Days 18 & 19 & 20 & 21 & 22 - Paros & Santorini
Day 18:
After Athens we took a ferry to Parikia, Paros. It is a member of the Cyclades islands. Checked into an awesome hotal that had a welcome drink, 2 bottles of water and flowers on the bed ready for all of us. Wandered around the port and town some, then went to dinner at 12 midnight, everything in the town was still open then, even on a Sunday night!
Day 19:
The next day we took a long relaxing day at a place called Golden Beach. It was very pretty and the water was impossibly blue. Very shallow water too, so we could walk really far out. Dined on some Chocolate ice cream at a cafe on the beach and then took the bus back into town. After a long rest we hit up Naoussa (a town nearby) for the club/bar scene. We went to a bar and had 3 Coronas... I said i'd get the bill. Oops. It was €24 for 3 beers! Ack! After that, we went to a mini-mart and got 6 more beers for €6 total and drank them 30 feet away from the bar on the same little harbor.
Day 20:
Hung around in town until our boat for Santorini arrived. The boat, Blue Star Paros, was the same as the past 3 boats we've taken, so we just chilled out on deck and I played poker on my iTouch.
When we got to Santorini, our hotel guy was there in a bus to pick us up. The arrival port in Santorini is amazing. Sheer cliffs about 30 feet back from where the boat pulls up, then a zig zag road up ~300 feet to the top. Santorini has all these white houses and churches everywhere, so many so that it looks like the cliffs are snow-covered.
Rented some scooters and went to Oia to see the sunset. It's supposed to be the most beautiful sunset in Greece. Rode back at night (thank god we didnt die) and had some beers at the beautiful pool our hotel had.
Day 21:
Went to Kamari beach, a black sand and black pebble beach. VERY hot to walk on. Bring shower shoes if you ever go there :) I had some issues with our next boat tickets when I went to pick them up. The people had run out of paper, and when they refilled it they put it in backwards. The tickets printed wrong, so they said "no worries, we'll just reprint", but when they cancelled the tickets to reprint them, someone else bought them! ACK!@@*)#(@$. Got it all worked out in the end though. Had some AWESOME (and expensive) mexican food at Senior Zorbas for lunch. Seriously good food, try it. It's also got a beautiful view of the harbour and the volcano.
Rest of the day was pretty relaxed. Hung out at the pool, then walked into town at night and had dinner and went to a club.
Day 22:
Rented another scooter and went to see the ruins of a castle. There was nothing to see so now we're back at the internet cafe :) Boat to Crete tonight!
After Athens we took a ferry to Parikia, Paros. It is a member of the Cyclades islands. Checked into an awesome hotal that had a welcome drink, 2 bottles of water and flowers on the bed ready for all of us. Wandered around the port and town some, then went to dinner at 12 midnight, everything in the town was still open then, even on a Sunday night!
Day 19:
The next day we took a long relaxing day at a place called Golden Beach. It was very pretty and the water was impossibly blue. Very shallow water too, so we could walk really far out. Dined on some Chocolate ice cream at a cafe on the beach and then took the bus back into town. After a long rest we hit up Naoussa (a town nearby) for the club/bar scene. We went to a bar and had 3 Coronas... I said i'd get the bill. Oops. It was €24 for 3 beers! Ack! After that, we went to a mini-mart and got 6 more beers for €6 total and drank them 30 feet away from the bar on the same little harbor.
Day 20:
Hung around in town until our boat for Santorini arrived. The boat, Blue Star Paros, was the same as the past 3 boats we've taken, so we just chilled out on deck and I played poker on my iTouch.
When we got to Santorini, our hotel guy was there in a bus to pick us up. The arrival port in Santorini is amazing. Sheer cliffs about 30 feet back from where the boat pulls up, then a zig zag road up ~300 feet to the top. Santorini has all these white houses and churches everywhere, so many so that it looks like the cliffs are snow-covered.
Rented some scooters and went to Oia to see the sunset. It's supposed to be the most beautiful sunset in Greece. Rode back at night (thank god we didnt die) and had some beers at the beautiful pool our hotel had.
Day 21:
Went to Kamari beach, a black sand and black pebble beach. VERY hot to walk on. Bring shower shoes if you ever go there :) I had some issues with our next boat tickets when I went to pick them up. The people had run out of paper, and when they refilled it they put it in backwards. The tickets printed wrong, so they said "no worries, we'll just reprint", but when they cancelled the tickets to reprint them, someone else bought them! ACK!@@*)#(@$. Got it all worked out in the end though. Had some AWESOME (and expensive) mexican food at Senior Zorbas for lunch. Seriously good food, try it. It's also got a beautiful view of the harbour and the volcano.
Rest of the day was pretty relaxed. Hung out at the pool, then walked into town at night and had dinner and went to a club.
Day 22:
Rented another scooter and went to see the ruins of a castle. There was nothing to see so now we're back at the internet cafe :) Boat to Crete tonight!