Quote of the Day from the guys we met on the ferry
"Are there many lakes in LA?" (Vangelis)
"No why?" US
"Well why are they called the LA Lakers then?" (Vangelis)
Other quote of the day courtesy of Chelsea
"Isn't Crete like the first place or something???"
AHHH CRETEEEE IS AMAZING!!!!!
I think this is by far my favorite place that we've been to yet, it is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
Ferry ride over to crete, however was not as amazing and wonderful. haha. Naturally Chelsea and I had to by the cheapest ticket (30 euros) for an overnight ferry. This proved to secure us two solidly built wooden benches on the top deck (not enclosed) haha. That was an interesting night. First of all the ferry was huge! Chelsea and I were really excited to be on a ferry, making the time pass fairly fast. WE even made friends!!! We were situated right in front of a group of guys, and eventually we ended up talking to them for hours. They happened to be policemen in Athens and were going to Crete for holidays (did I mention all Greek policemen are extremely attractive and young? haha) Anyways we hung out with them and then had a restless cold and very uncomfortable two hours of sleep. haha O and my mother warned me of the rift raft on the top deck.....haha me and chelsea were the RIFF RAFF. . We landed in the town of Chania at about 6:30 in the morning with absolutely NO plans. Haha we departed off the ferry, said goodbye to our new friends, and then just kind of stood around with absolutely no idea about what we should do. WE had looked up a couple of hostels before and decided our best bet would be to try the one in Rethymnon (a name I find extremely difficult to pronounce).
We took an hour long busride through this absolutely gorgeous island and made it to Rethymnon. WE got off the bus and it literally took us like an hour to find the hostel. Luckily they had plenty of room and were happy to let us stay. The hostel is really cute and in a really convenient location. It kind of looks like a jungle Bungalow and we are sleeping in mixed rooms (dont freak out mom!). So after checking in we slept for like 5 hours and then headed down to the beach with three other people from our hostel. The water was sooo calm and warm as bath water, it was absolutely wonderful and just what we needed to feel rejuvenated. The city of Rethymnon is soooo cute it runs along the beach and is basically this cute little cobblestoned picturesque looking place. So after the beach we decided we deserved at least one real meal (my dinner the previous night had been cookies and sprite) so I ordered spaghettie carbonera and chelsea ordered a club sandwich. I was soooo starving that I was the first to finish!!! Becase we are Americans the waiter thought that it was absolutely necessary to treat us to several free shots, haha of course we couldn't refuse. After dinner we got Gelato and then got ready and headed down to a local disco club called Metropolis, they played the best music and we danced our hearts away for the entire night!!!!
Today we decided to take a day trip into Iraklio and went and saw the temple of Knossos. It was really interesting and managed to captivate our interest for approximately one hour. haha It really was cool and we heard that it is one of the better preserved Palaces around that we could visit. There were reconstructed frescoes everywhere and luckily there weren't very many tourists! Now we are back, and we are going to make our dinner with some eggs and cheese and rice that we bought at the market. Tomorrow we plan on doing a 5 hour hike through the Samaria Gorge!!! AHHHH i'm sooooo excited! It is supposed to be amazing and it is the longest Gorge in Europe.
HOPE ALL IS WELL
LOVE YOUUUUUU
Jessie
P.S. All my friends on the Island of Evia we miss youuuuuuu sooo much!!! and talk about you all the time to everyone we meet!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
ALRIGHT, haha ahh that has become my new catchphrase. Anyways we are writing one last blog before we depart for CRETE!!! ahhhh our ferry leaves at 9 at night and we arrrive early in the morning and I can't wait!! As much as I love the city of Athens, we have pretty much exhausted all sites/districts/things to do and we are definitely ready to be back in gear.
Yesterday we went into the mysterious Exarhia. WE had asked several people about the district of Exarhia and they pretty much all said the same thing....ANARCHISTS!!! haha this proved to be such an intriguing concept that we decided it was pertinent that we pay a visit! We were expecting to see anarachy running amuck through the streets but there was nothing of the sort. In fact it was just like a really bohemian relaxed area. It actually reminded me a tad bit of boulder haha. We spent hours looking for anarchists but all we found were alternative people with a lot of peircings drinking coffee haha. None the less it proved for an interesting day, and I even bought a shirt! ohhh we even ran into our friend Barnsey (who works at athens backpackers) and he hung out with us for a while.
ahh I almost forgot taking the metro to Exarhia ended up turning into a silly situation. So me and chelsea are walking down the escalator to catch the metro when we hear the train pulling up. So we both decide to book it down the escalator in hopes of catching the train. Chelsea is ahead of me and as we both get of the escalators we have to round a corner. We can see the train, and I am running really fast but i'm wearing rubber flipflops with absolutely no traction and I kind of like fishtale around the bend and almost eat it. Anyways to make a long story short Chelsea just barely manages to get on the train, and I watch the doors close. In panic we bang on opposite sides of the glass this just makes the situation even more hilarous and eventually I have to give up go sit down next to these two asian girls who had just witnessed the entire thing and wait for the next train. haha it was soo funny
When we got back we paid a visit to the Hostel because we are addicted to Athens Backpackers haha and they let us help them out in exchange for drinks on the rooftop bar haha. So we hung out there for like an hour and helped them set up the bar and then we headed back to Ana's and ate a lovely dinner with her. Later on in the night we went back to the rooftop bar and actually ran into someone that we had met our first nights in Athens. Around 10ish we headed to James Joyce, a local bar, and watched the soccer game with Barnsey and some other people from the hostel. WE then got the drunk munchies and marched right into a pastry shop and ordered two delicious looking brownie cake things and ate them in Monastiraki square, they were so delicious!!! After that we headed back to Ana's and called it a night
WE are now embarking on the next part of our adventure and I am sooooo EXCITED!!!!!! wish us luck on the beautiful island of CRETE!!!
HOPE the states are well.
LOVE YOU
Alrightyyyy welll
Yesterday we went into the mysterious Exarhia. WE had asked several people about the district of Exarhia and they pretty much all said the same thing....ANARCHISTS!!! haha this proved to be such an intriguing concept that we decided it was pertinent that we pay a visit! We were expecting to see anarachy running amuck through the streets but there was nothing of the sort. In fact it was just like a really bohemian relaxed area. It actually reminded me a tad bit of boulder haha. We spent hours looking for anarchists but all we found were alternative people with a lot of peircings drinking coffee haha. None the less it proved for an interesting day, and I even bought a shirt! ohhh we even ran into our friend Barnsey (who works at athens backpackers) and he hung out with us for a while.
ahh I almost forgot taking the metro to Exarhia ended up turning into a silly situation. So me and chelsea are walking down the escalator to catch the metro when we hear the train pulling up. So we both decide to book it down the escalator in hopes of catching the train. Chelsea is ahead of me and as we both get of the escalators we have to round a corner. We can see the train, and I am running really fast but i'm wearing rubber flipflops with absolutely no traction and I kind of like fishtale around the bend and almost eat it. Anyways to make a long story short Chelsea just barely manages to get on the train, and I watch the doors close. In panic we bang on opposite sides of the glass this just makes the situation even more hilarous and eventually I have to give up go sit down next to these two asian girls who had just witnessed the entire thing and wait for the next train. haha it was soo funny
When we got back we paid a visit to the Hostel because we are addicted to Athens Backpackers haha and they let us help them out in exchange for drinks on the rooftop bar haha. So we hung out there for like an hour and helped them set up the bar and then we headed back to Ana's and ate a lovely dinner with her. Later on in the night we went back to the rooftop bar and actually ran into someone that we had met our first nights in Athens. Around 10ish we headed to James Joyce, a local bar, and watched the soccer game with Barnsey and some other people from the hostel. WE then got the drunk munchies and marched right into a pastry shop and ordered two delicious looking brownie cake things and ate them in Monastiraki square, they were so delicious!!! After that we headed back to Ana's and called it a night
WE are now embarking on the next part of our adventure and I am sooooo EXCITED!!!!!! wish us luck on the beautiful island of CRETE!!!
HOPE the states are well.
LOVE YOU
Alrightyyyy welll
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
HELLOOOOOO
Ahhh so going off of my last blog. We did end up going up that hill that I was talking about and the view was unreal. The actual hike up there was pretty brutal. It was like 2 in the afternoon so the sun was still strong, and we were tired due to lack of sleep, this resulted in dramatic noises, and phrases like "WHY GOD am i doing this??" haha after walking up stone step after stone step after stone step we finally managed to make it to the top. Luckily it was worth the sweat because at the top you could see the entire sprawling city of Athens. The view went as far out as the ocean and the city limits looked endless. While we were up there we also had a friendly conversation with a flight attendant lady from canada! haha random I know. after that we were exhausted and ended up coming back to the hostel where we relentlessly annoyed the hostel staff. We were both so tired that instead of joining the festivities on the roof top bar we decided to go down to where the couches were and played cards. There we befriended a fellow backpacker. He was really nice, and he had just finished his graduate degree from Notre Dame. Well we all got to talking and we decided that it was necessary that we find a pool (because the days here in athens have been notoriously HOT). So Chelsea and I and our new friend went in search for a fancy hotel. We managed to find one and successfully sneak into their pool for a quick dip! haha after that we decided to show our friend (Brian) around because he had just arrived that night and was leaving the next day for an island. We walked around Plaka and then went up to the acropolis at night. It was such a nice laid back evening! P.S. Athens Backpackers hostel let us sleep on the couches for free haha.
The next day we decided to hop around on the metro only to find ourselves lost and confused. IT is soooo extremely HOT here that we decided the best option of the day would be to go get coffee like all the locals do. So we found a fancy outdoor venue and drank our freddochinos as slow as possible (for some reason all the greeks take like hours to drink coffee). There we befriended a friendly character named Pierre. This Pierre fellow was straight out of a book. He was an older man maybe in his mid 60's and from what I understood he was french but has been on assignment as a journalist in Greece for the past two years. Most of the time I couldn't understand what he was telling us because he mumbled a lot haha. Anyways he was this classy guy who was just sitting alone at a table near us, and every once in a while he would stare down the pigeons near by and try and feed them crumbs from his hand. HAHA not joking he could have been a leading character in some fancy french movie. Before he left he stopped by our table (they were really close to eachother) and left us his business card and told us to call him if we wanted to meet up for coffee.) His business card was this snazzy little peice that had his two initials and his last name on one side with Journaliste written under it in scrawling letters. The back had his number haha ahh this was so random. But don't worry parents we have no intentions of meeting up so don't freak!
After this little expedition we headed back to our hostel to grab our things and head to Ana's. Ana is this very nice girl that we befriended on the island of Evia. She goes to University in Athens and happens to live quite close to our hostel. Anyways she has exams this week so me and chelsea have pretty much been on our own. This works out fine for us, we are just happy to have a place to stay!! So after arriving at her place we ended up going out ot Monastiraki and headed to a bar, because we can here!!! haha We felt all snazzy sitting at a bar ordering a beer haha. After that we walked around and headed back for the night.
The next day I woke up early and decided to go get coffee and go read in the National gardens. Then I met up with Chelsea and Anna and her other friend and we all went to the beach!! The beach was kind of weird but it felt sooo good to be in the water, because the heat here is like death!!! After the beach we came back showered up and went in to monastiraki and got hair wraps!!!! Then we decided to do our own version of the pub crawl and instead went on a convenience store crawl. This consisted of us going up to several convenience stores and buying a beer haha. Along the way we met someone who just graduated from CU!! That was the weirdest coincidence haha. He was really cool though and he told us we were very boulder haha. Our night ended with a nice scoop of gelato and then sleep!!!
Today we are going to go into Exarhia which is supposedly where all the alternative/anarchist people live! haha YES
Tomorrow we leave for Crete, so wish us luck!!!
CIAO
Ahhh so going off of my last blog. We did end up going up that hill that I was talking about and the view was unreal. The actual hike up there was pretty brutal. It was like 2 in the afternoon so the sun was still strong, and we were tired due to lack of sleep, this resulted in dramatic noises, and phrases like "WHY GOD am i doing this??" haha after walking up stone step after stone step after stone step we finally managed to make it to the top. Luckily it was worth the sweat because at the top you could see the entire sprawling city of Athens. The view went as far out as the ocean and the city limits looked endless. While we were up there we also had a friendly conversation with a flight attendant lady from canada! haha random I know. after that we were exhausted and ended up coming back to the hostel where we relentlessly annoyed the hostel staff. We were both so tired that instead of joining the festivities on the roof top bar we decided to go down to where the couches were and played cards. There we befriended a fellow backpacker. He was really nice, and he had just finished his graduate degree from Notre Dame. Well we all got to talking and we decided that it was necessary that we find a pool (because the days here in athens have been notoriously HOT). So Chelsea and I and our new friend went in search for a fancy hotel. We managed to find one and successfully sneak into their pool for a quick dip! haha after that we decided to show our friend (Brian) around because he had just arrived that night and was leaving the next day for an island. We walked around Plaka and then went up to the acropolis at night. It was such a nice laid back evening! P.S. Athens Backpackers hostel let us sleep on the couches for free haha.
The next day we decided to hop around on the metro only to find ourselves lost and confused. IT is soooo extremely HOT here that we decided the best option of the day would be to go get coffee like all the locals do. So we found a fancy outdoor venue and drank our freddochinos as slow as possible (for some reason all the greeks take like hours to drink coffee). There we befriended a friendly character named Pierre. This Pierre fellow was straight out of a book. He was an older man maybe in his mid 60's and from what I understood he was french but has been on assignment as a journalist in Greece for the past two years. Most of the time I couldn't understand what he was telling us because he mumbled a lot haha. Anyways he was this classy guy who was just sitting alone at a table near us, and every once in a while he would stare down the pigeons near by and try and feed them crumbs from his hand. HAHA not joking he could have been a leading character in some fancy french movie. Before he left he stopped by our table (they were really close to eachother) and left us his business card and told us to call him if we wanted to meet up for coffee.) His business card was this snazzy little peice that had his two initials and his last name on one side with Journaliste written under it in scrawling letters. The back had his number haha ahh this was so random. But don't worry parents we have no intentions of meeting up so don't freak!
After this little expedition we headed back to our hostel to grab our things and head to Ana's. Ana is this very nice girl that we befriended on the island of Evia. She goes to University in Athens and happens to live quite close to our hostel. Anyways she has exams this week so me and chelsea have pretty much been on our own. This works out fine for us, we are just happy to have a place to stay!! So after arriving at her place we ended up going out ot Monastiraki and headed to a bar, because we can here!!! haha We felt all snazzy sitting at a bar ordering a beer haha. After that we walked around and headed back for the night.
The next day I woke up early and decided to go get coffee and go read in the National gardens. Then I met up with Chelsea and Anna and her other friend and we all went to the beach!! The beach was kind of weird but it felt sooo good to be in the water, because the heat here is like death!!! After the beach we came back showered up and went in to monastiraki and got hair wraps!!!! Then we decided to do our own version of the pub crawl and instead went on a convenience store crawl. This consisted of us going up to several convenience stores and buying a beer haha. Along the way we met someone who just graduated from CU!! That was the weirdest coincidence haha. He was really cool though and he told us we were very boulder haha. Our night ended with a nice scoop of gelato and then sleep!!!
Today we are going to go into Exarhia which is supposedly where all the alternative/anarchist people live! haha YES
Tomorrow we leave for Crete, so wish us luck!!!
CIAO
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Athens backpackers has been soo much fun the night before last we went on the bar crawl and stayed out till 4 in the morning it was so exciting to mingle with other backpackers. Chelsea whipped out her guitar skills and there was a beautiful moment where everyone was singing to wonderwall.
Anyways the next day I dragged chelsea to the National Archaeology Museum and I LOVED it. I like to think I helped enlighten chelsea with a little bit of culture haha. The Museum was really cool, and I actually got to see a lot of artifacts in person that had studied in my Art history class. After that we got creeped on by a guy who was selling purses and got lost trying to get back to the metro. The day wasn't too eventful we just came back and checked in to our real rooms and took showers!!!!! The people at the front desk like us so much now that they even gave us discounts on our rooms haha.
Ahh Last night there was another bar crawl that left at twelve but we decided to stay and hang out on the rooftop with two of the owners of the hostel. It was such a fun night and everyone was just relaxing and playing guitar. Considering i don't play i managed to fit in some of my singing skills haha. IT was sooo wonderful and such a beautiful night to be outside. Today we were really tired and have kind of gotten a late start to our day, we might walk to a hill that overlooks the city but we aren't really sure yet.
EVERYTHING is soooo wonderful here and I'm sooo happy to be a traveler! Chelsea and I are having a blast and meeting a lot of interesting people
Miss you all back at home, hope you all are enjoying the beautiful beautiful summertime~!!
LOVE YOUUUUUU
Anyways the next day I dragged chelsea to the National Archaeology Museum and I LOVED it. I like to think I helped enlighten chelsea with a little bit of culture haha. The Museum was really cool, and I actually got to see a lot of artifacts in person that had studied in my Art history class. After that we got creeped on by a guy who was selling purses and got lost trying to get back to the metro. The day wasn't too eventful we just came back and checked in to our real rooms and took showers!!!!! The people at the front desk like us so much now that they even gave us discounts on our rooms haha.
Ahh Last night there was another bar crawl that left at twelve but we decided to stay and hang out on the rooftop with two of the owners of the hostel. It was such a fun night and everyone was just relaxing and playing guitar. Considering i don't play i managed to fit in some of my singing skills haha. IT was sooo wonderful and such a beautiful night to be outside. Today we were really tired and have kind of gotten a late start to our day, we might walk to a hill that overlooks the city but we aren't really sure yet.
EVERYTHING is soooo wonderful here and I'm sooo happy to be a traveler! Chelsea and I are having a blast and meeting a lot of interesting people
Miss you all back at home, hope you all are enjoying the beautiful beautiful summertime~!!
LOVE YOUUUUUU
Friday, June 5, 2009
Well today we left town that we had been staying in and it was so sad!! We have made so many amazing friends their that it felt like we were leaving our home. This morning we left the Sunshine house and then went fishing with our friend George!!! He is honestly the most genuinely nice person I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Ever since we met him he has made us feel at home in this wonderful town by the beach. He has cooked for us several meals (considering the sunshine house never feeds us) and has made sure that we have seen everything possible. Anyways he took us fishing, which was a first for me, and we had a blast! Although we didn't catch anything it still was a funny random experience to take with me. He then took us to his home and fed us some traditional greek food that I can't even pronounce, but it was delicous!
The day before was our day off and George took us to go get coffee at Azuls (which is also the local bar). Greeks are big on coffee here and a morning without coffee is considered sinful, haha. so we enjoyed a taste cafe with George and Pavlos and proceeded with the rest of our day. This consisted of George cooking for us yet another meal, and then going into Lampsakos. In Lampsakos we bought poster board and construction paper and made everyone thank you. cards! After that we went back to FOODBREAK one last time and worked on our cards awkwardly while all the local village boys watched haha. Pavlos (who works at food break) was so sweet and brought us out a chocolate crepe (our favorite!). After that we headed to Azuls had some strawberry girly alcoholic drinks, which were sooo yummy and then headed back to the sunshine house for one last night!
Ahh I almost forgot, the day before that another George took us to this fancy classy bar place in Halkida. Me and chelsea felt all legit and like fancy young adults. haha IT was classy for reals!!!! It was beautiful and right on the water and me and Chelsea where like the babies sitting at the bar.
The villagers in the Lampsakos Bourdgi area have been so kind to us and we have managed to make many friends. A couple of our new guy friends throughought the past two days have even become almost paternal in their care for our safety. We have recieved several talks about being smart, not too trustworthy, and taking care of ourselves and they too have warned us about greek men haha. They even want us to keep them updated so that they know that we are safe! haha Mom and Dad, we have people in Evia keeping track of our safety as well!! haha
Leaving today made me realize that the people really make a place. To all my friends on the Island of Evia I miss you already!!!!!
As of now our plans are kind of up in the air. When we arrived back in Athens today we had absolutely no idea where we were going to stay. Luckily things have a way of working out for us, and we have now acquired a couch at Athens Backpackers (the hostel that we stayed at in the beginning of our trip.) HAHAHAHA ahhhh yup thats right we are sleeping on a random couch in Athens and living the real life of backpackers. Our life has become liberating in the way that we never know whats going to happen. anyways we hope to stay their a couple of nights and then with our new friend Anna who we met on the WONDERFUL Island of Evia!!! It gets a little hazy from there and we might possibly go to another farm in crete, we will keep you updated.
Haha life here is absolutely wonderful and I couldn't be any happier with the way things have been turning out. These past two weeks have flown by and I have the feeling that i first had when I landed. It's weird that a third of my trip is over, but exciting to know that the rest of my time here is full of even more adventures!!!
LOVE YOU GUYS hope all is well back in the states.
to see Chelsea's blog go to Chelseaontheroad.blogspot.com!!!
The day before was our day off and George took us to go get coffee at Azuls (which is also the local bar). Greeks are big on coffee here and a morning without coffee is considered sinful, haha. so we enjoyed a taste cafe with George and Pavlos and proceeded with the rest of our day. This consisted of George cooking for us yet another meal, and then going into Lampsakos. In Lampsakos we bought poster board and construction paper and made everyone thank you. cards! After that we went back to FOODBREAK one last time and worked on our cards awkwardly while all the local village boys watched haha. Pavlos (who works at food break) was so sweet and brought us out a chocolate crepe (our favorite!). After that we headed to Azuls had some strawberry girly alcoholic drinks, which were sooo yummy and then headed back to the sunshine house for one last night!
Ahh I almost forgot, the day before that another George took us to this fancy classy bar place in Halkida. Me and chelsea felt all legit and like fancy young adults. haha IT was classy for reals!!!! It was beautiful and right on the water and me and Chelsea where like the babies sitting at the bar.
The villagers in the Lampsakos Bourdgi area have been so kind to us and we have managed to make many friends. A couple of our new guy friends throughought the past two days have even become almost paternal in their care for our safety. We have recieved several talks about being smart, not too trustworthy, and taking care of ourselves and they too have warned us about greek men haha. They even want us to keep them updated so that they know that we are safe! haha Mom and Dad, we have people in Evia keeping track of our safety as well!! haha
Leaving today made me realize that the people really make a place. To all my friends on the Island of Evia I miss you already!!!!!
As of now our plans are kind of up in the air. When we arrived back in Athens today we had absolutely no idea where we were going to stay. Luckily things have a way of working out for us, and we have now acquired a couch at Athens Backpackers (the hostel that we stayed at in the beginning of our trip.) HAHAHAHA ahhhh yup thats right we are sleeping on a random couch in Athens and living the real life of backpackers. Our life has become liberating in the way that we never know whats going to happen. anyways we hope to stay their a couple of nights and then with our new friend Anna who we met on the WONDERFUL Island of Evia!!! It gets a little hazy from there and we might possibly go to another farm in crete, we will keep you updated.
Haha life here is absolutely wonderful and I couldn't be any happier with the way things have been turning out. These past two weeks have flown by and I have the feeling that i first had when I landed. It's weird that a third of my trip is over, but exciting to know that the rest of my time here is full of even more adventures!!!
LOVE YOU GUYS hope all is well back in the states.
to see Chelsea's blog go to Chelseaontheroad.blogspot.com!!!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
AHH so right now we are at our friend Georges house and he has kindly let us use his internet. So pretty much these last couple of days have consisted of going to foodbreak as usual and going to the beach (a favorite past time of mine as of now). The water here is so clear that you can see absolutely everything. Last night our new friends also took us to the Turkish Fortress at night so that we could see all of Halkida lit up with its various coffee shops lining the promenade. Yesterday we also met our friend Alex's cousin who is 17 and we were introduced to all of her friends (one of them happened to speak english very well and she managed to help the conversation along). While we were sitting their they noticed the french braid in my hair: this observation was followed by me becoming their hairstylist for an hour and braiding all of their hair haha. Today our other friend George (we have many georges haha) and our other friend Pavlos took us to a wonderful restaurant by the water where we ate delicous clams and mussels and octopus and bread and delicious sauces it was sooo good, and i was so full by the time we had finished. Along with this delicious greek meal the other day at our other friend Georges house (see i told you there were many!!!) his mother made us yummy lamb and salad and pita! it was soo good and so nice to eat with a greek family. the locals around this area are probably the nicest people I have ever met and I will be so sad to leave all of them!
O did i mention that i have been riding on the back of motorcycles for the past week?? Unfortunately this scares me a little bit and results in me shouting over and over again to my driver, "I DONT WANT TO HAVE A DEATH BOX" A death box is what i call the little churches that line the road commemorating those who have died in car/motorcycle accidents. haha oo and My friend Alex gave me a lesson in driving his motorbike the other day haha I'm a REALLY good driver, i think i made him nervous.
We have been here for so long that all of my days are beginning to blend together. We manage to do so many things in one day that I can't even keep the days straight. this results in short posts because i simply can no longer remember what I have been doing.
The views here remain as breathtaking as usual, the people here are still exceptionally friendly, and we find ourselves happier every day.
I'm running out of time to write because we are keeping one of the Many Georges waiting. Hope this fulfills your daily appetite for my blog haha MISS YOU
γειά σας (This means Geia Sas!!!) in other words goodbye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. sorry for the awful grammar on my blogs I simply don't have time to fix it!!!
O did i mention that i have been riding on the back of motorcycles for the past week?? Unfortunately this scares me a little bit and results in me shouting over and over again to my driver, "I DONT WANT TO HAVE A DEATH BOX" A death box is what i call the little churches that line the road commemorating those who have died in car/motorcycle accidents. haha oo and My friend Alex gave me a lesson in driving his motorbike the other day haha I'm a REALLY good driver, i think i made him nervous.
We have been here for so long that all of my days are beginning to blend together. We manage to do so many things in one day that I can't even keep the days straight. this results in short posts because i simply can no longer remember what I have been doing.
The views here remain as breathtaking as usual, the people here are still exceptionally friendly, and we find ourselves happier every day.
I'm running out of time to write because we are keeping one of the Many Georges waiting. Hope this fulfills your daily appetite for my blog haha MISS YOU
γειά σας (This means Geia Sas!!!) in other words goodbye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. sorry for the awful grammar on my blogs I simply don't have time to fix it!!!
Monday, June 1, 2009
AHHHH Lampsakos is the best little town in Evia. It is so wonderful here and we have managed to make some very nice thoughtful friends. Usually our day consists of working at the Sunshine House early in the morning and then hanging out with our new friends late into the night. Our friends are practically all guys who all love to give us rides on their motorbikes haha. This makes for interesting adventures that otherwise could not be accomplished on foot. We met our new found friends at the friendly eatery across the street called Food Break. Chelsea and I are addicted to their delicous crepes and manage to sneak one in everytime we go there. If anyone were to walk by while we were there I'm sure we look quite out of place. The scene usually is as follows: me and chelsea (the two stray americans) surrounded by a hoard of close to 15 guys haha. They are all so nice and friendly and we have also managed to befriend two girls their names are Fotini and Anna. (Fotini is like our mother here always looking out for us).
With our new friends we have gone into Halkida, visited the local beaches watched movies, gone to the bars and eaten delicous food. The local beaches are well kept and our friends Alex Nicco and Mike took us to a secret one that no one else knows about. Unfortunately it was here that me and chelsea recieved serious foot wounds, mine was treated by the beloved tobacco. Rolling your own cigarettes is a common commodity around these parts and is also quite handy when healing a shallow wound. The two bars that we have been two both line the beach one is Azuls, and i can't remember the name of the other. Me and chelsea have found that we are usually the most excited to drink at the bars because for everyone else it is a usual past time. Last night our friend Fotini took us to her friends house George and he made us delicious sea clams complete with some type of sauce, and he caught them himself. He also grilled some seasoned chicken, and some type of bread with cheese. Did I mention how nice everyone is here?? Everyone welcomes us and takes us in, and treats us like long lost friends. Now when we walk through Lampsakos we actually have people that we recognize!!! ahh it is so wonderful here and I don't want to leave.
Unfortunately planes have changed with the Sunshine House and instead of staying there for four weeks we are onlystaying for two and then we are going back to Athens for a couple of nights and then of to Crete for one more week at an organic farm. From there we will depart to Santorini, Ios and Mykonos, and then come home. We have becomed so accustomed to living in Lampsakos now that its starting to feel like home. Well hope all is well back in the States can't wait to see you all!!!!
With our new friends we have gone into Halkida, visited the local beaches watched movies, gone to the bars and eaten delicous food. The local beaches are well kept and our friends Alex Nicco and Mike took us to a secret one that no one else knows about. Unfortunately it was here that me and chelsea recieved serious foot wounds, mine was treated by the beloved tobacco. Rolling your own cigarettes is a common commodity around these parts and is also quite handy when healing a shallow wound. The two bars that we have been two both line the beach one is Azuls, and i can't remember the name of the other. Me and chelsea have found that we are usually the most excited to drink at the bars because for everyone else it is a usual past time. Last night our friend Fotini took us to her friends house George and he made us delicious sea clams complete with some type of sauce, and he caught them himself. He also grilled some seasoned chicken, and some type of bread with cheese. Did I mention how nice everyone is here?? Everyone welcomes us and takes us in, and treats us like long lost friends. Now when we walk through Lampsakos we actually have people that we recognize!!! ahh it is so wonderful here and I don't want to leave.
Unfortunately planes have changed with the Sunshine House and instead of staying there for four weeks we are onlystaying for two and then we are going back to Athens for a couple of nights and then of to Crete for one more week at an organic farm. From there we will depart to Santorini, Ios and Mykonos, and then come home. We have becomed so accustomed to living in Lampsakos now that its starting to feel like home. Well hope all is well back in the States can't wait to see you all!!!!
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