Stella Mare Plaka

... we managed to get a shot of me jumping off ten+ meter cliffs into the ocean. Mirna conquered her fear of heights and jumped of a very large rock, without screaming. We then just lay around in the sun, and fell deeper in love with Milos. Besides the heavenly water, and sparkling beaches there is, how shall i put it, cheese. Yesterday we ate the best grilled and spicy goats cheese. And for a couple cursed with lactose intolerance we can proudly say it was worth it.<br><br>-Aaron<br>

... 8217;s engine was too weak and died. So, we rolled down the hill backwards in order to start again. <br><br>Some people came up to us and told us we would need to back up as far as possible and hit the hill with a running start and with as much power as we could get. So, we backed up about 150 feet for a running start and tried again. This time we made it half way up the steep part (about 1,500 feet of road) and the engine gave out again because it was just too weak to avoid ...

... we were concerned that we must not have used correct Greek when ordering and we wanted to correct our error. So, to help us correct our apparent mistake we said, &#8220;What do you call two glasses of red wine?&#8221; He replied in English, &#8220;I say two glasses of red wine&#8221;. We explained that we understood how to say it in English, but we wanted to know how to say it correctly in Greek.. He gave us a very clear and enlightening ...

26th August 2008 : Athens - Folegandros<br><br>Day 2 in Folegandros. We woke up early and walked around the square in Chora. Besides the ancient castle settlement in Chora, the locals basically have their houses along the main paths of the village. In the centre of it all is a square lined with mainly restaurants, a few souvenir shops, one or two shops selling the basic necessities and ...

... other posh hotels around the island during our stay, with big swimming pools and many signs of commercialism, but it did not interest us a bit. Who would want to use a pool on an island full with beautiful beaches?? The beauty of Folegandros lies in its charming<br>unrushed lifestyle, one which still holds on very strongly to traditions. <br><br>Discovering the beaches of Folegandros:<br><br>Angali:<br><br ...

... making friends with all the locals who are NOT Greek and it was awesome they bought us beers and talked with us Tom is the owner or manager or something and he is from Cork! And this other local guy is from Limerick and has a farm there he said I could go stay there ha ha I could be a farm hand!!!! Hahahaha yeah right! So then all Beth and I could talk about was how glad we were that we didn't go and this and that ...

... just go and sleep on peoples couches!!!!! So my mom has amazingly bought me a Eurail pass! THANKS AGAIN MOM!!! So that means I am not going directly to Ireland after Germany anymore! I am going to go to Austria, Czech Republic, Poland and maybe the Netherlands/Luxembourg!!! Then finally to Ireland! So if anyone has friends or family I can crash with in any of these places let me know and I will!!! haha thanks!

... humidity and the hair on my arms and legs were standing up! Then my throat felt like it was closing in on me. I started to get dizzy and in a cloud... Next thing I know my stomach was like making all these crazy noises and yes I HAD to get to a bathroom- I guess the antibiotics were making everything go crazy I JUST made it to the Mc.Donalds bathroom and I had yes- DIARRHEA! AGHHHH yes this day was going to be GREAT... So at 12 ...

... so tonight I was all into it because i drank a bottle of wine while sobbing to the notebook (which is STILL an amazing movie!) so I go and take the shot it is NOT ouzo I said excuse me! Is this ****** TEQUILA! and I was trying to hold back the throw up I wanted to give him a huge SLAP! I mimicked that i was going to giver- funny on my part- but on their part they were all worried u til I pretended to slap them which I have to often do with ...

... as I was using my visa allot!!! So I have been living in my sandals and NOW I have the WORST sandal tan! Oh god it is so bad! So basically I have been making new friends every night after work I go geta beer and sit in the courtyard and just start talking talking talking to people! it has been really working out well for me and the people who work here laugh at me and think I am nuts but it is so hard because then my new friends leave the ...