Greece - Crete

Megs and I have been in Crete for three days now and it's been lovely! We spent the first couple of days enjoying the beautiful beach in Rethymnon, the water is so clear and the waves are great. Today we took a day trip to the other side of the island to go snorkelling, it was pretty intense, wet suits and everything, it was great. We saw some cool fish, and I even got to hold a sea urchin, very cool. It's so hot here, it's nice to be close to the water. Tomorrow we're going to hike the Samaria Gorge which is supposed to be the longest gorge in Europe, it's 18km. After that we're heading to Heraklion for a couple of days and then back to Athens.

We had a great Greek meal last night, hopefully we'll have good luck tonight too!

Greece - Santorini

Santorini is the one island that every book and every person we spoke to told us we had to go and it did not disappoint! It was beautiful, although it was a bit expensive. We finally had some great Greek food. Last night we went on a little cruise, we stopped at a nearby island with an active volcano and we climbed to the top. It was pretty neat. After that the boat stopped "close" to shore...haha they said we only had to swim 30 meters to get to the hot springs, but it was more like 100. Anyway, it was worth the swim, when we got there the water was orange from the rock in the area and it was really warm somewhere between 25-30 degrees. After we got back to the boat we watched the sunset. It was a great last night in Santorini.

Aaron left this morning, I miss him already! I'm catching a ferry in a few hours to Crete where I'll be meeting Megs!

Naxos-Part 2

It's our last day on Naxos, and like every other place so far, I wish we had more time here! We walked through the old town today and it was beautiful, there was an old castle and tons of little winding alleys and side streets and it was perfectly silent almost everywhere. Pretty amazing.

My only complaint about this island so far is the lack of good Greek food. We had a great meal in Athens of souvlaki and moussaka (sp?), but since we've been on Naxos the food has been pretty disappointing...kind of fast food quality. Anyway, we decided to try a "foreign" food restaurant tonight and it was lovely! We had Indian and Thai food and it was fantastic. Hopefully we'll have more luck with Greek food tomorrow on Santorini. We're catching a ferry there mid-afternoon so we'll be there in time for dinner and what is supposed to be the best sunset in Greece!

Greece-Naxos

We've been in Greece for a few days now and it's been getting better everyday. We spent the first day in Athens which was not bad, it was a typical big city though aside from the acropolis which was pretty amazing! The shopping there was fabulous too so it was a good thing we didn't stay for too long! On our second day we took a day trip to Delphi and saw the ruins there, they were pretty neat, however after seeing what we saw in Egypt, nothing seems quite as spectacular. The major difference was that the structures in Egypt were preserved a lot better.

Today we took a ferry (which we almost missed) to Naxos, we're staying on a pretty secluded beach which is really nice and our hotel/pension is adorable! It's nice to have some downtime. The water is crystal clear, it reminds me of Thailand but the sand is a bit grainier. We'll be here for one more day before we head to Santorini!