Man, this is gonna have to be quick – I gotta get to a ship to sail around Santorini and swim in some hot springsat at a volcano shortly.
After last night of tour,and little sleep, next day we visited Aya Sofia – absolutely beautiful cathedral turned mosque in Istanbul. Hopefully I didn’t accidentally delete the pics. Man, next time my photography equipment will be more organised.
We ended up back in Taksim that night for dinner with Bec, then met up with Talia (old friend, in for family reunion) and played backgammon and drank tea til 2am before heading back. Always good to see old people.
Then up again at 6 or something to get to the airport, met Maia, flew out, met Stef at Athens airport and went to the city to get accommodation which we hadn’t booked. Luckily stef knew a place and it wasn’t booked out.
Then we went wandering and eventally found the Acropolis, not much left after too many destructions, but still impressive. Then tried to emulate the famous running tour of Troy performed by Bec and Laura. We failed miserably, with the ancient agora being closed early.
Then we found dinner, really nice place to eat and had tsipporo as suggested by Paul. Very nice stuff. I will have more. Then wandered around and saw some really nice bars, but most of the guys were tired. But watched some street music by some indian americans that was really cool. Bed before 1am – don’t think that had happened in Turky – pikers.
Next day, ferry to Santorini, couldn’t get one that didn’t arrive before 4am – hint, book early. Did another power tour of Athens and saw the olympic stadium and the ancient agor and temple of zeus. All pretty impressive stuff.
Watched the Aussie v Italy game on the ferry – very disappointing, and I’m not even a soccer (football) fan. Drank some crap beer that tasted likeVB to drown sorrows. Rigged I say! Tried to sleep on the ferry, but air-con was soooo cold. Getting out in the warm 4am air was the best part of that.
First day in Santorini, hotel people are lovely, picked us up at 4am to drive us to hotel. Hired a red convertible jeep from them and sp[ent the day driving around the island in style! Spent some time at some black beaches and just taking in the views. Photos will come soonish.
Now it’s time to hit the road and get to the boat I mentioned earlier. Take care all!