So we arrived in Athens at half 11 at night on Sunday and it was 37 degrees Celsius (or 99 degrees Fahrenheit) which for me(John) was not good, by my quick calculations that meant it was going to be a generous 40 plus during the day which meant Chelsea topped on her tan and I was going to get burnt or die or both.
Rising from our slumber we hit Athens seeing the sites. There are beautiful sights to be seen around the city but you can see them all in about 2 or 3 days. We were lucky enough to be staying in Plaka which is the city centre area where everything happening. The people who work in the restaurants are always trying to get you to come in to eat and me being easily led by my stomach succumbed, the food was very good in fairness to them. It is a beautiful city and would recommend it for a weekend away.
After Athens, we went island-hopping. The first island was Mykonos. It has a great beach, beautiful sand and sun. We went into the Mykonos town for a few hours, the white washed houses with their blue shutters were beautiful. We were staying in party central in the hostel but after travelling for as long as we had it was not the greatest piece of brilliance ever. The clubs started at 3pm which was really not what we wanted to hear while we were chilling out on the beach. We also made friends with a Michael Buble look-a-like Greek barman who we decided to rename Mikhail Bubliov because he looked Russian.
Next island we stopped by Santorini. The beautiful black sand beaches are gorgeous. We were able to rent a Quad bike/ATV for 24 hours for 15 euros which we fully utiliztred. We drove around the entire island and saw Fira and Ioa which are other beautiful towns on the island. It was a wonderfully relaxing break. The other amazing thing was that they were still in off-season so the prices was half price,which was fantantasic. The place we were staying was a family run hotel, 2 second walk from the beach, with a pool and a lovely family. And yes I finally got burnt to a crisp in Santorini, all day driving the Quad I was tomato red by the evening.
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