After just 5 days in Greece I have decided I never want to leave... Honestly this place is paradise!
We started the trip spending half a day in Athens. While I am so happy we checked it out visiting the necessary sites, the Acropolis and Parthenon, 5 hours is MORE than enough time to be in Athens. We were ready to leave the city and hit the beaches.
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| I have discovered that Laura's glasses take really cool photos... be prepared to see more |
First stop: Crete. We took an overnight ferry which was basically a cruise ship. Laura was super excited as she has never taken a cruise before. We all decided this didn't really count (as it was just 7 hours) but since we splurged for a cabin with a bed (as opposed to just passing out on the deck like most other backpackers) it was pretty close!
Our original plan was to spend two days in Crete before heading to Santorini. The plan changed when we discovered that there was a slow (read cheap) ferry leaving the following day (Friday). The following one would not be leaving until Wednesday, which would totally mess up our island hopping schedule. So we decided to change our plans. We ended up meeting a cool group of people at our hostel (in Rethymnon…a place I highly recommend for Crete…much better than Heraklion) that were also heading to Santorini. The 10 of us boarded the 7:30am bus to the ferry (half of us were quite hung over from the night before).
While we enjoyed Crete, Santorini is what I picture when I think Greek Isles with the gorgeous blue water and all the white buildings on the hills. We’re in the small town of Perissa Beach on the opposite side of the island from the main city of Thira at a cute family run place called
Katerina And John Hotel. It is in a great location and we are only paying 8 euro per night for a private room!
As this entry title states, our days have been spent laying out on the beach, eating amazing food (cheap gyros all for ~2euro, tzasiki, hummus, greek salads, etc...), exploring the island by motorbike and going out at night. Today I got a 45 min back massage on the beach! This is the life. Like I said I do not want to leave. Luckily we have 9 more days on the islands (that is before we head to Croatia to do more island hopping). Next stop: Naxos and then Mykonos!
First stop: Crete. We took an overnight ferry which was basically a cruise ship. Laura was super excited as she has never taken a cruise before. We all decided this didn't really count (as it was just 7 hours) but since we splurged for a cabin with a bed (as opposed to just passing out on the deck like most other backpackers) it was pretty close!
While we enjoyed Crete, Santorini is what I picture when I think Greek Isles with the gorgeous blue water and all the white buildings on the hills. We’re in the small town of Perissa Beach on the opposite side of the island from the main city of Thira at a cute family run place called Katerina And John Hotel. It is in a great location and we are only paying 8 euro per night for a private room!
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