My Last Journal Entry: "No words can explain my past 6 weeks. I touched a piece of truth and grew into myself. It was a time in my life where I haven't felt as though I was missing something. What am I supposed to do now? How can I fall back into this life after Greece? Everyday was an adventure, everyday was fresh and exciting. It was perfect. I feel so good now- independent, confident, free, beautiful, whole, real. I followed my dreams and I am so proud of this trip. I love Greece and everyone I met in Greece. Thank you so much for changing my life. The world is full of love and so is my heart."
The tears came as the plane from Athens began to taxi to the runway. I had been surprisingly emotionless the entire day up to departure, but when I felt the wheels start turning I knew it was goodbye. I couldn't stop crying until we were high in the air and the cute fifteen year old Greek kid next to me calmed me down haha. Ug I was a complete mess. It was like a physical pain.
Greece was so good to me and Jessica. It was 6 weeks of perfection- doing exactly what I wanted to do and living freely. Backpacking is more than just seeing the sights, it was about meeting people, making connections, sharing stories, helping each other, feeling the culture, learning about yourselves and others, going where the wind blew. Spending less money on things and more on experiences. Pushing yourself to the edge and forcing yourself to grow. If anything, backpacking opens your mind to the world. I met sooo many people on this trip with completely different lives than anyone I know. It shook me out of my little box and gave me a larger perspective of the world. And that is worth all the money I have.
Above all, on this trip the one thing I learned the most is how much love is in the world. How much love is in people's hearts. We wouldn't have gotten far if it wasn't for the help of others and the pure kindness of the people we met. I am forever in debt to those who helped us, showed us how they lived, treated us so well, and became our close friends. This trip would not be nearly as wonderful if we hadn't met such special people.
So thank you.
Thank you first of all to Natalie Di' Giuseppe. If she hadn't cancelled on us, we would have not had so many wonderful adventures. We wouldn't have been shaken up and forced to plan last minute, figure stuff out, and live as real backpackers. We wouldn't have been at the Sunshine House, or met the Bourtzi boys, or visited the paradise of Crete.
Thank you to all the people we met at the Sunshine House. Your lives are so interesting and we learned so much from you. Ricky and Nasim- you kept us sane.
Thank you to Athens Backpackers. Our home on the road.
Thank you to Crete. A piece of perfection in this chaotic world.
Thank you to all of our fellow backpackers. Instant friends. Everyone we met was great. If we shared an adventure together, a day, or a week- it was the best. I only wish I had longer to be with these people I loved.
Thank you to the BOYS IN BOURTZI. Thank you to FOOD BREAK. You guys really, really have a special place in our hearts. You showed us real Greece and let us share a bit of your life. It was wonderful. I have never met nicer people, honest friends, genuine love. We are coming back in the future!!! Promise. I love everyone in Bourtzi sooo much. You guys deserve the best.
Thank you to my parents!! Thank you for letting me go on this trip, letting me figure it out on my own, letting me stretch my wings and see what I could handle. Letting me follow my dreams!!!! Giving me support and love. And being there when it was hard. I loooove you.
AND ABOVE ALL! THANK YOU TO JESSICA KUTZ!!!!! You are the best traveling partner I could ever ask for. Thank you for sharing this trip with me, being exactly on the same page as me, laughing with me, getting into shenanigans with me, growing with me, being there for me when I was down, and being the greatest frienddddddddddd!! There is no one else in the world I could have imagined going to Greece with. I'm so glad that for years to come we will have these memories to reminise on, laugh about, and shake our heads and say "wow we were crazy". No one will ever understand what Greece means to me except you. No one will ever understand what I mean when I say "the Sunshine House" (haha except maybe Brian). No one will ever understand the love in Bourtzi except you. No one will ever understand Exarhia, Plakias, the Donkey Ride, the Seabiscuit helmet, Horace, Freddoccinos, the Samaria Gorge, Signomee Tombazi?!?, the Abercrombie boys, our half a storage shed, crepes, Efcharisto/Parakalo, fighting about apples, Athens Backpackers, Giannis haha, Food Break... except you! I'm so excited for next year in Boulder and all of our trips to come (Australia, New Zealand, Bali.. 2011?!). I am sooo lucky to have met you!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART.
And so thats how it ends. With a happy heart :)
"O open road! I say back, I am not afraid to leave you—yet I love you;
You express me better than I can express myself;
You shall be more to me than my poem."
-Song of the Open Road
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
last night we got up at 3 in the morning to go to the best club in MYKONOSSSSSSSSS!!!!! it was awesomeeeee, we danced to techno until sunrise :)
tomorrow we are taking a ferry back to athens
ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
this adventure is coming to an end
its making me cry just thinking about it....
i dont want to leave this wonderful country.
tomorrow we are taking a ferry back to athens
ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
this adventure is coming to an end
its making me cry just thinking about it....
i dont want to leave this wonderful country.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
haha uncle steve pleaseeeee.. i have been doing much more than partying (have you read my past 3 weeks of posts??).. forgive me for having 3 nights of debauchery on greece's top party islands. and anyways did you really expect me to go see ruins for an entire month and a half?????
SOOOOOOOOOO. back to the bloggggggggg...
our last night in IOS was a successssssssssss. we went to sunrise with our model boys and played drinking games with them and some irish men and then decided to go back to the hostel to take a nap until the real partying began. we were asleep for all of ten minutes before our canadian friend, Stefan, and our new zealand friend, Tenzin came banging on our door yelling at us to come out. how could we resist? so the four of us spent the rest of the night going around to all the different bars and danced for hourssssssssss. once again the sun was up when we returned to our abode. we slept for an unbearably short amount of time before we had to get up to catch our ferry to mykonos. we said goodbye to all our friends and then made our way down to the port. we got to mykons in the early afternoon and got the shuttle to PARADISE BEACH RESORT. succccccessssssssss. we are staying at a resort but.. we are staying in like half of a storage shed. it has barely room for two beds. but its all good. we dont need much. the second we hit the bed the both of us passed outtt. we slept for a few hours, got up to eat, went back to bed, and then woke up at 2 am to jessicas alarm ready to start the night haha. we went to the famous PARADISE CLUB where a super good dj was there and danced until morning.. again. it was soooooooo FUN. except we are so gross.. my last real shower was two islands ago.
okay well i have to gooo!!!!!
we are going to explore MYKONOS today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE
SOOOOOOOOOO. back to the bloggggggggg...
our last night in IOS was a successssssssssss. we went to sunrise with our model boys and played drinking games with them and some irish men and then decided to go back to the hostel to take a nap until the real partying began. we were asleep for all of ten minutes before our canadian friend, Stefan, and our new zealand friend, Tenzin came banging on our door yelling at us to come out. how could we resist? so the four of us spent the rest of the night going around to all the different bars and danced for hourssssssssss. once again the sun was up when we returned to our abode. we slept for an unbearably short amount of time before we had to get up to catch our ferry to mykonos. we said goodbye to all our friends and then made our way down to the port. we got to mykons in the early afternoon and got the shuttle to PARADISE BEACH RESORT. succccccessssssssss. we are staying at a resort but.. we are staying in like half of a storage shed. it has barely room for two beds. but its all good. we dont need much. the second we hit the bed the both of us passed outtt. we slept for a few hours, got up to eat, went back to bed, and then woke up at 2 am to jessicas alarm ready to start the night haha. we went to the famous PARADISE CLUB where a super good dj was there and danced until morning.. again. it was soooooooo FUN. except we are so gross.. my last real shower was two islands ago.
okay well i have to gooo!!!!!
we are going to explore MYKONOS today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE
Thursday, June 25, 2009
another day in IOSSSSSSSSSSSSSS :)
haha oh dear this island is fun. im pretty sure it was made for all the backpackers in the world to come party on... there really is no other point haha.
last night was another epic oneeee. jessica and i made a rule that we had to stay out until 8 am and WE DID!!! hahah but just barely.. we nearly had to drag ourselves back to the hostel after about 5 million different bars and clubs. the night started at this place called Sunrise where everyone pregames together and then heads out at the sound of a whistle. we met some aussies, some irish men (one who proposed to jessica hahahah- they are getting married in paris in 2015 apparently.. and he carried her from sunrise to the bar on his shoulders ahhhh hahaha) and spent some time with our abercrombie models successssssssss. then the rest of the night involved going on a mission to find crepes, meeting some norwegian kid that was obsessed with the word "dude", dancing on the bar (whoops!) to get free water, having our hottie models protect us from creepers, and dancing a lotttttttttttttt. yea it was goood. hahaha. we started our day today at 4 in the afternoon when we managed to roll out of bed and head down to the beach on the back of these kids' ATVs that we met the night before. YES! i dont remember the last time i showered so jessica and i brought our shampoo down to the beach and swam out far in the ocean and washed our hair in the sea hahahaha. it was so funny and it actually worked pretty well. then we came back, bought our last two ferry tickets, and now we are resting up for another night.
TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO MYKONOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! THE PINNACLE OF ALL THE GREEK ISLANDS :) KADSJFLKASJDFKLJDSF
hahah ahhh our money supply is dwindling....
only 5 more nights left in this dream.
HOPE ALL IS WELLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!
haha oh dear this island is fun. im pretty sure it was made for all the backpackers in the world to come party on... there really is no other point haha.
last night was another epic oneeee. jessica and i made a rule that we had to stay out until 8 am and WE DID!!! hahah but just barely.. we nearly had to drag ourselves back to the hostel after about 5 million different bars and clubs. the night started at this place called Sunrise where everyone pregames together and then heads out at the sound of a whistle. we met some aussies, some irish men (one who proposed to jessica hahahah- they are getting married in paris in 2015 apparently.. and he carried her from sunrise to the bar on his shoulders ahhhh hahaha) and spent some time with our abercrombie models successssssssss. then the rest of the night involved going on a mission to find crepes, meeting some norwegian kid that was obsessed with the word "dude", dancing on the bar (whoops!) to get free water, having our hottie models protect us from creepers, and dancing a lotttttttttttttt. yea it was goood. hahaha. we started our day today at 4 in the afternoon when we managed to roll out of bed and head down to the beach on the back of these kids' ATVs that we met the night before. YES! i dont remember the last time i showered so jessica and i brought our shampoo down to the beach and swam out far in the ocean and washed our hair in the sea hahahaha. it was so funny and it actually worked pretty well. then we came back, bought our last two ferry tickets, and now we are resting up for another night.
TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO MYKONOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! THE PINNACLE OF ALL THE GREEK ISLANDS :) KADSJFLKASJDFKLJDSF
hahah ahhh our money supply is dwindling....
only 5 more nights left in this dream.
HOPE ALL IS WELLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
IOSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! WE MADE ITTTTTT!!!!
AHHHHHHH so ios is like the number one party island and we are hereeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
the ferry from santorini was pretty brutal. it was a high speed one and the water was pretty rough which resulted in a mild lingering sea sickness. we got picked up from the port by a bus from our hostel and drove about 5 minutes up to a life less town where apparently the party goes down. as we found out today people are usually sleeping all day to rest up for the night. our hostel is so cute, another good one, at the top of the town overlooking the water. jessica and i have our own room which is a succcessssss and the hostel has a pool!!
but anywayssssssssss, last night/this morning was epicccccccccc. after we got off the ferry we headed down to Far Out Beach Club where everyone chills out, recovers from the night before, and tans on the beach. its like spring break madness international style and better. we spent a few hours lounging on the beach and eventually meandered up to the bar for our first Ios drinks. we were a little intimidated by everyone but in the first minute the HOTTESTTTTTT two guys in the worlddddddddddd (like im talking abercrombie model hot) rolled up and started talking to us. they both went to USC and one of them turned out to be from Jessica's home town hahahah. anywayssss it was like instant friendship so we spent the rest of the time at far out chatting with them and 4 other guys from Ireland. yupppppppppp noo bigssss. jessica and i apparently have mad game. the four of us (as in me and jess and the 2 beautiful model boys- like im talking the definition of hot) took the bus back to the hostel at around 6 (they were staying there too- success) and chilled out for a bit. everyone told us the party doesnt really start until 1 am so we had an awkward few hours where we werent really sure what to do. so we ended up going to get some food, meandered around for a bit, went back to the hostel to get ready, and then hit up the hostel bar. everyone got welcome shotsssss and the night begannn!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhh. we spent about an hour or so at the hostel bar with our two HOTTIES and then everyone headed out to the first club. it was crazyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ohhh yesss. so the rest of the night is kind of a blur... many clubs, many bars, lots of drinkss, gooood timessssssss. we even ran into some people from our hostel in santorini hahaah. the sun was up when we made it back to our room and we didnt wake up until 2 in the afternoon. IOSSSSS!
and then todayyyyyyyy jess, me, and the ABERCROMBIE MODELS meandered back down to far out and spent the day lounging at the beach until 6. they love us... and we love them. haha. well anyways we just got back to the hostel and we will probably chill out until the party starts againnnn..... YESSSSSSSSSS.
but dont worry we are being safeeee!!!!!! and our model boys look after us so no worries :)
ps. google image like abercrombie model and thats who we have been hanging out with for the past 2 days. succcesssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHH so ios is like the number one party island and we are hereeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
the ferry from santorini was pretty brutal. it was a high speed one and the water was pretty rough which resulted in a mild lingering sea sickness. we got picked up from the port by a bus from our hostel and drove about 5 minutes up to a life less town where apparently the party goes down. as we found out today people are usually sleeping all day to rest up for the night. our hostel is so cute, another good one, at the top of the town overlooking the water. jessica and i have our own room which is a succcessssss and the hostel has a pool!!
but anywayssssssssss, last night/this morning was epicccccccccc. after we got off the ferry we headed down to Far Out Beach Club where everyone chills out, recovers from the night before, and tans on the beach. its like spring break madness international style and better. we spent a few hours lounging on the beach and eventually meandered up to the bar for our first Ios drinks. we were a little intimidated by everyone but in the first minute the HOTTESTTTTTT two guys in the worlddddddddddd (like im talking abercrombie model hot) rolled up and started talking to us. they both went to USC and one of them turned out to be from Jessica's home town hahahah. anywayssss it was like instant friendship so we spent the rest of the time at far out chatting with them and 4 other guys from Ireland. yupppppppppp noo bigssss. jessica and i apparently have mad game. the four of us (as in me and jess and the 2 beautiful model boys- like im talking the definition of hot) took the bus back to the hostel at around 6 (they were staying there too- success) and chilled out for a bit. everyone told us the party doesnt really start until 1 am so we had an awkward few hours where we werent really sure what to do. so we ended up going to get some food, meandered around for a bit, went back to the hostel to get ready, and then hit up the hostel bar. everyone got welcome shotsssss and the night begannn!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhh. we spent about an hour or so at the hostel bar with our two HOTTIES and then everyone headed out to the first club. it was crazyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ohhh yesss. so the rest of the night is kind of a blur... many clubs, many bars, lots of drinkss, gooood timessssssss. we even ran into some people from our hostel in santorini hahaah. the sun was up when we made it back to our room and we didnt wake up until 2 in the afternoon. IOSSSSS!
and then todayyyyyyyy jess, me, and the ABERCROMBIE MODELS meandered back down to far out and spent the day lounging at the beach until 6. they love us... and we love them. haha. well anyways we just got back to the hostel and we will probably chill out until the party starts againnnn..... YESSSSSSSSSS.
but dont worry we are being safeeee!!!!!! and our model boys look after us so no worries :)
ps. google image like abercrombie model and thats who we have been hanging out with for the past 2 days. succcesssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, June 22, 2009
OHHHHHHHHH SANTORINIII!!! its a dream land... nothing else can really describe it. it seems as though i just jumped into a painting or something. everything has looked completely fake and i cant really wrap my mind around it. i look but its hard to actually see. difficult predicament haha. but i think everyone should come here one day just to see the sunset in Oia- its like nothing else in this world!!!!!
but anywayssssss.. the past two days have been terrificccc!!! adventures to the max. we rented ATVs for the time here so its been awesomeeeee!! jessica and i just roll around and it takes about one hour to get from one side of the island to the other. jessica prefers the passenger side so i have been the DRIVERRRR successsssssssssss. im buying an ATV one day.
SO...
Day ONE: we got up at around 10 maybe and headed over to the restaurant across the steet from the hostel (where we get a discount) to get some breakfast with our canadian friend. wonderful. then us and one other canadian rented ATVs and began the dayyy. they gave us helmets for the ATV and of course jessica gets this badass one while the guy hands me some helmet that looks exactly like a jockey hat thing and kind of reminds me of Seabiscuit so the rest of the time we called it my Seabiscuit hat hahaah. we started off on one end of the island where there was this beautiful lighthouse on top of the cliff that overlooked the caldera. we took some gnarly pictures on the edge of this rock that looks like we were at the end of the earth and headed back to our ATVs and sped off to the Red Sand Beach. the beach really was red and there were a lot of lava rocks from the volcano. we took a swim in the water and then climbed back up the cliff to continue on. the next stop was Fira (the main town on top of the cliff) where we did some souvenir shopping, ate gyrossss, and meandered through the streets. after a few hours we decided to head off to Oia to see the sunset. We were told the sunsets in Oia were the best that one would ever see so we figured we should check it out. when we got back to the ATV jess had the realization that if we tied my sarong around her neck it would loook like a cape when we went fast hahahah succcessssssssssss. So of course we did that. ahhhhhhhhhhh ahhah so if we wrote a book or made a movie this would be the cover of it.. Just imagine: chelsea and jessica flying through the countryside of santorini on an ATV with my seabiscuit hat and jessicas cape flying behind her hahahahah...... ahhhh ive never laughed so hard. we looked ridiculous and we were rolling down the coast and i thought surely this would be the shot that described our entire trip hahahaah. anywayssssss, we got to Oia a few hours before sunset and of course ran into Ricky and Nasim from the Sunshine House in the first minute. the 3 germans riding their bikes to India were staying with friends at a bookstore in Oia and spent the day playing music and doing live statue for money. haha and actually last night the 5 of them slept in a cave on one end of the island.. ohhhhhhhhhhh the people we know in Santorini. so OIA- what can i say???? it looks fake. its so beautiful. its amazing. its the most romantic place in the world. its everythinggg. just google image it. my words do no justice. its the picture that everyone has in their head when you say "Greece". its just tons of cute little white and blue houses, shops, restaurants stacked on top of each other on the cliff side overlooking the sea and caldera. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh its awesome. we walked around for a bit, took about 2000 pictures, and then jessica and i decided to duck into a cute little coffee shop for desert. we split a chocolate soufle thing and it cost more than our hostel hahaha. oia is like a honeymoon mecca and people there have cashhhh so we were kind of out of place haha.. ahhh but it is worth it. it was so romantic and we saw so many cute couples. anyways at around 8:30 we followed all the other tourists to this little cliffside to watch the sunset. the best one i have seen in my life. the colors.. ahh the colors. i cant really say any more about it haha. once the sun finally hit the water everyone started clapping and we meandered back onto the cobblestoned streets. our friends from the sunshine hosue were performing so we watched them for a bit (playing the standard krishna music we know oh so well haha) and then found ourselves sucked into a jewelry store deciding which engagement ring we would most prefer haha. the guy at the store took pity on our bedraggled looks and decided to make our day by bringing out the most expensive rings for us to try on hahaha. so yes jessica and i each had $48,000 on our hands. i debated for one slight second whether to run and sell the ring to go buy a ballin ATV but decided against it. after about 30 minutes of indulging our romantic girly sides we left to go find our canadians and make the trek back to the hostel. we sped home on scary cliffsides with the cape flying high and made it back for showers and joining some others at the bar. we took it easy though.. IOS is coming :)
Day TWO: another epic one. jessica and i went on our own today on the ATVs and it was awesomeee. we went straight to Fira to explore a little more and see the cliffside. as we were walking we saw a sign that said "Donkeys.. that way". YES must follow signssss, must ride donkeys in santoriniiiiiiii!!! so we walked like down like 5 bazillion steps to the bottom of the cliff to one of the most chaotic scenes i have ever witnessed hahahaha. ahh all i can remember is all these restless donkeys and one indian woman screaming and falling off her donkey while a short greek man tried to left her back onto it. jessica and i were quickly hearded onto our own donkeys and with nothing more than a lift on to the donkey we were thrown into the a mad dash of donkeys to the top of the cliff.. it could have been the funniest thing on this entire trip. hahaha ahhhh just imagine pure chaos, a bunch of astounded tourists, 20 donkeys bookin it up the steps, one girl getting covered in donkey poop, jessica on a little baby horse, my donkey racing another one for first place, 10 of us cracking up, trying to take pictures, running into a group of donkeys going down, ahhhhhh hahahahahha it was the BEST. i was laughing the entire 20 minutes!!! nothing can really describe how funny it was.. i have a video though that ill put up eventually that kind of captures it hahaa. after that jess and i sat on the steps at the top and laughed for a longgg time, headed back to the ATVS, a flew off to Oia again. we walked around more, found a nice path on the cliff and listened to music, and of course ran into sunshine people again. we then decided it was completely necessary to splurge and eat a fancyyyyyyyyyy mealllll in a fancyyy place while the sunset. so we did and it was gooood. hhahahah but we were soo out of place.. i can see the dirt caked into my dress and we were sitting next to people on their honeymoon. ahh success. after that we watched the sunset, flew back to the hostel on our atvs, found a creperie to fufill our addiction (thanks food break), and now we are at this internet cafe!!!!!!
AHHH AND THATS EVERYTHIGN hahahhaa
TOMOROW WE GO TO IOS TO PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOD TIMESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
but anywayssssss.. the past two days have been terrificccc!!! adventures to the max. we rented ATVs for the time here so its been awesomeeeee!! jessica and i just roll around and it takes about one hour to get from one side of the island to the other. jessica prefers the passenger side so i have been the DRIVERRRR successsssssssssss. im buying an ATV one day.
SO...
Day ONE: we got up at around 10 maybe and headed over to the restaurant across the steet from the hostel (where we get a discount) to get some breakfast with our canadian friend. wonderful. then us and one other canadian rented ATVs and began the dayyy. they gave us helmets for the ATV and of course jessica gets this badass one while the guy hands me some helmet that looks exactly like a jockey hat thing and kind of reminds me of Seabiscuit so the rest of the time we called it my Seabiscuit hat hahaah. we started off on one end of the island where there was this beautiful lighthouse on top of the cliff that overlooked the caldera. we took some gnarly pictures on the edge of this rock that looks like we were at the end of the earth and headed back to our ATVs and sped off to the Red Sand Beach. the beach really was red and there were a lot of lava rocks from the volcano. we took a swim in the water and then climbed back up the cliff to continue on. the next stop was Fira (the main town on top of the cliff) where we did some souvenir shopping, ate gyrossss, and meandered through the streets. after a few hours we decided to head off to Oia to see the sunset. We were told the sunsets in Oia were the best that one would ever see so we figured we should check it out. when we got back to the ATV jess had the realization that if we tied my sarong around her neck it would loook like a cape when we went fast hahahah succcessssssssssss. So of course we did that. ahhhhhhhhhhh ahhah so if we wrote a book or made a movie this would be the cover of it.. Just imagine: chelsea and jessica flying through the countryside of santorini on an ATV with my seabiscuit hat and jessicas cape flying behind her hahahahah...... ahhhh ive never laughed so hard. we looked ridiculous and we were rolling down the coast and i thought surely this would be the shot that described our entire trip hahahaah. anywayssssss, we got to Oia a few hours before sunset and of course ran into Ricky and Nasim from the Sunshine House in the first minute. the 3 germans riding their bikes to India were staying with friends at a bookstore in Oia and spent the day playing music and doing live statue for money. haha and actually last night the 5 of them slept in a cave on one end of the island.. ohhhhhhhhhhh the people we know in Santorini. so OIA- what can i say???? it looks fake. its so beautiful. its amazing. its the most romantic place in the world. its everythinggg. just google image it. my words do no justice. its the picture that everyone has in their head when you say "Greece". its just tons of cute little white and blue houses, shops, restaurants stacked on top of each other on the cliff side overlooking the sea and caldera. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh its awesome. we walked around for a bit, took about 2000 pictures, and then jessica and i decided to duck into a cute little coffee shop for desert. we split a chocolate soufle thing and it cost more than our hostel hahaha. oia is like a honeymoon mecca and people there have cashhhh so we were kind of out of place haha.. ahhh but it is worth it. it was so romantic and we saw so many cute couples. anyways at around 8:30 we followed all the other tourists to this little cliffside to watch the sunset. the best one i have seen in my life. the colors.. ahh the colors. i cant really say any more about it haha. once the sun finally hit the water everyone started clapping and we meandered back onto the cobblestoned streets. our friends from the sunshine hosue were performing so we watched them for a bit (playing the standard krishna music we know oh so well haha) and then found ourselves sucked into a jewelry store deciding which engagement ring we would most prefer haha. the guy at the store took pity on our bedraggled looks and decided to make our day by bringing out the most expensive rings for us to try on hahaha. so yes jessica and i each had $48,000 on our hands. i debated for one slight second whether to run and sell the ring to go buy a ballin ATV but decided against it. after about 30 minutes of indulging our romantic girly sides we left to go find our canadians and make the trek back to the hostel. we sped home on scary cliffsides with the cape flying high and made it back for showers and joining some others at the bar. we took it easy though.. IOS is coming :)
Day TWO: another epic one. jessica and i went on our own today on the ATVs and it was awesomeee. we went straight to Fira to explore a little more and see the cliffside. as we were walking we saw a sign that said "Donkeys.. that way". YES must follow signssss, must ride donkeys in santoriniiiiiiii!!! so we walked like down like 5 bazillion steps to the bottom of the cliff to one of the most chaotic scenes i have ever witnessed hahahaha. ahh all i can remember is all these restless donkeys and one indian woman screaming and falling off her donkey while a short greek man tried to left her back onto it. jessica and i were quickly hearded onto our own donkeys and with nothing more than a lift on to the donkey we were thrown into the a mad dash of donkeys to the top of the cliff.. it could have been the funniest thing on this entire trip. hahaha ahhhh just imagine pure chaos, a bunch of astounded tourists, 20 donkeys bookin it up the steps, one girl getting covered in donkey poop, jessica on a little baby horse, my donkey racing another one for first place, 10 of us cracking up, trying to take pictures, running into a group of donkeys going down, ahhhhhh hahahahahha it was the BEST. i was laughing the entire 20 minutes!!! nothing can really describe how funny it was.. i have a video though that ill put up eventually that kind of captures it hahaa. after that jess and i sat on the steps at the top and laughed for a longgg time, headed back to the ATVS, a flew off to Oia again. we walked around more, found a nice path on the cliff and listened to music, and of course ran into sunshine people again. we then decided it was completely necessary to splurge and eat a fancyyyyyyyyyy mealllll in a fancyyy place while the sunset. so we did and it was gooood. hhahahah but we were soo out of place.. i can see the dirt caked into my dress and we were sitting next to people on their honeymoon. ahh success. after that we watched the sunset, flew back to the hostel on our atvs, found a creperie to fufill our addiction (thanks food break), and now we are at this internet cafe!!!!!!
AHHH AND THATS EVERYTHIGN hahahhaa
TOMOROW WE GO TO IOS TO PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOD TIMESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Sunday, June 21, 2009
WE MADE IT TO SANTORINIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHH
hahahaha we lasted our month with no plans and now we can finally relax... the rest of the trip will be a breeeeeeeeeezeeeeeeeeee.
yesterday was a longgg day of travel.. two buses, one ferry, and some little van to get us to the hostel. and on the ferry who else would we run into but of course two other people from the sunshine house haha. and then waiting at the port for tim was another sunshine house person so its a big reunion of all the people we met in our first week and it was all completely unplanned. we got into port at 10 at night to a barely visible cliffside that im sure is going to be magnificent during the day. the hostel is full of fun, crazy people and we are in a mixed dorm right next to a bar so its a succcesssss. last night we went down to the black sand beach with some other backpackers and played guitar and today we are renting ATVs with 2 people from the hostel and riding around the whole islanddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhh YESSSSS. should be legitttttttttttttttttttt.
but YES life is GOOOOOOOOOOD.
:)
hahahaha we lasted our month with no plans and now we can finally relax... the rest of the trip will be a breeeeeeeeeezeeeeeeeeee.
yesterday was a longgg day of travel.. two buses, one ferry, and some little van to get us to the hostel. and on the ferry who else would we run into but of course two other people from the sunshine house haha. and then waiting at the port for tim was another sunshine house person so its a big reunion of all the people we met in our first week and it was all completely unplanned. we got into port at 10 at night to a barely visible cliffside that im sure is going to be magnificent during the day. the hostel is full of fun, crazy people and we are in a mixed dorm right next to a bar so its a succcesssss. last night we went down to the black sand beach with some other backpackers and played guitar and today we are renting ATVs with 2 people from the hostel and riding around the whole islanddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhh YESSSSS. should be legitttttttttttttttttttt.
but YES life is GOOOOOOOOOOD.
:)
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