for over three months now!

till next time!
xx Laura