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Jet skiing, and the start of the cruise.
... in the book
given by contiki, pus a few other ones that were offered by the ship.
After looking at the optionals that were on offer I basically chose
what I had decided when I looked at the book at home, with the
Santorini exception. Here I decided to go to the Oia village rather
then the volcano tour. After choosing the optionals, I paid for them
and then had free time until the afternoon. The only bad thing about
the optionals was that our tour manager ...
To Mykonos town and Toga, Toga, Toga.
... it was a buffet style and very good, there was
also birthday cake as there were two birthdays on our tour within a
few days of each other. We had been told days earlier that we were
going to have a toga party tonight and during dinner we were shown
how to make a toga. We were also told during dinner that the bar was
having happy hour during our toga party.
Once dinner was over I went back to my room,
had a few ...
Island Time in Paros Greece
... br> It's nice and quiet and very Greek. In fact it all seems very familiar and not too different from when we were here twenty something years back (apart from the budget and the two extras).
Our general plan was to eat Greek food, drink Greek beer, avoid Greek Retsina and Ouzo, swim, check out the towns and laze around a bit.
We have done the tour of the island - takes about an hour to drive around it which we have done a couple of times as we searched ...
Setting Sail
... The guys stayed in the café as Shirley and I went to the office. We had a bit of a wait because another group was checking in. We could see John and Don from the balcony of the office. They were enjoying a beer. We called down and had them order some for us. Our wait was a bit long so they finished the beer and promised to order more when we were on our way down. While we waited on the balcony taking in ...
Naxos
... and getting himself into all sorts of mischief. He is such a placid wee child that you can take him absolutely anywhere. He's not one to get cranky and start crying or whining. He keeps himself entertained and occupied. As we climbed down from the ferry the sight of the caldera and the village of Fira clinging precariously do the edge of the mountain was even more spectacular than I remembered. I took great joy from the expressions on the faces of the girls as they took in the ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Dina


