Greek Islands - July 2009

We spent our first day in Greece touring Athens, we visited the Acropolis - to be honest it was a lot of rubble but worth the visit. Took a walk in the evening, had dinner at an overpriced restaurant, we witnessed some road rage which turned into a street fight, followed by some very expensive gelato. What a first day! The following morning we were up at 5am, and headed for the Islands.

First stop Mykonos where we spent 3 nights - beautiful sunsets, great beaches and very relaxing. We hired a scooter, the best way to get around the island and gave the opportunity to go off the beaten track. Our favourite beach was Elia, there weren`t too many people and the water was crystal clear. We also hit Paradise beach for some Euro-trash clubbing as the sun set. An afternoon trip to Super Paradise was rather confronting when we discovered full nudity was not only acceptable but encouraged! Needless to say we sat around in our speedos (people watching)!

Our next stop, Naxos for 4 nights, it was a much less touristy island, more authentic and easy going. We stayed in Agios Prokopios, a cute beach town 5km´s from the main town, our accomodation was rather family friendly (we were the only couple without children, good practice for Justin!). We again explored the island by scooter, looking for adventures (as one can only lie on the beach for so long), we tried to climb Mt Zeus but never quite found the right track, much to Justin`s disappointment or should I say annoyance, it was quite a defeat. We found a Greek restaurant on the beachfront, with great food and traditional live Greek music. Eating at 8pm we always found ourselves sitting amongst the young families, are we getting too old?

Final stop, Santorini for 2 nights - sunsets, sunsets and more sunsets. We stayed at a place called Remezzo Villas, in a little village called Imerovigli (3km´s from the main town). All the tourists go to Oia for the sunsets but our village gets the best view of the Caldera (with the same sunset). Most of our time was spent sunning ourselves by the dipping pool.

So as you can see, we had a very relaxing 10 days!

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