Levantes Luxury Resort Hotel 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

... After an hour or so walking over the lava flows we motored on to some hot springs where hardier folk than us braved an icy plunge into the sea to reach the warm springs.(Hey we're used to tropical waters!)
Soon we moored at Thirasia Island for a couple of hours for lunch and Mythos at waterfront tavernas which are still much as they were 50 years ago.
Tomorrow is our last day here so we are making the most of the sun, as the forecast for Italy is bloody freezing

... we have seen so far. We went on a bus tour to the populartourist vacation area of Paleokastritsa. We stopped to take some pictures and would have had time for a swim but I hadn't brought my bathing suit. We then headed up a huge hill, winding up and up on the bus and squeezing through the narrow streets of a tiny town where locals waved at us, to reach a viewpoint named Bella Vista (beautiful view) by visiting Italians years ago. We were directly above where ...

... from Aussie whose hyper vigilance and over
precaution seems to attract to her all she wishes to avoid! It's weird.
Then Awkward Alex from Italy. He's been a great patience tester for me.
The epitome of awkward! There's minxy Michelle who is almost
like UK's version of me... well sort of. She's quite fabulous and has become my partner in crime! There's a beautiful couple from Romania... and last
but not least Fabio - our captain ...

... waiting at the port I met 4 greek guys about my age who convinced me to stay on the ferry with them all the way to Athens. This worked quite well because I was getting kind of sick of the islands and I also saved lots of money because my ferry ticket to Paros was 1/3 of the price of a ticket to Athens. This is just one example of why it is great to travel alone; I was able to continue my journey to Athens on a whim, without consulting or persuading anyone else.

... for the summer. See ya in September......!?!? I will do my best to resist the urge though. This place is great though. By day two I had my routine. Breakfast at a cafe in the main square, hit the beach for some sun, back to the hostel to get the sand and sea off me, dinner, and then out for the night, and repeat. There is really nothing to do here and yet I seem to pass the time without a problem. Day 1 was great here. I got off the ferry and got picked up by the ...

... host Sam and an Aussie named Dingo, who is a firebreather, and we got ****** and ran amuck in the streets, and the locals treat this as the norm. I've spent time on night trains in Italy, spent the night outside a ferry port in Bari, Italy with 2 Brits, 2 Canadiens, and an Aussie. These same people consequently, would be the cause of much drunken hilarity after consuming way too much wine on the 16-hour ferry to ...

We woke up at around 8:00 this morning in Ios. I love these night ferries. We went right away to find our hostel called Far Out Camping. It is so cheap! For a little bungalow it was $4.50! There were two of us per bungalow. The camp grounds were so nice! They had two pools, a few bars, a BBQ area, and, best of all, it was right on the beach. The beach is absolutely breathtaking. The water is a radiant color of ...