Asterias Parikia

... 3000 Euros, we were sold an insurance policy. Our original contract did not state such an arrangement, but we were okay with it. While we checked in, Giannis went to inspect the boat. We invited him to meet us in the café when he finished.

After Shirley and I signed all the papers and called down for our beer, we went to the café. Giannis soon met us. We toasted our first island – there ...

... are still many columns as well as some interesting mosaics. Even with what remains, there is enough to get a good idea of what the island would have been like in its heyday. The best know sculptures on the island are a row of lions.

We anchored within the Bay of Delos and returned in the afternoon for lunch aboard. After we finished exploring the island, we boarded the yacht and returned to Mykonos for the evening. We went to shore and found a ...

It’s a little cool outside for a party island that is famous for its nude beaches and all-night dance clubs. This is the first time that I wished we were visiting Greece during the tourist season since the town almost feels empty and the beaches deserted.

This is ...

... meter's weren't running by the minute.

As is custom for us, we found a local bottleshop and purchased a local bottle of wine, with grapes grown in Greece.

We returned to the marina area and then made our way to the area of the island called "Little Venice". Here the most western part of the town meets the sea. Buildings are constructed right at the sea's edge with their balconies overhanging the ...

... br>-dude's girlfriend who was fiend gull for iiit (potential for greatest Eiffel Tower ever)
-Pukey's massive pile of puke from the night before, reenacted by Brian
Nackers' pickup lines:
-"Have ya any land?"
-"Have ya a fine pair of Wallington boooots?"
-"D'you need a gate?"

the Swedes (2 girls)
-ridiculous dance
-Callahan a healthy scratch
-almost certainly missed their 5:30am ferry

Lauren: day-to-day ...

After spending the day walking Athens we took the evening train out to Pareius where all the ferries leave from. We hung out there at a little restaurant eating and playing cards until about 11.00. Then we headed to the ferry and departed at midnight. Sleeping on the ferry was not an easy task.About 15 min before we got to Paros we found the couches. Got into Paros around 6.00 am and checked into our hotel and crashed out until 10.30. Woke up and went out to find some scooters. We each ...

... friends playing drinking games in my presence, I had no interest in going out. If you knew my ratio of nights out to nights in in Ios, you'd understand). I arrived in the afternoon too tired from the night before and too emotionally frayed from leaving to be of any use as a "tourist" again. I did see immediately, though, the impact Ios had on me. Over the last month or so I had become totally unmotivated to actively go up and meet new people. I'd been doing it for long ...

... town of Oia to watch the sunset. Well,it was perfect until we ran out of petrol in the dark... After the girls left for Turkey I headed to Paros. I have found myself a very dodgy scooter (but I can't complain at 5 euro a day...), and have been riding from beach to beach around the island. I also headed over to Antiparos island, where I visited a big limestone cave full of ...

Got the overnight ferry (again!) from Ios to Santorini where we spent another two nights. It was quite pretty, heaps of white buildings with blue temples. Not really a party island like ios. Is supposed to be a romantic place. We hung out at black sand beach (bought beach mats because the sand was so hot) and burnt our toes. Went on a boat ...

How on Earth did I get to be so lucky?

My family and I went on a cruise of the Greek Islands. We ate a lot, got sea sick once, soaked up the sun, and absorbed the classically beautiful white and blue colours on the islands. There weren't very much ship activities that my sister and I were interested in but Allyson and I did win a bingo game! Mykonos was by far our favorite island because of its beauty.