Joker Hotel Athens

... base while we’re there, but no one will respond to my emails L I guess I’m just not a desirable houseguest! So we’re going to have to hostel it which we’re not terribly fond of. It works, but is a lot more expensive than camping.

But on the up side, we found a campsite for the night. A nice spot along the beach with an owner who invited us in by his fire for a glass of wine. Looks like the nearest train station ...

... Greek cuisine. One night we even had a picnic under the stars on the beach, with a bottle of Santorini wine, among other delicious treats.
The second day we rented ATV's to visit beaches and we drove from one end of the isalnd to the other, we had a blast- it was especially hilarious watching speed-demon Andrea unknowingly make her way down a one way street the wrong way, she survived though and everyone got home safely. hahaha
Athens, Attica, Greece 5eh_girls

... of the city with outstanding panoramic views. Another super old place... 450 BC is when the Acropolis was made.

Funny sidenote: there is this group of 4 girls we call the Fab 4, they are all the girls who go out drinking every night, have made out with some guy in each city we've been in, are consistently late to things, and then ***** to the professor that they aren't getting good enough grades on their papers... and this morning they weren't ...

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... drinks almost constantly and the flight attendants were so great. The seats were sooo comfortable and there was tons of leg room. When I got to Toronto I had 30 minutes to get to my flight to Rome. I ran like the terminal. I thought I got there just in time, but then I waited, and waited, and waited. Then we finally borded and then waited some more. We took off late, but it was still predicted that we would get to Rome on time. When I got on the plane I immediately ...

... New Zealand, except for the Won't Kill You bit. When we drove past a playground I was utterly convinced for a bit that I was somewhere on the Westcoast. Then I looked around and realised, oh yeah no it's definitely Greece. Cassy keeps telling me this is what the south of Italy looks like, and I kinda hope not because it's really dry and a touch barren. It's pretty, but it's very brown. The temple is really cool, and must have been really impressive back in the day. Across ...

... a shady man approached us and asked where we were staying. We showed him on the map and he said 'oh that's a 10-minute drive in a car.' We asked how long it would take to walk it, and he said we couldn't. Too far, too dangerous. Are there buses? No, no buses. And there is a taxi strike going on too. 'So how are we supposed to get there?' Well LUCKY for us, this man had the only non-striking taxi in the whole city! For only 30 euro! Andrea and I ...

... was finally located onboard the ship - out on the sun deck along with numerous other large cartons of unidentified objects that had been brought aboard at various times before TSS staff began boarding. Once it was set up, the electricians attached the computer cables (covered) directly to the desk. We nearly had heart failure when we saw what they had done to the desk ...

... blue - but its chilly. We have 3 hours at Balos Lagoon before getting back on the boat to comeback to Kissamos. Oh and I must tell you about the stunning little church that is on the road to the port...... it's the most incredible little church that is built into the side of the mountain, I have attached a photo so you can see for yourselves. On the way back to the campsite we spotted a little local marina which we ...

... other side. But we passed it by to land, what seemed, far from town. We disembarked, collected our baggage and stopped by the tourist information desk. They suggested a few hotels and we were on our way to the train. Ten Euros for 2 tickets on the new train line took us downtown in about 40 minutes. Since the Olympics were here in 2004, Athens had totally renovated their transportation system. I remember seeing on the news a long time ago how ...