Our lives and travels
In the morning we decided we would extend the ATV hire for another day, so that we could drive South to Akrotiri and the lighthouse at the southern end of Thira. We lounged around for a while in our hotel room, recovering from the big day yesterday. We made our way to the market around … Continue reading Greece – Sights, Seafood, and Sunsets
We woke to the sounds of the donkeys’ hooves above our heads. Our hotel is in a cave-like structure and we figured the path must run directly above our bed. We got dressed and went to our hotel reception where we organised the hire of an ATV (quad bike). For €25 a day you can … Continue reading Greece Day Five – Wine, Wind and Winding Roads
Last night we planned to have dinner on the edge of Fira and watch the sunset. Unfortunately Chantal wasn't feeling too well and we decided to grab a Gyro and head back to the hotel. Gyro's are what we call in Australia Souvlakis. After a great night's rest and finally feeling like we'd beaten our … Continue reading Greece Day Four – Sea Salt and Springs
The following is a quick summary of what we've found in Greece: Google Maps allows you to save locations offline onto your phone. This is a godsend when you’re out and about with no idea where you are and with no internet connection available. You can load the maps, use the GPS, and even search … Continue reading A recap of what we’ve learnt in Greece
This morning started with a shock when a nice employee knocked on the door to our cabin, softly speaking Greek… at ten to four this morning. I have never seen Chris get out of bed that fast ever before – we had thought that we missed the arrival to Santorini. After we had frantically got … Continue reading Greece Day Three – Beautiful Scenes and Ice Creams
We woke up at midnight on 22 April and realised that we missed dinner. We’d planned to have dinner and drinks at the top of our hotel while looking onto the Acropolis. It’s meant to be quite beautiful at night and for my birthday it seemed like quite a nice way to spend the night. … Continue reading Greece Day Two – The Ferry and Food
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The day began at 3am in the morning, which is not how I usually like to start my day. Chantal and I were clearly seeing the effects of jetlag. This was the start of my birthday but we weren’t technically able to do anything at this hour. We decided to read through the first few … Continue reading Greece Day One – The Acropolis and Cats
We departed Australia on 19 April at about 12.50pm with our first stop, Singapore. It was a 9 hour flight which we passed the time watching movies we didn’t want to watch together. I watched Spy and Trainwreck while Chris caught up with me on James Bond by watching Skyfall. He also watched 10 minutes … Continue reading Greece Day Zero – Getting There
Well now it was Chris's turn to be sick. Chantal was much better today and was only feeling mildly down however Chris had stomach cramps and waves of pain throughout the day. We started the day by packing up our belongings to leave tonight and then making our way to breakfast at the hotel as … Continue reading Bali Day Seven – Final Leg of the Race
Chris and Chantal 