Ios is well known for being the party island of Greece, which I would not doubt if we were there in high season. Coming in September means all the crowds have faded and a lot of the places have even closed up! But that did not stop us and really it just meant we had more of the services to ourselves! I can only imagine what Ios would really be like in peak time with stretches of beaches and clubs on every corner it would get wild, and we heard constant stories ...

MYKONOS!!! We caught our 5-hour ferry ride to the beautiful island of Mykonos choosing to pay less and spend more time on the ferry which actually went by surprisingly fast. When we arrived we got our ferry pick up to our new home located right in the main part of town, which we later explored. The town was filled with jewellery stores, clothes stores, souvenir shops and various food places. All this was packed into tiny streets lined by white buildings down s...

The time had come for my month of solo travelling to come to and end and to meet Elly, Shereen and our new mate Samm in ATHENS!!! I had heard nothing but bad things about Athens and that really the highlights were the islands. So I was fully prepared for a terrible experience- which luckily I didn't have! We only spent two nights in Athens and I actually didn't mind the city at all! We had a nice dinner where they gave us FREE DESSERT (a great way to win my hea...