Poseidon Resort Loutráki

... Maybe 6 miles across I would say. I also went to the beach for a few hours and tried not to get burnt for the millionith time so I rented an umbrella for a decent price. I came back in the pm that was that.

All in all a pretty good day but I think I want to explore some more islands of Greece for a bit longer. Maybe next time....

And I really love that scooter!

... The boat was fast, but not as smooth as one would have expected.

We got to Aegina, and had a light breakfast, sun-screened up (from head to toe) and rented a motor scooter (which we dubbed "Dory") for 15 euros for the entire day. We scooted around the island, taking Dory where no scooter has ever gone before- especially not with two people aboard! We rode along the coast, the scenery was amazing. We tried to find the highest point on the island (go Dory go! C'mon you can do it ...

... part of traveling through -- the total silence of the passengers.

... had needed to go to the city center (which we didn't), we got off the bus too soon at an accidental random stop anyways that left us in a fairly empty run down part of town. Now all we could do is wander around until we found the bus station, and after asking some firemen and shop owners with broken English, we found a little bus station. We took a local bus to the big canal in Corinth. It's a huge canal built in the late 1800s that connects the ...

... the wheel for the last loop of the day's journey. I got the easy part, really: a six-lane highway with almost no one on it at sunset. We passed through two tunnels, one of them completed since my last trip to Greece, and within a half hour found ourselves heading into Korinth. In retrospect, if I'd continued to trust Karen's sense of direction, I would have easily reached the parking behind the hotel Korinthos, our destination for the night. But I didn't and was freaked out by the ...

... way was the gorgeous blue of the Aegean Sea. Dumping my stuff in my room I decided to head out and check out the locale. Cocktail bars, check. Restaurants, check. Sun bed-lined beach, check. I was in heaven! And the weather was hot - just the way I like it. What more could I have asked for? Plus, knowing that my hotel room (Anna's Rooms) was only $AU20 a night made it all the sweeter. The hotel later realised I had been incorrectly quoted on the ...

... awesome. So, tomorrow we go to Mykonos. The .lady at the store was telling me they party 24hrs...there is always a club open and when one club closes, the other one opens!! I'm really excited. So, tonight we will eat at a nice place...and drink ouzo and maybe go to a bar in Athens...but mostly we will drink ouzo and have a very nice dinner. Alright, i'mgonna post lots of pics for you guys....thanks for reading!!!

... We got to walk over it on a little bridge and it was an amazing view. Apparently people enjoy bungy jumping off the bridge, but I didn't get a chance to (some of my friends did though!) Corinth is the craziest mix of ancient idol worship and the revolution of Christianity that Paul brought. It's amazing to have this beautiful, destroyed temple to Apollo behind you, the place where Paul preached his Acts 18:1-18 ...

... from politics if you thought them to be untrustworthy. I wonder if our current leader would be in power if Australia had such a system! There are many other ruins and historic sites around Athens which we visited, including the site of the world's first University, the Academy, set up by Plato. We also managed to see some local Greek blues music (Rembeticka) at a local cafe (and ...

... the athletics but because of the choreography surrounding the race. Each race began with a rhythmic bonging. With this, the racers would walk single-file into the arena. The spectators immediately found a swimmer to root for - we went either with the American, the Dutch, the Greek, or the African guy who stood no chance. The athletes would then do a few quick stretches and remove their warm-up clothes, never once being allowed to touch the water. The clothes would be balled up ...