KILLING TIME Bored. Our stop over in Zurich appears to have grown by an additional hour due to technical issues with the plane. They should do what I do - unplug it, plug it back in, and turn it back on. I bet they didn't do that. If that doesn't work you can start kicking stuff. At the very least it's refreshing being in a country that knows how to organise things like queues, information boards and national economies. The Schweiz are probably the most organi...

TEN OBSERVATIONS FROM GREECE (mostly from Santorini) 10. LAZINESS - General statement: all Greeks are lazy. Look at the economy - case closed, yes? Have a look at the lack of gardens around the joint - concrete is the landscape of choice. Lazy. 9. WEATHER - Pretty bloody good. When we arrived in Santorini the locals apologised for the bad weather - there was a bit of cloud cover about. Carry on. Come to Melbourne. 8. ORGANISATION - Some of history's greatest m...

ANCIENT GREECE We spent the evening in Athens in the very nice Electra Palace Hotel, after having a wander through the Plaka district. Earlier, we wandered up to the Acropolis at about 4:30pm, but, of course, it closed at 3pm. You lazy Greeks, no wonder your economy is shot. We still got close enough to take some photos, and hey, we've 'seen' the Acropolis now... I got a sticker, and some Fanta as well. Back at the hotel we dined in style. The hotel has a ro...

LAST NIGHT ON THE ISLAND The sun has set on our last full day in the amazing Santorini. Tomorrow (Saturday) we will be heading back to Athens for one night. We did a bit more wandering today, cruising through the parts of Fira town that we didn't see yesterday. We also tried some new restaurants, which were nice, particularly the place we went to for dinner - Lithos - which had a great view of the water and the sunset. We have decided that we have to come back...

WELCOME TO PARADISE What a difference 12-13 hours of sleep makes. We got up today at about 11am and had a wander through a lot of the local touristy shops and restaurants in Fira town. There's heaps of cool little shops down the cobblestone (or randomly placed rock) alleyways and there's restaurants on the cliff face with epic views. I don't think people even care if the food is any good, they just wanna eat somewhere with the greatest ocean views on the planet...