I just fixed our comment section, Jealous Mutterings, so now ANYONE can comment without signing in. We expect a flood of comments now, so you have no excuse.
Anyways, more about what you don't want to hear, I am not writing lots today because I am tired of typing already.
Yesteday we went to the National Archaeolgical Museum. It was pretty cool, LOT of stuff. But after a while everything blends together. They have a mindnumbing amount of old stuff there. I enjoyed all three hours though. They guys didn't quite as much! Then we ate gyro and went to Athen's biggest park for a while. We walked around and then played Uno until almost dark. We hung at the hostel for a while and had supper at McDonalds for the first time. They don't have amazing greek chicken sandwiches anymore but they still have good wedges with sauce. Then we made the nightly trip to visit Geoffrey the Gelato man. I love gelato. We played Uno and stayed up very late.
Today we shopped lots and bought tonnes of souveniers to send home with Terry and Eloa tomorrow. Today is their very last day in Athens. Soon we are going up to Lykavittos hill for a good panoramic view of the city.
Did I forget to mention Dayna made it here safely? Well she did. I hope she is having fun. I will probably not post pictures for a while so you have to stare at words. Your welcome.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Hi, my name is Joel...
... this is my first post ever, so far it is going good. Europe is fun(what were you thinking?) i don't really have anything to say that hasn't been said already. Eric is full of lies, he has rarely ever blogged any thing that is close to truthful. contrary to popular beleif i'm not homesick. Do not tell Eric this but Lindsey pays me 10 euros a week to act homesick so that Eric can practise his pathetic prenatal skills. The guy offered to go out and get me a pack of camels to help me sleep! Woah there Eric that is not how to treat scared and worried people. Tobacco and nicotine is rarely the answer. The one shred of truth that mister lie face has written so far is that Sean is actually desperatley searching for love. He does it in the most retarded ways to. You would think the average person would know bettter than to tell the flight attendant that she is the bomb, but no, the poor lovesick kid grounded us in Dublin for six hours while the police did a background check on him and the flight attendant. We also have to pull him away from the friendly young women on the corners of the streets. what a guy. anyway i have to go convince sean not to get emotionally atatched to the exchange student from Moscow thats working at the coffe shop.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Back Home: In Athens
Yes! We are finally back in Athens and it feels like coming home.
Anyways, the day in Thessaloniki turned out to be pretty good. We relaxing and walked around and hung out. We also decided the square of every city/town is our favorite place to hang out.
The next day we walked halfway to the bus station and decided it was too far so we took a taxi. We took a bus to Litochoro, the town at the foot of MT. Olympus. It wasn't a clear day, so it was hard to see the mountain well. Litochoro is a very nice town, very picturesque. It looks like a resort town. The town square was our favorite part. We quickly found a hotel for 15 euroes each and settled in there. We ate at a cafe for lunch and hiked up towards the mountain. We stopped at a little closed cafe and hopped over the fence. We were all standing by the fence, looking over into the valley when we heard a large crash. We looked in the direction of the crash and saw Joel laying on his back, with a lamp post clutched in his hands and in between his legs. I guess he had attempted to climb it, two feet on the fence and his whole weight hanging on the platic lamp post. He had to take a 10 minute time out to recover.
The mountain path we took was actualy a cement aquaduct. It had a cool view of the mountain and led to the source of the aquaduct with was also several very pretty waterfalls. We walked back and the guys took a much steeper trail up the mountain, and I was gimped by my knee so I sat at the bottom and waited, feeling foolish.
The rest of the night we walked around the town, made sandwhiches for supper and played cards. We also met a young couple from oregon. In the morning we bought pastries and took a taxi to the bus station. There we caught a train, which we were supposed to take to the next town but the guys couldn't figure out how to open the door and we were stuck on the train to the next town. We had to wait 20 minutes in the rain until another train came to take us back. From Katerini we took a 5 hour train to Athens, and then walked to Hotel Lozanni. Kelly Ann and the parents were already there waiting for us. We ate gyros and I did laundry. Then we went out for gelato. I got Bounty and Coconut. SO GOOD!
Eric and I took 2 hours to get to airport to pick up Dayna. We got on the subway at 11 planning to make it there for 11:30. Her plane was due just after 12. Well the train we were on decided it was done for the night and stopped 4 stops before the airport. Then a woman said we could get on the train going to other was and go 2 stops back and take the bus because it was 24 hours. Another man also told us that. After we got there, the man there siad we just missed the last bus. We were soooo mad. We had just went so far back and the taxi was going to be that much extra. But then we saw a bus that said airport but the guy wouldn't let us on. ARGH. We waited there for a long time before we finally asked someone and she told us to go wait on the other side! We had missed like 3 buses on that side cause someone else told us to wait there. That bust was pulling up just as we were getting to the other side so we had to run and flag that one down as well. It felt like it took forever to get there. Finally we made it to the airport, almost and hour after Dayna got there, 1 1/2 hours after we planned to get there. We took the bus back, way cheaper than the planned taxi, and walked 20 minutes back to our hostel. We got to sleep just before 3.
We slept in late, like 11:30, but it was ok cause it was actually 10:30 because of the time change. Today is Ohi (No) Day in Greece, so the parents were scared all the sites would be closed. We walked there anyways, and it turns out, instead of everything being closed, everything was FREE because of the holiday! YAY! So today we explore the Acropolis and the Ancient Angora for free! I am really dissapointed because the Acropolis Museum is closed, and it sounds really cool. After that we had lupper in Plaka (gyros) and Kelly Ann and I bought awesome sweaters. Her's is black with dice and mine is black with stars.
Then we walked back to the hostel and now I am writing this. Tonight we will probably just hang out and go to get gelato because it is amazing!
Anyways, the day in Thessaloniki turned out to be pretty good. We relaxing and walked around and hung out. We also decided the square of every city/town is our favorite place to hang out.
The next day we walked halfway to the bus station and decided it was too far so we took a taxi. We took a bus to Litochoro, the town at the foot of MT. Olympus. It wasn't a clear day, so it was hard to see the mountain well. Litochoro is a very nice town, very picturesque. It looks like a resort town. The town square was our favorite part. We quickly found a hotel for 15 euroes each and settled in there. We ate at a cafe for lunch and hiked up towards the mountain. We stopped at a little closed cafe and hopped over the fence. We were all standing by the fence, looking over into the valley when we heard a large crash. We looked in the direction of the crash and saw Joel laying on his back, with a lamp post clutched in his hands and in between his legs. I guess he had attempted to climb it, two feet on the fence and his whole weight hanging on the platic lamp post. He had to take a 10 minute time out to recover.
The mountain path we took was actualy a cement aquaduct. It had a cool view of the mountain and led to the source of the aquaduct with was also several very pretty waterfalls. We walked back and the guys took a much steeper trail up the mountain, and I was gimped by my knee so I sat at the bottom and waited, feeling foolish.
The rest of the night we walked around the town, made sandwhiches for supper and played cards. We also met a young couple from oregon. In the morning we bought pastries and took a taxi to the bus station. There we caught a train, which we were supposed to take to the next town but the guys couldn't figure out how to open the door and we were stuck on the train to the next town. We had to wait 20 minutes in the rain until another train came to take us back. From Katerini we took a 5 hour train to Athens, and then walked to Hotel Lozanni. Kelly Ann and the parents were already there waiting for us. We ate gyros and I did laundry. Then we went out for gelato. I got Bounty and Coconut. SO GOOD!
Eric and I took 2 hours to get to airport to pick up Dayna. We got on the subway at 11 planning to make it there for 11:30. Her plane was due just after 12. Well the train we were on decided it was done for the night and stopped 4 stops before the airport. Then a woman said we could get on the train going to other was and go 2 stops back and take the bus because it was 24 hours. Another man also told us that. After we got there, the man there siad we just missed the last bus. We were soooo mad. We had just went so far back and the taxi was going to be that much extra. But then we saw a bus that said airport but the guy wouldn't let us on. ARGH. We waited there for a long time before we finally asked someone and she told us to go wait on the other side! We had missed like 3 buses on that side cause someone else told us to wait there. That bust was pulling up just as we were getting to the other side so we had to run and flag that one down as well. It felt like it took forever to get there. Finally we made it to the airport, almost and hour after Dayna got there, 1 1/2 hours after we planned to get there. We took the bus back, way cheaper than the planned taxi, and walked 20 minutes back to our hostel. We got to sleep just before 3.
We slept in late, like 11:30, but it was ok cause it was actually 10:30 because of the time change. Today is Ohi (No) Day in Greece, so the parents were scared all the sites would be closed. We walked there anyways, and it turns out, instead of everything being closed, everything was FREE because of the holiday! YAY! So today we explore the Acropolis and the Ancient Angora for free! I am really dissapointed because the Acropolis Museum is closed, and it sounds really cool. After that we had lupper in Plaka (gyros) and Kelly Ann and I bought awesome sweaters. Her's is black with dice and mine is black with stars.
Then we walked back to the hostel and now I am writing this. Tonight we will probably just hang out and go to get gelato because it is amazing!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Pics
This man tried to accost Sean.
Oia Santorini
Not so tall now, eh Joel.
This man is incredibly unhappy. I feel like this lots.
Meteora
Monastary
Me in my awesome nylon skirt they hand out there.
More Meteora
This is how I feel right now.The Mountain
Boy it sure is cold here in Greece. At least they think so. It's at least 22 in the sun, but every building you walk into has the heat cranked. It's a bit ridiculous.
Right now we're in Thessaloniki, and we're not sure why. We left Meteora on the bus yesterday night (Meteora was beautiful by the way, look at our pics later) and now we've been walking around all day. But enough of the boring details, i'm sure lindsey will fill you in. Right now it's story time. So settle in and relax.
The first thing i noticed when we pulled in to Thessaloniki was the church (you know, Thessalonians? Read your Bible). It is HUGE.
Back in Meteora, we hiked up a mountain. We walked through an amazing forest, green as green can be. It was pretty humid from the rain the night before. The path we were walking on had tons of droppings on it. I told Lindsey they were from a goat, but i'm pretty sure they were from a mountain lion, or perhaps a cougar. Under one huge rock, i saw a snakeskin that was as long as my arm.
There were pretty looking flowers (man-eating) and bushy shrubs (the den of the cougar). At the top of the mountain, we were accosted by thousands of angry tourists. Luckily i knew a few words in their language (japanese of course) and managed to trade in some electronics componants for a free passage through the doors of the famous monastaries located there.
The monastaries are all Greek Orthodox (who have no use for Protestants, according to a book i skimmed through in a giftshop) and they charge 2 euros to get in. The women have to wear skirts, so lindsey quickly made one out of palm fronds. We walked around admiring the beautiful churches, and fact filled museums.
We spent about 6 hours straight walking; unfortunately i got a horrible cramp about 5 minutes up the mountain, and sean and joel were kind enough to carry me the rest of the way. Looking back now, i probably should have turned around and gone back to the hostel.
Now we are all tired, (well not so much me, remember i got carried) and thinking of what to do next.
till next time...
Right now we're in Thessaloniki, and we're not sure why. We left Meteora on the bus yesterday night (Meteora was beautiful by the way, look at our pics later) and now we've been walking around all day. But enough of the boring details, i'm sure lindsey will fill you in. Right now it's story time. So settle in and relax.
The first thing i noticed when we pulled in to Thessaloniki was the church (you know, Thessalonians? Read your Bible). It is HUGE.
Back in Meteora, we hiked up a mountain. We walked through an amazing forest, green as green can be. It was pretty humid from the rain the night before. The path we were walking on had tons of droppings on it. I told Lindsey they were from a goat, but i'm pretty sure they were from a mountain lion, or perhaps a cougar. Under one huge rock, i saw a snakeskin that was as long as my arm.
There were pretty looking flowers (man-eating) and bushy shrubs (the den of the cougar). At the top of the mountain, we were accosted by thousands of angry tourists. Luckily i knew a few words in their language (japanese of course) and managed to trade in some electronics componants for a free passage through the doors of the famous monastaries located there.
The monastaries are all Greek Orthodox (who have no use for Protestants, according to a book i skimmed through in a giftshop) and they charge 2 euros to get in. The women have to wear skirts, so lindsey quickly made one out of palm fronds. We walked around admiring the beautiful churches, and fact filled museums.
We spent about 6 hours straight walking; unfortunately i got a horrible cramp about 5 minutes up the mountain, and sean and joel were kind enough to carry me the rest of the way. Looking back now, i probably should have turned around and gone back to the hostel.
Now we are all tired, (well not so much me, remember i got carried) and thinking of what to do next.
till next time...
This is going to be long...
I am sooooo bushed right now...but more about why later. It had been a while since I did an good update so this is going to be long. Here we go...
So the 7:30 ferry was running! YAY! Tuesday was mainly a traveling day. We got off the ferry around 2, and then immediatly got on to a bus for another 30 minutes. Then we scrambled around in a wild panic before we took the subway to the train station. There we bought tickets for Meteora. We had about an hour, so Joel, Sean, Eric and I crammed all our bags into one locker (after I had paid 1 euro towards someone elses fee) and went for lunch. We all had gyros, some plate, some pita, at a little greasy spoon. I also had really good lemon potatoes. Then we went back to the train station and got on our train right away. ( Terry, Eloa and Kelly Ann all went to Evia, some island close to Athens. Not sure what there is there but Terry was extremely excited by it. If their review is good we might take Dayna there.) The train was about 4.5 hours, and at one point we were't sure if we missed the spot were were supposed to get off on. The ride was really nice, through the mountains. IT IS BEAUTIFUL there! So green, it felt like we were in a rainforest compared to the arid islands we were just on. We even saw a few snow capped mountains. It hardly felt like Greece at all. We also saw the charred mountains from where the fires raged not long ago. Kind of freaky.
When we got to Kalambaka (the town closest to Meteora, we tried to call the Alsos house hostel, but apparently the Greeks don't know what a payphone is, you need stupid cards. Istead a crazy taxi driver approached us and mumbles things like: nice cabin, camping Kastraki, 5 euro and on and one. We didn't trust him to take us there so we paid him 5 euros to take us to Alsos house. At Alsos House, they only had one room left, with one double bed. But she said there might be room at the next place, which was owned by the sister of Alsos house's owner. So Sean and I checked that place out. When we got to the door there was a man standing there in a wife beater (and nothing else) and he said hello. Then his wife came up behind him, also in only a wife beater, and started shouting. Then they said "Just a moment" and partially shut the door and shouted some more. A few minutes later the wife poked her head out and said "Just one moment" and shouted some more. She finally showed us the room, which was obviously brand new. It was gorgeous! The whole place was kind of dark, with sort of a medevil feel. There was two single beds, a flat screen tv, and in the washroom, a raised bowl type sink. SO AMAZING. I love those sinks. I am not sure what they are actually called. The shower was very nice. I wanted that room really bad, but Eric whined about wanting the double bed. Both our rooms had big balconies and a great view of the amazingly beautiful Meterora.
After we settled in we walked to a mini market and bought some pasta and sliced turkey and chips for supper. We were very glad we took the pesto from the other night with us cause this store had so pasta sauce. We ate a late supper, had some coffee and went to bed. Sean and Joel pushed there single beds together cause Sean was scared of the medevil feel of his place. I'm sure Joel rubbed his back and sang him to sleep that night.
In the morning we packed up and hiked up to the monastaries of Meteora. I didn't think I would make it. It was a very beautiful hike and I am glad we did it. We ate lunch at some panoramic point by the first monastary. There was like 35 cats surrounding us during our meal, and we had to contastly beat them away. We had sandwiches and pudding we ate with our fingers for lunch. It was delicious. We saw three monastaries and entered two. It was 2 euros per, and we wasted money on the first one. It was a nunnery, and the only cool thing, the chapel, was packed with like 40 shouting germans. Great Meteora was the other one we went in, it was very big and nice and interesting. There was some manuscripts that were from the 800's. Some from Aritotle and Plato. Sean couldn't handle the stairs and tripped many times. There was also an ossuary with lots of gross bones in it. After that, we walked down, but this time took the road. It felt like it took forever. My body wanted to give out. We were all sore and tired, and frustrated. We finally made it back to the hostel, grabbed out bags and took a taxi to the train station. We were to sick and tired of walking we just wanted out of that town, so on a whim we decided to head to Thessaloniki.
Train people are not nice. They have no time to tell you anything. The next train to Thessaloniki was three hours away, so we decided to take the bus. We ate supper like bums on the bus. This bus was really nice, it must have been brand new. It was comfy too. I would have slept perfectly if it wasn't for the pounding greek music pumping out of the stereo. When we got there, we phoned a few places in out Lets Go book and took a taxi to Hotel Atlantis. It is not very nice, kind of gross actually, but it is cheap.
Today we slept in late, well I did anways, cause I was so worn out. We are not really sure why we are in Thessaloniki, or what to do here, so we just started walking. After what seemed like walking forever, we ate at 157, which doesn't know how to make a proper gyro. They tasted ok though. Then we walked around, through a cool square, by the sea. We also stopped in a bookstore for a while. Then we decied to come to an internet cafe and waste time. So here we are... sitting in an internet cafe, watching Eric's screen, trying to decide if the silouette of a woman is spinning clockwise our counter clockwise.
Tomorrow we are heading to MT. Olympus, but I am not climbing it, my knee hurts way to much. Maybe I will try and post some pictures now.
So the 7:30 ferry was running! YAY! Tuesday was mainly a traveling day. We got off the ferry around 2, and then immediatly got on to a bus for another 30 minutes. Then we scrambled around in a wild panic before we took the subway to the train station. There we bought tickets for Meteora. We had about an hour, so Joel, Sean, Eric and I crammed all our bags into one locker (after I had paid 1 euro towards someone elses fee) and went for lunch. We all had gyros, some plate, some pita, at a little greasy spoon. I also had really good lemon potatoes. Then we went back to the train station and got on our train right away. ( Terry, Eloa and Kelly Ann all went to Evia, some island close to Athens. Not sure what there is there but Terry was extremely excited by it. If their review is good we might take Dayna there.) The train was about 4.5 hours, and at one point we were't sure if we missed the spot were were supposed to get off on. The ride was really nice, through the mountains. IT IS BEAUTIFUL there! So green, it felt like we were in a rainforest compared to the arid islands we were just on. We even saw a few snow capped mountains. It hardly felt like Greece at all. We also saw the charred mountains from where the fires raged not long ago. Kind of freaky.
When we got to Kalambaka (the town closest to Meteora, we tried to call the Alsos house hostel, but apparently the Greeks don't know what a payphone is, you need stupid cards. Istead a crazy taxi driver approached us and mumbles things like: nice cabin, camping Kastraki, 5 euro and on and one. We didn't trust him to take us there so we paid him 5 euros to take us to Alsos house. At Alsos House, they only had one room left, with one double bed. But she said there might be room at the next place, which was owned by the sister of Alsos house's owner. So Sean and I checked that place out. When we got to the door there was a man standing there in a wife beater (and nothing else) and he said hello. Then his wife came up behind him, also in only a wife beater, and started shouting. Then they said "Just a moment" and partially shut the door and shouted some more. A few minutes later the wife poked her head out and said "Just one moment" and shouted some more. She finally showed us the room, which was obviously brand new. It was gorgeous! The whole place was kind of dark, with sort of a medevil feel. There was two single beds, a flat screen tv, and in the washroom, a raised bowl type sink. SO AMAZING. I love those sinks. I am not sure what they are actually called. The shower was very nice. I wanted that room really bad, but Eric whined about wanting the double bed. Both our rooms had big balconies and a great view of the amazingly beautiful Meterora.
After we settled in we walked to a mini market and bought some pasta and sliced turkey and chips for supper. We were very glad we took the pesto from the other night with us cause this store had so pasta sauce. We ate a late supper, had some coffee and went to bed. Sean and Joel pushed there single beds together cause Sean was scared of the medevil feel of his place. I'm sure Joel rubbed his back and sang him to sleep that night.
In the morning we packed up and hiked up to the monastaries of Meteora. I didn't think I would make it. It was a very beautiful hike and I am glad we did it. We ate lunch at some panoramic point by the first monastary. There was like 35 cats surrounding us during our meal, and we had to contastly beat them away. We had sandwiches and pudding we ate with our fingers for lunch. It was delicious. We saw three monastaries and entered two. It was 2 euros per, and we wasted money on the first one. It was a nunnery, and the only cool thing, the chapel, was packed with like 40 shouting germans. Great Meteora was the other one we went in, it was very big and nice and interesting. There was some manuscripts that were from the 800's. Some from Aritotle and Plato. Sean couldn't handle the stairs and tripped many times. There was also an ossuary with lots of gross bones in it. After that, we walked down, but this time took the road. It felt like it took forever. My body wanted to give out. We were all sore and tired, and frustrated. We finally made it back to the hostel, grabbed out bags and took a taxi to the train station. We were to sick and tired of walking we just wanted out of that town, so on a whim we decided to head to Thessaloniki.
Train people are not nice. They have no time to tell you anything. The next train to Thessaloniki was three hours away, so we decided to take the bus. We ate supper like bums on the bus. This bus was really nice, it must have been brand new. It was comfy too. I would have slept perfectly if it wasn't for the pounding greek music pumping out of the stereo. When we got there, we phoned a few places in out Lets Go book and took a taxi to Hotel Atlantis. It is not very nice, kind of gross actually, but it is cheap.
Today we slept in late, well I did anways, cause I was so worn out. We are not really sure why we are in Thessaloniki, or what to do here, so we just started walking. After what seemed like walking forever, we ate at 157, which doesn't know how to make a proper gyro. They tasted ok though. Then we walked around, through a cool square, by the sea. We also stopped in a bookstore for a while. Then we decied to come to an internet cafe and waste time. So here we are... sitting in an internet cafe, watching Eric's screen, trying to decide if the silouette of a woman is spinning clockwise our counter clockwise.
Tomorrow we are heading to MT. Olympus, but I am not climbing it, my knee hurts way to much. Maybe I will try and post some pictures now.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Meteora!
We made it here safely. Don't worry T&E. I will try and post more detail later.
Jobina... we made Half Tubetti pasta with red wine pasta sauce and dry salami slices mixed in. It was amazing. We also bought a 2.10 euro bottle of wine, that was apparently really good! I don't like wine.
Jobina... we made Half Tubetti pasta with red wine pasta sauce and dry salami slices mixed in. It was amazing. We also bought a 2.10 euro bottle of wine, that was apparently really good! I don't like wine.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Change of Plans!
So the sea is really rough! Our ferry was cancelled so we are stuck on Mykonos for another night. Our ferry is supposed to leave at 7:30 tomorrow morning, SO EARLY! ARGH. Eric and I stopped at the super market and got some stuff to make supper. We simly can't afford to eat out every night. Once a week maybe. It is so much cheaper that way! I am excited about supper, it is going to be delicious. I think I am going to swim in the sea, the waves will be awesome, and then shower and start supper. I am also going to go rehang out laundy that didn't dry overnight!
Keep those comments flowing!
Keep those comments flowing!
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Delos!
This morning we got up early, had a quick breakfast and raced to the bus stop. The only boat to Delos was at 10, and the bus was supposed to come at 9:10 to take us to town. Well, at 9:30 when the bus didn't come, Eric and I started to walk. It was mainly uphill, so right about the time I began to hitchhike, out hosts we are staying with came to pick us up. YES! It is far to town and we would never had made it. That was very nice of them. We made it there by 9:50, just enough time to buy tickets and hop on the ferry.
The ride to Delos took about 1/2 an hour. We stupidly sat inside, so it was wicked hot.
I stated this yesteday so I am going to shorten it.
Delos was cool. Lots of cool ruins and history. We spent 3 hours there. Then we came back and walked around Mykonos town and had lunch and tried to buy ferry tickets. Nothing was open. Then we came back, went swimming in the sea, showered and did laundry. Then we went for supper to Nikos, which was amazing!! We loved it. We left full and relaxed for the rest of the night.
This morning (22nd) we had a great breakfast in our place and played cars for a while. It is 12:30 and everyone is stressing out about ferry tickets. I am not stressed at all. I wish everyone could just relax.
The ride to Delos took about 1/2 an hour. We stupidly sat inside, so it was wicked hot.
I stated this yesteday so I am going to shorten it.
Delos was cool. Lots of cool ruins and history. We spent 3 hours there. Then we came back and walked around Mykonos town and had lunch and tried to buy ferry tickets. Nothing was open. Then we came back, went swimming in the sea, showered and did laundry. Then we went for supper to Nikos, which was amazing!! We loved it. We left full and relaxed for the rest of the night.
This morning (22nd) we had a great breakfast in our place and played cars for a while. It is 12:30 and everyone is stressing out about ferry tickets. I am not stressed at all. I wish everyone could just relax.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Mykonos!
Today we left Santorini, and "jumped" onto the Flyingcat 4, a ferry to go to Mykonos. It was FAST! We got here in just over 2 hours! I got sick. Lots of rocking. LoL.
At the port we were bombarded with hotel offers. One man was extremely annoying and kept saying that we are right in the middle of the city, 20 euros. Everyone else was like 12 or 15. We don't need fancy pants rooms, just a place to stay. He was really obnoxious. I just wanted his voice to stop ringing in my ear, I could have hit him. We ended up chosing a come with a really nice lady who gave us a villa. She gave us the choice of two places, we chose the second beacause the kitchen was quite a bit bigger. Me and Eric have our own seperate room. Kelly Ann will be happy cause she can't stand sleeping in the same room as me. Apparently I snore. I wouldn't know.
We ate at Atlandis, an AMAZING place on the beach and left with VERY full bellies. Actually I am still full and we ate 3-4 hours ago. Then we went downtown and walked around for a while. There are only walking streets. It is pretty cool.
They also have pink pelicans. They are HUGE! I thought they were fake at first, and I didn't realize they were real until I was 2 feet away from one. I can't believe how big they are. They are at least 3 feet tall. I will post some pics later. There probably won't be pictures for a while. It is raining here. I don't think there has been rain here for a long time. I hope the weather is good tomorrow so we can go to Delos. We are staying here two night because it is so nice!
Oh yeah, comment more!! We like to hear from people back home. Tell us what's going on in that country! Even whats going on in Mennville! We would love to know! We also want you to comment so we can feel like people are actually reading this and somebody out there loves us. Thanks for understanding!
At the port we were bombarded with hotel offers. One man was extremely annoying and kept saying that we are right in the middle of the city, 20 euros. Everyone else was like 12 or 15. We don't need fancy pants rooms, just a place to stay. He was really obnoxious. I just wanted his voice to stop ringing in my ear, I could have hit him. We ended up chosing a come with a really nice lady who gave us a villa. She gave us the choice of two places, we chose the second beacause the kitchen was quite a bit bigger. Me and Eric have our own seperate room. Kelly Ann will be happy cause she can't stand sleeping in the same room as me. Apparently I snore. I wouldn't know.
We ate at Atlandis, an AMAZING place on the beach and left with VERY full bellies. Actually I am still full and we ate 3-4 hours ago. Then we went downtown and walked around for a while. There are only walking streets. It is pretty cool.
They also have pink pelicans. They are HUGE! I thought they were fake at first, and I didn't realize they were real until I was 2 feet away from one. I can't believe how big they are. They are at least 3 feet tall. I will post some pics later. There probably won't be pictures for a while. It is raining here. I don't think there has been rain here for a long time. I hope the weather is good tomorrow so we can go to Delos. We are staying here two night because it is so nice!
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Friday, October 19, 2007
seans news.
Hey everybody, im doing good, don't worry, everybody can stop worrying about me. Joel, however is still extremely homesick, and still wets the bed at night. Eric is trying to hide his fear of spiders by softening the sound of his pathetic weeping by crying into his pillow at night. I am slowly but surely growing some disgusting peach fuzz on my face, and it almosts makes me puke when I see myself in the mirror. Oh, and im glad to see and overflow of comments on our blog; its really great to see that every one of our friends are interested in our journey's. Well i have to pee so bye for now.
Our Last Day On Santorini!
I'm not sure if I will be able to post again before we leave, so here is the rundown.
We.... well I slept in this morning. Then Eric, Sean, and I drove the scooters up to the monastary on top of the mountain. It was a long ride, but it was fun. You are not allowed to take pictures there, so sorry. It was nice. Some of the domes for the chapel were made out of a bunch of flat stones. It looks so cool. It must have been painstaking work. Then we came to MATRIX INTERNET ACCESS, where I am right now. I think today we are going to Oia, another clifftop town. We will stop in Fira to go to Lucky's for gyros for lunch and then Oia for the sunset and for supper. Tomorrow we get on a ferry and go to another island, Mykonos. Next to there is a sacred island, Delos, with lots of ruins that sound really cool. You can't stay there overnight, so you have to come from another island and stay for the day, and the closest is Mykonos. I don't know what else there is to there. I may add some more pictures tonight!! We'll see, it is very time consuming.
We.... well I slept in this morning. Then Eric, Sean, and I drove the scooters up to the monastary on top of the mountain. It was a long ride, but it was fun. You are not allowed to take pictures there, so sorry. It was nice. Some of the domes for the chapel were made out of a bunch of flat stones. It looks so cool. It must have been painstaking work. Then we came to MATRIX INTERNET ACCESS, where I am right now. I think today we are going to Oia, another clifftop town. We will stop in Fira to go to Lucky's for gyros for lunch and then Oia for the sunset and for supper. Tomorrow we get on a ferry and go to another island, Mykonos. Next to there is a sacred island, Delos, with lots of ruins that sound really cool. You can't stay there overnight, so you have to come from another island and stay for the day, and the closest is Mykonos. I don't know what else there is to there. I may add some more pictures tonight!! We'll see, it is very time consuming.
Amazing Stories From Santorini
Hello again.
Things in Europe are getting better. The goat's milk thing seemed to help Joel sleep better; I only hope we can find it further on in our travels.
We often see people fishing from the sea off of the beach. I have never seen them catch anything, but I can only assume that there are sharks in the water. I have seen a few people with one or two limbs missing, and once even someone with no limbs! (he was swimming and his name was Bob, does it get any more ironic than that? I don't think so) It doesn't seem to hamper people from swimming, and we need sharks to feed Joel, so I guess everything's ok.
Today we went up to a monastary at the top of Santorini, and we walked around the chapel. It was beautiful, but i'm sure lindsey will tell you all about it, so i'll share something that i don't think she will. We walked a little past the boundaries of the normal tourist area, and saw something that was quite shocking. Through a little door and down a series of steps, was saw another door that was slightly ajar. There was a huge sign on the door and with my limited Greek i read:
"Keep Out. Priests Only. You must not enter through this door at any cost, for any reason, or for anyone. Trespassers will be persecuted. I repeat: Do not go through this door and see the amazing things that are behind it. Thank You, The Management."
Or something like that, so naturally we went through it (whoever heard of a priest persecuting anyone anyway?) and we saw that the priests have created a little nightclub. You know the humming and whatnot that priests and monks do to meditate? Well it turns out they are also quite good at beatboxing, and they had quite a disco going with disco balls and strobe lights and things of that nature. It was quite spectacular. A few monks were getting down on the dancefloor, boogying it up, so we watched in the shadows for a few minutes and then got out of there. Unfortunately we forgot our camera, so i don't have any pictures to prove it. Oh, well, next time i guess.
One more thing before i go. You know the scars on Sean's stomach from all of his surgery's? Well it turns out they make a perfect map of Santorini. He is quite a spectacle at the beach where the locals flock to examine his stomach and take pictures. It is much more accurate than the map we got from the tourist office, and we are expecting to make close to ten thousand dollars selling copyrighted pictures of it.
Ok, bye for now.
Things in Europe are getting better. The goat's milk thing seemed to help Joel sleep better; I only hope we can find it further on in our travels.
We often see people fishing from the sea off of the beach. I have never seen them catch anything, but I can only assume that there are sharks in the water. I have seen a few people with one or two limbs missing, and once even someone with no limbs! (he was swimming and his name was Bob, does it get any more ironic than that? I don't think so) It doesn't seem to hamper people from swimming, and we need sharks to feed Joel, so I guess everything's ok.
Today we went up to a monastary at the top of Santorini, and we walked around the chapel. It was beautiful, but i'm sure lindsey will tell you all about it, so i'll share something that i don't think she will. We walked a little past the boundaries of the normal tourist area, and saw something that was quite shocking. Through a little door and down a series of steps, was saw another door that was slightly ajar. There was a huge sign on the door and with my limited Greek i read:
"Keep Out. Priests Only. You must not enter through this door at any cost, for any reason, or for anyone. Trespassers will be persecuted. I repeat: Do not go through this door and see the amazing things that are behind it. Thank You, The Management."
Or something like that, so naturally we went through it (whoever heard of a priest persecuting anyone anyway?) and we saw that the priests have created a little nightclub. You know the humming and whatnot that priests and monks do to meditate? Well it turns out they are also quite good at beatboxing, and they had quite a disco going with disco balls and strobe lights and things of that nature. It was quite spectacular. A few monks were getting down on the dancefloor, boogying it up, so we watched in the shadows for a few minutes and then got out of there. Unfortunately we forgot our camera, so i don't have any pictures to prove it. Oh, well, next time i guess.
One more thing before i go. You know the scars on Sean's stomach from all of his surgery's? Well it turns out they make a perfect map of Santorini. He is quite a spectacle at the beach where the locals flock to examine his stomach and take pictures. It is much more accurate than the map we got from the tourist office, and we are expecting to make close to ten thousand dollars selling copyrighted pictures of it.
Ok, bye for now.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Red Beach, Lighthouse and Fira Sunset
I really wish blogger would order the pictures the way I add them, and put the last ones I put on at the bottom, not the top. So all these pictures are in order of last to first!!! We had lots of fun today. We lazed around for the morning, and then rented another, better scooter and drove to the Red Beach. I love driving the scooter! So much fun. The Read Beach is very beautiful. There are red, black and while cliffs (check out one of the pictures to see them all at once). The beach is made up of red and black sand and rocks mixed together. It looks so cool! The waters is so clear and calm.
After that we drove to the lighthouse at the southwestern tip of the island. The lighthouse is nothing special, but the view is spectacular! Walking down the cliff is really scary, but worth it!.
Then we headed to Fira. Eric and I had the most amazing gyros at Lucky's, and then we had supper with his parents and the same place we went in Fira last time. I don't remember what it is called. Then we rushed to the cliffs to catch the sunset. It was nice. Then I bought Fleury, my Chi, a shirt. I think it is supposed to hang in your car window, cause it has a suction cup on the hanger, but it will fit Fleury. Everyone made fun of me but I don't care. I love my dogs. Then we drove back to Perissa in the dark. We stopped at Champion, a grocery store, to get drinks. You can buy alcohol in grocery stores here. It is weird. I bought candy and forgot it there, so when we got back home we had to turn around and come back. Tomorrow we are going to Oia for the day. It is supposed to be nicer than Fira, and the sunset is supposed to be the best from there!
After that we drove to the lighthouse at the southwestern tip of the island. The lighthouse is nothing special, but the view is spectacular! Walking down the cliff is really scary, but worth it!.
Then we headed to Fira. Eric and I had the most amazing gyros at Lucky's, and then we had supper with his parents and the same place we went in Fira last time. I don't remember what it is called. Then we rushed to the cliffs to catch the sunset. It was nice. Then I bought Fleury, my Chi, a shirt. I think it is supposed to hang in your car window, cause it has a suction cup on the hanger, but it will fit Fleury. Everyone made fun of me but I don't care. I love my dogs. Then we drove back to Perissa in the dark. We stopped at Champion, a grocery store, to get drinks. You can buy alcohol in grocery stores here. It is weird. I bought candy and forgot it there, so when we got back home we had to turn around and come back. Tomorrow we are going to Oia for the day. It is supposed to be nicer than Fira, and the sunset is supposed to be the best from there!
Eric thinks he is a cop.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Greece! Starring Eric Dueck! There's even a musical!
Well I know Lindsey does most of this, but I figured I should get my two cents in as well.
Life here is pretty easy so far. The parents are picking up the tab for most of the stuff in the first week. Joel is horribly homesick. I have held him almost every night as he cries himself to sleep. I've come up with a little lullaby that seems to work pretty good, and i try to sing it the way his mother would. I'll share a few verses with you so you can get a taste of what our evenings are like from about 9:30-2 or 3 in the morning.
"Don't cry Joel 'cuz I'm here by your side,
I'll hold you for as long as it takes.
Everything's going to be ok,
Please don't cry for Pete's sakes.
I know you miss home and ol' Petey,
He'll be waiting for you with a bark and a kiss,
I know you miss home and ol' Stevesy,
He'll be waiting for you with that lobsided grin.
Refrain:
Everything's going to be ok, Joel,
You're ok when you're in my arms.
Everything's going to be ok, Joel,
Your mom's looking up at these same stars."
Something like that, and it goes on for 5 or 6 hours sometimes, or until my voice gives out.
Anyway, on to more happy news, Sean is searching madly for love. Every girl he sees gets asked on a date, and he's only been slapped five times!! We're all rooting for you, Sean! We've also taken to dressing up Kelly Ann as a boy, because it's so tempting to sell her off to a dashing Greek man, and this way she gets fewer propositions.
Time is just flying by (except for Joel, poor guy) and it's hard to believe a week has gone by already.
I sure am glad i'm not Jewish, because we eat a lot of spiced pork here, as well as sausage and ham. Not to mention the whole Christmas thing. Sean will often prepare himself a nice tall glass of warm goat's milk with a dash of honey that he collects himself from a wild hive behind the house (if he hadn't cut his hair he'd be a modern day Samson!) He says it helps him sleep. We're trying to get Joel to drink some, to see if that helps.
Well, I'm gonna sign off...
Life here is pretty easy so far. The parents are picking up the tab for most of the stuff in the first week. Joel is horribly homesick. I have held him almost every night as he cries himself to sleep. I've come up with a little lullaby that seems to work pretty good, and i try to sing it the way his mother would. I'll share a few verses with you so you can get a taste of what our evenings are like from about 9:30-2 or 3 in the morning.
"Don't cry Joel 'cuz I'm here by your side,
I'll hold you for as long as it takes.
Everything's going to be ok,
Please don't cry for Pete's sakes.
I know you miss home and ol' Petey,
He'll be waiting for you with a bark and a kiss,
I know you miss home and ol' Stevesy,
He'll be waiting for you with that lobsided grin.
Refrain:
Everything's going to be ok, Joel,
You're ok when you're in my arms.
Everything's going to be ok, Joel,
Your mom's looking up at these same stars."
Something like that, and it goes on for 5 or 6 hours sometimes, or until my voice gives out.
Anyway, on to more happy news, Sean is searching madly for love. Every girl he sees gets asked on a date, and he's only been slapped five times!! We're all rooting for you, Sean! We've also taken to dressing up Kelly Ann as a boy, because it's so tempting to sell her off to a dashing Greek man, and this way she gets fewer propositions.
Time is just flying by (except for Joel, poor guy) and it's hard to believe a week has gone by already.
I sure am glad i'm not Jewish, because we eat a lot of spiced pork here, as well as sausage and ham. Not to mention the whole Christmas thing. Sean will often prepare himself a nice tall glass of warm goat's milk with a dash of honey that he collects himself from a wild hive behind the house (if he hadn't cut his hair he'd be a modern day Samson!) He says it helps him sleep. We're trying to get Joel to drink some, to see if that helps.
Well, I'm gonna sign off...
More Santorini!
Here are some more pictures. Hopefully I can label them better this time!!
Various pictures of Beautiful Fira.
They sell gigantic cans of dog food here. Hungry dogs I guess. The regular size are on the righ and the large of the left.
This is where Eric and I slept last time we were in Kamari.
Sean in a hole on the mountain.
Apollo at the church on the mountain.
The church on the mountain.
Kelly Ann and I on a cave in the mountain.
Eric on the mountain.
Me and Apollo on the mountain.
The donkey man wanting us to come for a ride.
Me on a donkey.
Various pictures of donkeys.
Various pictures of Beautiful Fira.
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