8) I found the train actually runs between Meteora and Thessaloniki: 3 hours and €15! The Greek didn't even know this! The bus ride is longer and more expensive. I nearly jumped for joy, because I've heard trains aren't running here. You could even get off at Olympus if you wanted along the way. Looking around, I realized I was the only Blondie on the train! This old lady dressed in all black (Orthodox) sat beside me. I swear I'm an o...

5) I was so angry in the morning. It just didn't make sense to go to Olympia. No one could give me any information on how to get to Delphi from there, my bus ride would be six to seven hours, and I couldn't seem to find appropriate accomodation for one. Off I went to Delphi - a three hour ride from Athens for €15. I enjoyed seeing the countryside. There are all these little shrine looking house things with a cross on them occasionally on the s...

1). We walked to our hostel from the port in Naxos. The town is called Hora. The owners hardly speak English - but 10€ apiece got us a pretty fancy room...thirty meters from the beach! That's what I'm talkin' bout! After a swim, we had some traditional Greek cuisine and strolled around Naxos. I like it better than Santorini. Still kind of touristy, but it actually feels like people live here for real. There is no crime on these islands. A...

29) After visiting with people at the hostel until 2:30am, on a whim I decided to get up at 5:30 and see where I could catch a ferry to. Off I went to Piraeus, the port in Athens. I was going to go to Mykonos, but decided Santorini at the last minute. I checked a couple of hostels out for availability before I left, of course! My ferry left at 7am. I set up camp on a padded bench and proceeded to sleep until about 11, when I ventured up to the deck to catch ...

(26) Kai dropped me off at the airport in Oslo at 10pm so I could wait for my 7 am flight. I met a nice Dutch boy, Gan, and a character of a lady while we waited out our flights. First she goes to sit down and starts exclaiming and shaking her head and was disgusted by the germs probably covering the chairs we were sitting in. After she finished wiping her chair down for five minutes, she went on about how you shouldn't be able to get a government job an...