Far Out Village Ios

this trip was very special to me,because it was the first one after I finally finished with school and had the freedom to do everything I want,without anybody else controlling me!the only thing I wanted to do is find a nice place with great people to relax and so I did.i met many interesting people and it was a journey to remember!

Well, a very enjoyable last night in Santorini. had dinner at a lovely restaurant overlooking the sunset strip. Pity it wasn't the clearest of nights but still spectacular.
Dinner consisted of grilled pork with pureed red pepper and potatoes with cheese and Souvlaki Lamb with baked potato.
A 5.00 am start got us on to the flight to Athens then Rome.

After a sleep in we wandered into town to choose a suitable location for our anniversary dinner tonight (21 years!).
As usual we just had to take more photos ~ don't worry, after a few more tonight this will be all of Santorini.
Next, Italy where the forecast is 0 to 14 degrees. BRR BRR

The weather has improved remarkably, the wind dropping from the 40 knot+ from yesterday as we set off on the sailing vessel "Captain Yannis". We departed Amoudi Wharf and motored to Nea Kameni, the volcano island, where we saw the evidence of eruptions dating back to 1630 BC.
That first eruption was 70 times larger than Krakatoa in Indonesia and produced a tsunami 250m high!
The most recent eruption was in 1950 and even today we could see hot steam venting from the ...

... a magic show, saw a comedian, and sang along with an Elton John impersonator. We skipped a few of the singing and dancing shows as Steve wasn't sure he could stomach it. We had really nice weather- it only rained on the last day when we were at sea. We ate a lot of meat to get some protein and avoided bread and pasta since we will be eating a lot of both during the rest of the trip. We were sad to get off the ship but are excited about the next 6 weeks of backpacking.

... up for the ladies?"....no, in fact I wanted to say "you do in fact look
gay" but I just said "I hear ya"



Then, when phil drove me back on his atv he rented (not drinking I
might add, except one flaming lambourghini, though that was at the
beginning...can't believe that was mike, Erin and phil's first time. I
guess they don't have cheap-drinking-loud-mouth, barking, east Indians-on-roids that they ...

... we met for coffee that evening, Irene brought three friends along. One of the friends lived in Ios and two were visiting from another island for a few days. After coffee/tea, we went with them to a Greek restaurant for dinner (at the very late hour of 9:30PM) where we sampled octopus, a vegetable similar to cooked spinach- I was not a fan-, Greek salad -yummy-, swordfish, and some other things I don't know the English words for. Dinner was a long ...