I’m back in Athens, hot, tired and exhausted, and I fly out tomorrow for Australia. I still have some exciting things left, like a stopover in Dubai and the flights - unlike the small Aegean airlines plane I was on today which got knocked around by the wind a bit… I don’t really like short [...]
But that’s okay. It’s just too hot for me to sleep here… but I’ll doze under a tree on the beach later, and all will be fine :)
Apparently, it’s Friday. So people have told me. So I have less than a week until I’m back home in Newcastle. Plan to spend the next two days [...]
I like boat rides.
At least in calm weather anyway. Should qualify that :p
I spent most of the nine hour ferry ride out on the back deck. Watching the islands go by, coming in and out of ports, watching it become night time. Looking at the stars, clearing my head, feeling happy.
Also saw the moon rise, [...]
I survived Turkey, but somehow couldn’t survive getting overtired, and lost it over some of my favourite underwear getting a bit mangled b the washing machine - The sailor set previously mentioned went all grey in the lace, with the straps worse for wear, and my green Mossimo set not very happy in the white [...]
Spent the day in Vathy (Samos town)… Not too eventful, though we have sorted out the rest of the trip - well the ferries to Syros, Paros and Santorini, flights back to Athens (instead of a 15 hour ferry ride) and so fourth. And a night’s accommodation in Syros, as we get in at 1am.. [...]
We have kittens in the huge pot out the front of our terrace. The were born Friday night, and are sooooo tiny :) Too cute. I would upload a pic of them, and of all the little cats, dogs and ducks that I’ve made friends with since I’m been here, but is it really that [...]
Currently on the island of Samos - Rish’s family island, home of delicious wines, honeys, olives, and wonderful pebbled beaches, shetered bays to swim in.
I’m staying in the town of Kokkari - between the two main ports. Spent the last two days not understanding what people were saying to me, and beig fed by relatives. [...]
And a good night’s sleep :)
And some loving text messages.
Oh and people watching over a glass of red wine on a hot summer’s evening outside a cafe in Athens.
Shame so many of the hot guys and girls smoke here. Smoking here is just the norm… inside and out. The shopkeepers smoke in their shops. [...]
Sitting alone in an internet cafe in Athens, I slept terribly last night… I overheat very quickly, and as it’s always over 20 degrees at night here, it’s bound to happen. Especially when you are sharing a room with others who get cold before you’ve even gotten down to a comfortable temperature.
Reading emails that make [...]
Sat on the balcony late yesterday evening, while the others slept, writing in my journal and looking out over the hills and across to the sea. It was cooling down, and it was beautiful.
The same views at breakfast time. By myself, time to myself which is nice in itself, eating the fresh Greek yoghurt and [...]
