Dina Parikia

... be a few more toasts and islands!

At the Marina Café, we were served by Rachel, one of the owners. We took an immediate liking to her. She took pictures of us, and we arranged to see her when we'd return in a week. As we were preparing to leave, she treated us to complimentary glasses of Ouzo. Why is this liquor called Ouzo? My sister-in-law explained it years ago. She said, "When you drink it ...

... close to the marina that has music coming from it. I ate a lamb dish for dinner and since the Greeks eat dinner very late in the day and will frequently make an evening of it, it wasn't until close to 11 PM that we left the taverna.

I went back to the yacht to dress in my club clothes and to go to one of the few dance clubs that remained open over the winter. Although it wasn’t packed, the club was still a lot of fun and we had a great time.

... beautiful place with the village full of white-washed buildings scattered around a maze of little streets and alley ways. Just at it seemed that Santorini was made for couples, Mykonos was make for singles and the party life. This is one place that I want to return to again.

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One of the most recognized landmarks on Mykonos has been their windmills. These mills were once used to refine grain and compact it for transport. A fairly strong wind year round made this a great location.

The intinerary had the Ruby departing Mykonos at 2pm so we made our way back to the tender at the marina in plenty of time to catch a lunch on board. After lunch, we chose to relax around the ...

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Pam in very good health
Reference (Shawn): a pop culture almanac
American dude: very uninteresting

the Scottish girls
-language barrier was high, very high lads

Corfu reunion
-Abby and Lindsay
-Mikey and John
-Scott
-Gabriel
-Nick an Kara
-Wes
-B'ys from Alberta
-Random Torontonian chick who was (NOT) on booze cruise

Wet t-shirt contest
-Sweden victorious, deservedly so
-Wife on ...

... one and drove around the island for about an hour looking for some beaches. We found a beach on the other side of the island that looked nice and passed out again only to wake up to ridiculous sunburns. So we got back on the scooters and drove around the island some more. Went out to dinner at an Italian place on the water and walked the main little strip looking for babes. Found some girls who were studying on the island at some art school and they showed us around for the rest of the night.

... and I had a great circle of friends, so I just didn't bother. Not to say I didn't meet new people, I just let it happen. I was wondering, once I was on my own again, whether that laziness would remain or if I'd learned my lesson from Ios and have the confidence to talk to anybody and everybody. Within minutes, I knew the latter was the case. Five minutes after arriving at my hostel I had my two new friends, Jenny and Sarah -- the Stoner sisters -- for my time in Santorini. My ...

... and stalegmites, that extends 100 metres underround! It was nice and cool inside. I must have been away from home for too long, because Paros reminds me of Australia in the summertime, smelling all hot and dry, with eucalyptus trees everywhere. Luckily, after a few days on Naxos, I will be making a quick visit home to Australia (not that 24 hours on the plane each way is all that quick...)

... to Thira the old part of the island where the volcano was. Walked around that and avoided getting on a donkey ride up the side of the mountain. We got another ferry back to Athens but this time we'd bought plastic blow up lilos to sleep on and decided not to do the 14 hour ferry back to itlay but fly to Milan instead. much more comfortable!

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.