London Baby

Carolyn and I spent 6 days in London. I heart London. We had already seen most of the sights the first time but we still walked around the whole city and saw more. We went to all the museums..but spent record time there. 45mins for the Britsh Musuem..saw the egypt exhibition and left. There was an unidentified bag in the hall so they blocked off a huge area and got the police in. We saw many bomb threats in London. We met up with Julia and Trish and 2 other friends and saw Stomp one night! Our seats were really good! If you haven't seen it...go!! We went to Kensington Palace, the Princess Diana memorial, and lots of other places. It was nice and warm in London..the tube got really yucky and hot!

There were 2 Canada days in London! The first was on the 30th and they had concerts and stands set up in Trafalgar Square. The next day on July first there was a huge part at the Maple Leaf. Usually there is a block party but this year it got cancelled cause England was playing football and it was also Europride day. We had fun there and at lots of good healthy Canadian food: Poutine, Burgers, Nachos..yumm. Made it to the plane the next morning with a fun trek on the tube with my heavy heavy bags! Now I am in Vancouver. Call me!!


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6 cities 7 days

Six cities in seven days. I started the whirlwind tour in Athens. Julia and I spent 3 hours in the afternoon doing agressive sightseeing. We saw everything there is to see. The Acropolis, the Agoras, the Theatres, Temples and the Olympic Stadium which is in really good condition. Athens isnt as bad as I had previously thought, the city centre is actually pretty clean. We spent the day with our Kiwi friend and had a nice dinner..then we all parted ways...tear.

City number 2: Milano
Or as Carolyn and I like to call it..the city of Models. Everyone is over 6 feet tall and is beautiful, even the males. I actually felt short and stout..hah not really but we were enjoying looking at everybody's clothes. Besides the people there isn't much to see in Milano..I huge fortress was cool and a huge Duomo. You only need the afternoon and thats what I had. The next morning we were on the next train to SWITZERLAND

City number 3: Zurich
Zurich is such a cute city. And very very humid. Carolyn and I toured around the city and saw all the clokctowers..man there are a lot here. We befriended our hostel roomies and went out for drinks both nights. We were there for the game 7 of the stanley cup and looked all over for a bar that would play the game. No one would since it was on at 2 am and they were weirded out by us watching hockey in the summer. We met two guys from Edmomton and they were going crazy..we couldnt even find a 24 hour internet to listen to the game.
The next day we rented bikes with a bunch of peeps and went on a beast 35km bike ride around the lake. Went by the Lindt chocolate factory and stocked up.

City number 4: Lucerne
We just spent a day and night here. It was really cute right on the lake like every other city in Swiss land. It was soo hot that sightseeing was slow paced. We saw lots of old bridges, clock towers and a fortress. Switzerland reminds me a lot of B.C. Lots of mountains and lakes and trees. I love it.

City number 5: Interlaken
Interlaken was awesome. It is in the mountains and in between 2 lakes. There are so many extreme sports to do but since it was at the end of our trip and we only had a day and a bit we didn't have time to do any. We met some cool girls there from Michigan who might come and visit us in Van this summer. We did a hike which turned out to be a paved path for a couple hours. The scenery was still nice though. The hostel had a bar underneath which was good cause everyone went down to watch the football games. We have gotten into the world cup fever and watch all the games we can now. But becareful about cheering too loud in Interlaken..they have a 10pm noise curfew and the bouncers will bounce you if you are loud outside. It happened quite a lot to us. But still goodtimes allround

City number 6: Geneva
Geneva was our last stop before London. It was a cute city as well...on a lake! Surprise. We went to the UN and got a tour of the building..it was huge and it made me want to work there. We also went to the Red Cross Museum and went around that. We were staying at a weird hostel with some very odd people.
We met this lady who was like 40 and was in Geneva for the arms conferences. She was a little crazy and told us she was an ex CIA spy and was a child spy in Russia during the cold war. Next she told us that Dick Cheyney asked her to go to Iran to treat children (she apparently is a doctor) and a man will run up to here and say he knows where the weapons of mass destruction. Then the film crews would finish it in hollywood. It only gets better... then she said no and so she got kidnapped and tourted by Dick Cheyneys right hand man. She was buried alive and drowned and mock killed. I was trying so hard not to laugh and Carolyn and I were totally egging her on to hear more. Our Aussie friends we met up with were not impressed by her and left the room laughing. We have her card and website if anyone wants to hear more about her. What a WEIRDO!

Now we are in London..I will put up photos later..left my cord somewhere along my travels, woops.

Our last island get-away

We spent 3 nights on the island of Mykonos. Our last island stop on our travels..it is a little sad. It is pretty here. We are staying right on the beach again in a ghetto little "beach hut" which is pretty much a tin shack with bugs and beds. Its fine though cause we have met up with a bunch of cool people. There is good beaches and food so we can't really complain.

The first day here we rented ATVs
and drove around the island a little bit. It was a lot of fun but a bit scary at first since everyone here drives so crazy. Of course we were the only ones ever to wear our helmets on a 4 wheeler but better safe than sorry!haha. Our ATV had a flag on the back..the kind that people put on the handy dart scooters..they must have seen us coming. We went to a couple really nice beaches and looked aroun the town which is really cute! They have a bunch of windmills and a little area called "little venice" which is right on the water.
The next day we went on a day trip to the island of Delos which is an histori site. It was pretty cool to see and we hiked up a "mountain" which was 100m high and got a good view of all the islands around it. We got a bunch of people to go so it was a nice to have a big group. We only stayed there for a couple hours because it was so hot!


Now we have to leave and go to Athens and do some agressive sight seeing. We have 1 more full day together..very sad. Then off to Switzerland which should be interesting. We met a bunch of people from Sweden in Ios. I asked them where they were from and they said they were Swedish..so then I say "oh I'm going to Switzerland next week!!" woops.

bar hopping to "Love Generation"

We stayed at the nicest place in Ios called the "Far Out Beach Club". We had our own room with a bathroom, tv, fridge, patio and AC. It was awesome. The place also had 3 pools and was right beside the beach! Since it was so nice we extended our stay to 5 nights total. Our friend Kelsey and Carolyn were there as well and we met them randomly there. We also had 2 other girls we met at the Pink Palace there for a couple nights.
Can't say we did a lot in Ios. We went out for dinner a couple times and layed on the beach or by the pool all day. The town is really cute and there is a lot of good shopping which is trouble. We got into a good routine of getting up, going to the beach and taking a nap and then going for dinner around 9ish. The last bus from our place went to the town at around 11. Everyone got on that bus...the only problem was that the driver was a booze nazi. He wouldn't let anything on the bus. So Julia and I found a drug mule the first night and snuck it in her purse. She gave it back to me and this girl started talking so I told her about our drug mule. Big mistake...she was a spy for the bus and took away my wine!! But we did get it back in the end. It was a lot of fun going out in Ios. We formed team Canada on the bus and hung out with them. We all belted out 'O Canada' at one point. When we got rowdy we just chanted 'USA USA USA'. haha.
There was one place that had life size Jenga!! It was a lot of fun playing and obviously I never lost once! All the bars are around a square and you just bar hop to the songs you like. So of course we bar hopped to "Love Generation" and the Shakira song. By the end of our stay the all seemed to remember us. We even danced on the bars and tables. I gave it up after I was getting down and fell flat on my back in front of everyone..very embarrassing. Everyone stays out so late until like 7 or 8 but since we are old we never managed to make it that late.

We went on a kyayk safari which was awesome..it included cliff jumping, snorkling and a bbq. I didn't cliff jump..I was trained at a young age that I would break my neck so I couldn't get the courage to do it. Ios was amazing and we didn't want to leave but it is time for another island! I really wanted to go on this pirate ship I'll post a pic.

Donkeys and Detox

We spent 3 nights and 2 days of Detox in Santorini. Since we didn't think you could fly from Corfu (duh I seemed to have lost my brains on this trip) the journey was LONG. We took the Athens bus from the Pink Palace which goes from 9-8am. So fun. You think you can sleep but no, you have to get off twice to get on the ferries. The second one was at 4 am! Once we got into Athens we had some culutre shock and we weren't ready for a city. So instead of sightseeing we went straight to the port and got a ticket for the ferry to Santorini. A 10 hour ferry ride and we arrived at 3am!
Santorini is beautiful.
The first day we rented a car and drove all around the island. We saw the black sand beaches, the red beaches all the cute buildings and a had really good time. We met these two girls on our journey from the Pink Palace and they came along with us.

The next day we went on a beast our. We first went to the Caldera by boat and hiked up it when it was like 35 degrees. It was really interesting to look at..but maybe thas just me since I like rocks. From there we went to a hot spring but I opted out since it kinda stained white and my bikini has white in it. Then we went to another little island and had a really good lunch. The village was on top of this hill/small mountain I like to say so instead of walking it we rented DONKEYS! The Donkeys were so much fun!! At first.
My Donkey of course was the smallest and from the minute I got on until I got off he was shaking...pretty sure I was breaking him. He looked like he was dying and had a scar on his back...so I named him Eeyore! When we headed up he took off and they have no reins to hold on it...apparently Donkeys do not repsond to "Donkey Stop" Not to worry it didn't last long...after 2 mins he was dying and tripping up the hill. The man behind us had a bunch of people tied together with they donkeys and was yelling at ours so loud. I was scared of him. He then started whipping Eeyore! I felt sooo bad for him. He got whipped like a million times because he was dying from my weight. Anyways we made it to the top in once piece.
We went to Oia which is on Santorini and saw the best sunset..well kinda. They were supposed to be nice but I guess I am a sunset snob cause I see better in Vancouver and in Perth. They buildings looked pink though.
Now we are in Ios...detox over. Carolyn and Kelsey from high school are randomly here too!

The Pink Palace...trouble

The Pink Palace...
Julia and I just spend 6 nights/7 days at the Pink Palace in Corfu Greece. It was tons of fun and we met so many cool peeps. Getting there was hell and involved a long overnight ferry ride and trains and buses...in total 28 hours to arrive. It was well worth it. I like to call is a tropical beach resort on a small Canadian island...most of the place is filled with Canadians and then a few Yanks and Aussies.
We had a really tough life staying here. We layed on the beaches all day...rented kyayks once with our girls we met from the states. The booze cruise ran twice but both times we were a little to hung over from the night before. We were supposed to leave on Saturday to go to Athens to meet our american girls but at the last minute we got jealous of all the pink togas walking around and we checked back in!! (Lie #10 Really, I am leaving tomorrow...) Got a different room but it was worth it. The toga party was awesome! They do a little entertainment in the middle which included ouzo shots and plate smashes on your head. (Didn't quite enjoy the last part) I may have teared up a little...woops. By the end of our stay the staff seemed to remember us and commented on us STILL being there. Most of our friends we met left a little bit before us. But luckily we still had some of our Toronto boys around who had stayed a lot longer than us.
We are off to the other Greek Islands tomorrow!

Where are the lava bodies?

I spent 3 nights in Sorrento...a small town outside of Napoli. We stayed at a campsite that was 11 Euros a night...very good deal. There were randomly some girls there who were from Vancity and one of them was my friend's sister. We keep running into people. From Sorrento we did day trips to Pompei and Capri. Pompei was HUGE. I didnt expect it to be so large. I woke up that morning and my eye was so swollen it looked like I had been punched in the face but without the bruises. So I had to wear my sunnies all day...and it was so HOT. Julia and I are now rocking the best sunglass tans on our noses. We didnt really know what we were looking at in Pompei since we forgot to get a map...and we didnt see any of the bodies. We were upset about that...but apparently they are there. People we talked to saw them...we just had no idea where to find them.

The next day we took a "sailboat" from our campsite with a bunch of Italains to Capri. It was really a over sized boat...no sails. Capri was very nice...very posh. We walked down the streets and found all of our favorite stores that we can't afford. We went up a chairlift to the top of the mountain. It was single seats and wooden...it was a fun ride. We didnt go swimming because there was so much garbage in the water it was gross. Everyone just throws their garbage in the water there...sick. But besides that it was very nice. Awesome views...clear blue water. The buses are crazy..they are mini and you are packed on like sardines. The roads are super narrow and they just wip around the corners...breaking when they see another bus. They get so close and passing we could reach out and touch the other bus. It was the best bus ride of the trip. I would definately like to go back to Capri one day.