I fell asleep around 3pm yesterday and to my surprise, didn’t wake up until 9am this morning.  I guess the fact that I’d spent practically 3 days with no sleep had finally gotten to me.              I watched the sun set over Fira tonight.  The blues and reds from the sun reflected off the whitewashed buildings.  As I was walking down the caldera, a fireworks show began on the ...

Santorini is perfect. It is the island that everyone imagines when they think of Greece. Since it is so idealic I expected its ambiance to be interrupted by souped up tourism, but I was surprised to discover that it still retains much of its charm. Its backstreets and alleys are mysterously empty, and as I wander them, I feel in a world oof my own. Now that I am on an island where I feel more comfortable, my homesickness has subsided. In fact, with the e...

Santorini is perfect. It is the island that everyone imagines when they think of Greece. Since it is so idealic I expected its ambiance to be interrupted by souped up tourism, but I was surprised to discover that it still retains much of its charm. Its backstreets and alleys are mysteriously empty, and as I wander them, I feel in a world of my own. Now that I am on an island where I feel more comfortable, my homesickness has subsided. In fact, with the exception ...

Within ten minutes of my arrival in Ios I knew that I would be leaving the next day. The extreme party atmosphere was compounded by the fact that 80% of the tourists were Italian. This mixture made the whole situation on the island seem very skeezy. The beach was also very disappointing. It's pretty small but since I got there early I was able to find a pretty nice spot. I spent the day lounging around, counting the hours until I could call home. I was feelin...

Plaka is the neighborhood located just below the Acropolis. Its jumbled streets are as confusing as the mixed message that the neighborhood gives you when you walk past a authentic Greek restaurant sharing a street with a kitschy tourist-trap shop. I wandered the streets of Plaka this morning, trying to navigate my way to the Archeological museum. Luckily I ran into Mia, a girl I had met last night, she was able to direct us out of Plaka and to a metro station. T...