here's us at the start of our 6 hours ferry ride from Athens to Santorini.ahhhhhhhhhhh ...Athens, Greece.
Back in highschool, Grace my 'sitting partner' (or so we called each other for we sat next to each other for two years) went on a holiday to Athens with her family. I remember asking her how the Greek look like ( they didn't just coin the term 'Greek gods' for nothing, do they? Hrmmmm) , and I remember listening intently (with a twinge of envy, if I must say) to her travel stories- and oh- the postcards she wrote me with pictures of cities so far away, so foreign, that only I could see on TV or from books.
Never did I imagine that 9 years down the road I would be there, in Athens itself- seeing in flesh the ancient ruins of the Greek, exploring the Acropolis and the old marketplace, Theatre of Dionysus, witnessing the splendidicity of the Greek's architecture , its culture, language- ah never say never, nor is nothing unimaginable.
I had three days in Greece. Day One was spent with Ally, Jennie and Pek Kun- exploring the city of Athens (of which i shall blog about in the next few posts)
Day two: we (Ally, Jenny, Felicia, Ian , Chloe and myself) left early for Santorini by the high speed ferry which takes us to the gorgeous Greek island in 6 and a half hours.
Google Santorini.
Yep.
See the gorgeous sunset? ( ahem.. 'the most beautiful sunset in the world' I heard).
See the beautiful blue and white buildings overlooking the sea with nothing but gorgeous islands and mountains for its backdrop?
:P
Well, that was what greeted me whenever I stepped out of our quaint little rented villa in Santorini.
Greek terms we learned :
kalimera: good morning
kalispera: good afternoon
kalinikta: good night
afgaristo: thank you
saga po : I love you
we played chor tai tee!
Ally and ping
tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
my 'villamates' in Santorini :D
i miss you girls already :(
Lovin' my LIFE!!!!
My next trip here, I am going to ride a quadbike all around the island!!We rented two cars from Jimmy's, just behind our villa. Thank you Wei Jie, we got the discount!!! :D
and our road trip begins!
Meet Tootsie, my little pekingnese friend. Such a little tub!!
hmm. us and our orange bacardis. I swear, the whole trip in Santorini, all we drank was beer, bacardi and frappe. Oh , except for the orange juice for breakfast.
this is jenny, our darling designated driver.
we arrive at Oia (pronounce as ee-aa) just on time for the sunset.
'the most beautiful sunset in the world'- so we were told by the locals. True enough, it is a little piece of heaven on earth.
watching the sun set.
seconds later..then it was dark.
Ready for bed!The next day...
just at our door step :D
breathtaking view.
pingping and Chloe
our breakfast.
Breakfast by the poolside, and overlooking the sea.
yess! i was THATHappy!!
Here's us at Kamari Beach after breakfast.
... and of course, the scene wasn't quite complete without our alcoholic fix. so here we are, waiting for our bacardis.
Ally, my partner in crime throughout the whole trip!! xx
there weren't any lime bacardis left. so we had watermelon ones, which were da bomb!
the terrace of the little bar we found by Kamari beach.
felicia and i, at the vineyard.
meet our cutesy neighbour, little Amaya, from France.
then, we headed for post-breakfast, pre-lunch. HMMMMM
the reception area of our quaint little Irinis villa
the 6 hour ferry ride back to Athens. We were well equipped with chips, play cards and beer. HMM.
Definitely a trip i shall never forget.
xx.
