Poseidon 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

... route there along the east coast of the island. I took a turn driving the ATV and had a blast! Then we stopped in Oia and had a look around.The views are awesome and the little village, perched on the hill, is filled with white buildings and hidden staircases. We headed back to Fiora and managed to walk down without getting run over by a donkey.
Corfu was nice as well but as Steve said, very different. It was very green and the sandybeaches were some of the ...

From Santorini to Ios we took the Flying Cat 4 for 18EUR and it took about 30 minutes. I wish I could remember the name of the hotel we stayed at. The owner came to the port to pick us up. We stayed in Milapatos Beach. The room was nice...clean and we had a great balcony that overlooked the beach. The ...

... up the main street around 2am and had our own walking pub crawl because most of the bars don't have cover charge. By the end of the night we had closed 2 bars and left the 3rd around 6am, stubbling our way back to the hotel!!!!! The first bar we shut down was a lot of fun, it played good canadian/american music that we knew, so we had our drinks and danced till 5am when they closed, not before playing 2 U2 songs just for us.

... going to force myself to learn a couple more languages. OK, that's a little bit for ya'll. There's a line for the computer, and I'm getting the scary eye from some Canadiens. So I have to go. But I love and miss ya'll. I miss ZTejas and soccer and my music and my dog (thanks again Erica) and rockclimbing and Austin and Lone Star beer and the hot tattood bartenders in Jackalope. Cheers everyone and I'll try and write again soon.

... island of ios, which has a reputation for partying. i should've gone to ios first, because the last 2 days of my vacation all i want to do is relax and get ready for round two of law school... not party ibiza-style. anyway, the beach here is nice, there is actual sand - but i have a feeling they ship it in because the bottom of the ocean is still rock and when you swim you don't get all sandy in every body crevice. the main village of chora is absolutely adorable ...

... game, the second that game ended, there was silence. It was eerie. On a related note, the night Australia clinched its way into the knockout phase there was a blackout on the island -- and it couldn't have come on a better night. Australia played a late match, so all the drunk Aussies came out to celebrate instead of turning in for a nap never to emerge again. The whole night had a certain energy to it, but once the power went out, everybody left the bars they were in and poured into ...