Althea Villas Paros

Delos is an incredibly interesting place. The entire island is a collection of ruins where no one is allowed to stay on the island overnight so everyone who visits are day trippers—most of whom are staying in Mykonos. It was an excellent day for exploring ruins at just over 60F degrees it was cool and pleasant. There is a lot to explore on the island so be sure to leave enough time to see it all.

There are no complete building standing, but ...

It’s a little cool outside for a party island that is famous for its nude beaches and all-night dance clubs. This is the first time that I wished we were visiting Greece during the tourist season since the town almost feels empty and the beaches deserted.

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Apparently, there were only a few taxi's on the island and one wonders why anyone would take one when two large cruise ships were in town. You see, not only was our ship, the Ruby Princess, carrying 3,100 passengers in port but the Celebrity cruise ship was also in port. There were so many people around the port area that taxi's virtually couldn't move more than a few inches a minute. Hope ...

... on the island of Paros at midnight. Our hostel was in another town called Naoussa. We were not sure how we were going to manage this so late at night but as we got off the ferry we saw a sign for our hostel so we walked to the man that was holding the sign, we were very curious. Could this be for us? No really? But yes it was!!!! It was Andreas the owner of Villa Galini and he came to pick us up ...

... locally grown olives, sliced tomato, sliced onion, green apple, all topped with balsamic vinegar along with fresh bread...it was fantastic. That night we hung out with a Japanese guy a year older than us who, come to find out, had been one of two journalists from his newspaper in Japan sent to live in New York to cover the Yankees. He related stories of traveling around the country with the team and seeing some ...

... all the crowds of waiting people and without seeing Heather. I knew she was there somewhere. On the last night we had spend together the fun bus had come in to the port to meet a ferry and while the camping guys strutted their stuff trying to recruit customers we watched the madness unfurl from the windmill in the center of the town. Doing a lap of the windmill I still didn't find her. I was pulling out my phone to text when she caught my eye and for the second time in my life my ...

... down the window to speak to her she was in the back seat of the car and we were heading off into the night, laughing loudly as we drove. Her name was Monika, she was from Switzerland, and she was working in the campsite for the summer. She was loud, brash and great fun. After we pulled into the campsite Monika led us to what would be our tents, we took one look and that was enough. To be honest I think as soon as Monika climbed into the car she had us sold on the ...

June 24-July 1: IOS, GREECE
Not being able to sleep in past 11:30am after crippling nights (all) due to having to check out of:
1. doghouse at Far Out
2. upgraded to private room at Francesco's
3. regular room at Francesco's
4. pseudo-check-out because donkey at desk ****ed up (Far Out)
5. actual bungalow check-out (Far Out)
6. final check-out
*7 nights, 6 check-outs

Games of Sip O' Dat
1. Wine outside doghouse (Smitty ...

... had icecreams (and lay around in a hammock for a while - i have decided when i get home i want a hammock - they are awesome) and then sailed back to Paros where we got transferred back to our hotel. I joined the 3 american girls + a canadian guy for dinner at a cute little resturant for dinner, then we headed back and had a quiet drink at the hotel before heading off to bed. I was exhausted. Today my group left and again i am all alone! being why my mood is sad :( but ...

How on Earth did I get to be so lucky?

My family and I went on a cruise of the Greek Islands. We ate a lot, got sea sick once, soaked up the sun, and absorbed the classically beautiful white and blue colours on the islands. There weren't very much ship activities that my sister and I were interested in but Allyson and I did win a bingo game! Mykonos was by far our favorite island because of its beauty.