A dream come true
I have always, like ALWAYS wanted to go to Greece.
It's been on my top travel destinations
list for a long time now and I am beyond happy that I can say at 24
years old, I managed to fulfill this one little desire of mine.
I thought that I had hyped up the
location too much, and that because of all the anticipation built up
around Greece, that I would be disappointed. That it would never be able
to meet my expectations.
I was wrong :)
Some parts of Greece look better than
others. In fact, if you're hoping to see the catedral and other
buildings with the blue tops then you MUST go to Oia (pronounced "ia")
on Santorini. Other locations on the Island won't really be what you
expect...but Oia, is exactly what you see in the movies.
To get to the Greek
Islands you can either fly onto the Islands, or take a ferry from the
Greece Mainland in Athens. I took the ferry. Greece has a large number
of Islands but I only visited Santorini aka Thira. The ride on a fast
ferry was 5 hours long, and it cost 59€ / $78
each way. Totalling 118€/ $156 for a roundtrip. The slower
ferries are cheaper but take 2x as long and I did not have time for all that.
Upon arrival in Santorini, I took a bus into the town Fira and
once there, walked to my Hostel. I stayed at a hostel called
CaveLand. Pictures below!
The bathroom at Caveland (my hostel of choice)
Notice the cellings! These rooms are in caves that were built in the 18th century. The caves are a typical traditional Santorinian architecture and were used as wineries. Later they would be made suitable to live in and now if you visit Santorini you can stay in its caves! My room was great, not much air circulation at night but it was not hot, stuffy or uncomfortable. Also voices echo so I had to keep that in mind.
While in Santorini I walked around, took a ton of photos, went to a restaurant and even went to a foot spa!
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