Flying with Egyptians is very interesting. Many of them do not remain seated during the flight but stand and visit with other people. There was quite a party atmosphere which made it hard to sleep so we didn't bother. Our pilots took their jobs seriously, though, and our flight was smooth except for a very bumpy landing which set the tone for the next few hours. Going through customs was different because there were no line-ups; people just crowded together and j...

Work day! Well, that's what it felt like. We got up, packed, and stored our stuff at the hotel. Then we were off to complete a number of errands. First, we packaged up some books and miscellaneous items (Tessa's keychains, etc.) and mailed them back to Canada. Next, the kids needed a new power converter for their Nintendo DS games. This is their third one. The first one, purchased in Canada, didn't work out of the box. We bought another in the Netherlands, whi...

Check out time was 10:30 am but the pension let us store our packs, so we went back to the breakfast place from the day before for another great breakfast. Afterwards, we went in search of Pelican Pete. We found him down by the port and took some great photos. That afternoon, we got on a 'slow' Blue Star ferry and cruised to Athens. The ride was smooth and much more enjoyable than the high speed ferry trip a few days earlier. We played cards and the kids upda...

Barry went on a beach fact-finding mission this morning, considering we've heard rumours of people actually having sex in public at some of them. Unfortunately, he couldn't find out which ones specifically. Just kidding… we wanted to find a family-safe beach. We eventually settled on Paradise Beach - wild but not too wild, well known back home, but where straight families can go and keep their clothes on. We had a great breakfast at a restaurant down the...

Our last morning in Santorini!! Sigh!! We got packed up and the hotel provided a free transfer to the port. The port was busy as usual and our ferry was half an hour late. We didn't mind, though, because we ended up talking to a music producer and a singer-songwriter from Toronto! They were a lot of fun and very genuine and interesting. Our ferry ride was wild! We'd had a few windy days already in Santorini but nothing like the wind we woke to today which really...