Athens
I arrived in Athens on May 28th with several days worth of work to do. I took on two consulting projects and I am going to be completing those in the next couple days. Athens is a huge city with lots of cool ruins but once you have seen a couple sites they start to seem very similar. On the whole I didn't do a whole lot in Athens. For the most part I did my consulting work at the hostel and hung out with some of the people I met. One person (named Elissa) is working for a travel book publication and her summer job consists of hanging out in Greece and updating the guide book - not to shabby if you ask me.
One of the best memories from Athens was when two others from the hostel and I went to the grocery store and bought a bunch of food to take up to a church on the highest point in Athens. We sat there with our bottle of wine and enjoyed the view for a couple hours.
The Parthenon in Athens, Greece
The View from the dinner lookout
Mykonos
I left Greece after finishing the bulk of my work and headed to the first of the three islands that I plan on visiting. The first day at Mykonos consisted of lying on a beach and by the third day it was pouring rain. The thunder storm was one of the biggest I have ever experienced (although there was no fork lightning) and some of the thunder's actually shook the room I am staying in as if it was an earthquake.
I met-up with an Aussie who I previously met in Istanbul the day after the storm. He is with a friend of his, Ben, and we have spend the past couple days drinking beer on the beach and have had one late night out at the local club. The night club here is only open on certain days when DJ's come to town but the music was fantastic and Gavin and I (The Aussie) ended up swimming in the night club's pool before we left.
Yesterday we lay on the beach and did very little. It has been nice to just relax on a beach. I am heading to Ios in a couple hours with the two Aussies and we are going to stay at another beach resport/hostel on that island. Mykonos has been pretty expensive and it seems like Far Out Camping on Ios will be cheaper; fingers crossed.
Paradise Beach, Mykonos
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