The Pink Palace Corfu

Ok*y so here we *re 10 d*ys in...*nd loving every minute of it...

Just to upd*te you on our recent *dventures, let's just t*ke you b*ck for * second to Athens *nd our excursion there...

Our second d*y in Athens we visited the Acropolis, which w*s incredible. Our d*y st*rted with w*lking up the *ncient ro*dw*ys, up to the Acropolis, P*rthenon *nd the m*ny other *m*zing sights over looking the city of Athens (couldn't see *ny forest fires!!). It w*s ins*nely hot but the history le...

So apparently it never rains in Corfu...but we were apart of a massive downpour that left the whole village without power all day. But that's what makes this trip so amazing! So we arrived in Corfu, one of the greek islands, 6 days ago to stay at the world famous Pink Palace. The Pink Palace is like a little world inside a big globe. We started off on an 8 hour overnight bus ride followed by a ferry ride with a group of wild and crazy Australian and Canadian boys. This made for quite the inte...

After over 26 hours of travelling with about two hours of interrupted sleep on the concrete floor of an overnight ferry, we arrived in Corfu, Greece. We are staying at the infamous Pink Palace which seems like more of a hotel than a hostel. We are looking forward to a few days of rest and relaxation on the beaches of Greece without having to hop from place to place. We are looking in to maybe visiting more islands, but don't know if we are willing to make more 14 hour trips which will add tim...

Well, after all of the trouble getting to Greece, we only enjoyed one full day on the beach. We caught a nasty stomach virus that was going around the good old Pink Palace and everyone there was sick. Literally every person. After being completely bedridden for an entire 24 hours, we decided to get on the 24-hr. ferry to Venice to escape the wretched place. How is that for some stories, Anthony? :) We are still feeling naseous today and have eaten a total of about 10 crackers each over the la...

After an 8 hour ferry we made it to greece and it was pouring rain. This island is very green and has tons of limestone cliffs on the beach. The place we are staying at it like a mix between springbreak mexico and a summer camp, but its really cheap and they feed us breakfast and dinner so we can deal with it. We got here on our 5 year anniversery and we have just layed out on the beach for 4 days and now we are officailly CRAZY tan (sorry barb). We are off to santorini next 9 hour bus to Ath...

Well its been a while since my last entry, and not much has happened. After 20 hours of ferries, and 48 hours of transit, we finally arrived in Corfu, Greece (its a little island at the top). A little bit of eavesdropping on the ferry ensured us that it really was the only way to get between Croatia and Greece, as travel through albania is virtually impossible, and highly unrecommended. But for the first time ever, a little bit of luxury when we arrived; a coach waiting to take us to our host...

For once i feel overwhelmed at the thought of writing beacause there are so many little stories to tell. The pink palace has just been the most awesome experience ever. We have made great friends with all the staff- especially the bar staff at happy hour who became like family to us- and it is really sad to leave. It was like a holiday from our holiday, so its kind of good to get back to things in the real world. The toga party on saturday was really fun and i should have the photos on in a c...

Yiieeeaaahhh!!! The Ushiro and Matteo adventure has taken off!!! So far so good!! It all began on the day I left florence on May 31st. I felt a little melancholic(homesick) as I left florence, but everything wasn't the same as everyone started to leave so I decided it was time for me to leave as well. Seeing our year pass buy right before my eyes was quite a shocker, but I knew it would be because it was the best year of my life. As each person who was close to me left, I felt a piece of me l...

What more can you say about the island of Corfu then the Pink Palace. We arrived at like 8 am after a long overnight ferry. We of course rode it style once again as we slept on the deck of the ferry like common bums. It is a nice way to travel and I am glad we got some sleep before the long day to come. Our arrival at the Pink Palace ment of course a shot of Ouzo. This is the Greek's idea of a good joke I think. It tasted more like cough syrup then anything else and at 8 am it was not a welco...

WELL! first things first. The bus ride! we had to walk to the other hostel in Athens that is connected with the one we are staying in, as that is where the bus runs fromto go tot he Pink Palace. So we trekked up the streets until we found it, and ended up sitting in the internet room there until the bus came at 9ish. (about a two hour wait). And while in there, we met Laura from Vancouver, who was also going to the Pink Palace, and two other guys from Texas, Randy and Kevin, and the two guys ...