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I am currently in Santorini, but I will get to that awesomeness in a minute. I realised I never mentioned anything about Geneva.
We visited Geneva after Annecy, before Rome. We didn't really do a whole lot of anything while we were there. The hostel we were staying at was a five minute walk from the marina and we spent a lot of time down at the harbour with our feet in the water, feeding Steve the swan. We took a few boat rides across and around the harbour and went shopping down the main streets, which apparently rival France and Italy with their designer brand stores.
From Geneva we went to Rome, which I believe I mentioned half of, up to the Trevi Fountain Incident. The day after the Trevi Fountain, we went to the Popes Wednesday morning service. I wish I could say we stayed for the whole thing, but I must admit we walked out early. After checking out the Popes spiffy red hat, we went to see the Sistene Chapel, which was pretty awesome.
From Rome was Athens. Athens on a whole is pretty cool, though it is quite a dirty city and like Paris and Rome, there are a lot of homeless people on the streets and people pestering you for money. One thing with the Athens beggars though, they tend to leave you alone once you say 'no'. In Paris and Rome, they follow you and keep pestering you.
The hotel in Athens had been the best (until Santorini), with an awesome view of the Acropolis which was lit up at night. We took a bus tour around the city, saw all the sites, including the Acropolis and the Parthenon.
On our final day in Athens, we made our way to a designer brand outlet mall, which required a 40minute bus ride and a 2km walk, but it was pretty worth it, if only for the meals at the Palmie Bistro - be sure to head there if you are ever in the area
On to Santorini. We arrived here this afternoon (midday on Tuesday 13th). This place is amazing and must be visited if you are ever going anywhere near Greece. The hotel we are staying at (you can see it in the picture here, or Google 'Volcano View Hotel') is awesome. It is situated on the edge of a cliff and has a pretty cool view and a couple of swimming pools.
Tomorrow we are going on a boat cruise around the islands. We could easily just spend the rest of this holiday lying around the pool drinking cocktails. I think it's pretty safe to say that this is by far the favourite destination.
Seriously hope you are all jealous right now. Will have a drink for all of you tomorrow. Hope you are all well.
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Broface ***JEALOUSY***