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Meaghan in Greece! (Text Message Updates for 2009-09-22)

22 Sep 2009
  • Time for one last gyro in mykonos and last nap on the beach before ferry to pasos. Have been warned about rough waters ahead… #
  • Ugh apparently this cough and runny nose is not just a reaction to all the smokers. Blerg. #
  • Boat delayed so late start for paros. Great view of the town from the dock though! #
  • Hello paros! Just checked in to lovely hotel and have a few hours downtime before town tour and seafood dinner 🙂 #
  • Church of a hundred doors. We can’t find any over 98 but the church is beautiful! #
  • Amazing swordfish dinner, i think it tasted great but so stuffed up it was hard to tell. 🙁 #
  • Blah. Feel pretty wretched so ditched group and post-dinner drinks for an early night. #

Meaghan in Greece! (Text Message Updates for 2009-09-21)

21 Sep 2009
  • Lovely. 10 hours of sleep later, pls some breakfast and i am ready to explore the beatiful maze that is mykonos. #
  • http://twitpic.com/ikbvl – The winding streets of mykonos. #
  • Lazy afternoon on the beach after town, now for a slightly more hedonistic evening greek style- wine and dancing. #
  • Great night and hedonism kept to a bare minimum. Tomorrow we’re off to paros so one last goodnight from mykonos! #

Meaghan in Greece! (Text Message Updates for 2009-09-20)

20 Sep 2009
  • Lawnmower girl still going strong and an officially sleepless first night for me in greece. Hmm hope this doesn’t ruin 1st day! #
  • Found my tour group, on the ferry and ready to inject some caffeine into my system! 5 hour boat ride ahead. #
  • Getting to know the group on the ferry ride. Convo topics range from tennis to greek gods to how lame twitter is. Better hide my habit! #
  • Feeling a bit better after a quick cat nap and awesome view of passing islands on our way to mykonos #
  • http://twitpic.com/ifrvi – Mykonos paradise beach report. Ahh sun #
  • Amazing views of mykonos windmills and town plus sunset over the water 🙂 #
  • Delicious greek dinner, lots of lamb featured. Now can stretch for one more drink then finally… Sleep! #
  • How did this turn into a (relatively) late night? Being lame and ditching still-partying group to get some much needed sleep! #
  • Whew, first full day in greece done and now to sleep. Overall pretty fantastic and great group. Looking forward to tomorrow! #

Meaghan in Greece! (Text Message Updates for 2009-09-19)

19 Sep 2009
  • Woo!! From: Google Calendar Subject: Reminder: Greece Trip @ Sat Sep 19 – Tue Sep 29, 2009 #
  • Should be making sure I’m packed but watching Glee instead. I feel this is an effective use of my time. #
  • Eek, getting nervous and just want to get going! Why did I book such a late flight? #
  • Ok… time to go. On my way to Gatwick, fingers crossed for a smooth journey! #
  • Omg the easyjet queue is miserable! Seems to be moving at a decent pace though. Knock on wood. #
  • Not entirely sure what i am going to do with the small library of books i seem to have aquired. Six isn’t overkill, right? #
  • Just boarding – slowly. This whole process is such a faff, why don’t we have teleporters yet? #
  • On board, seated, wishing i’d tried to learn a bit more greek and ready to go! Tweet you go athens! #
  • Touchdown in athens, a bit nervous about getting to my hotel but sure i’ll figure it out… First- a new passport stamp! #
  • Whew, made it to the hostel safe and sound, now need to catch a few hours sleep before 5.30 wake up! #
  • Omg one of the other girls in this room is snoring so loudly it sounds like there’s a lawnmower in here! So much for my already megre 5 hours of sleep … #

Going to Greece

25 Aug 2009

Have things been slightly slow at The Top Floor Flat blog? It does seem a bit fluffy around here lately. I haven’t been on any trips lately and a spat of uncharacteristically sunny weekends has meant that my exploration of London has been limited to pretty much exploration of a particular bit of grass in Holland Park from the vantage point of my brand new picnic blanket.

But things are about to get exciting again as I take off for Greece in a few weeks time. Ten days of sun, sea and Greek island hopping will mark my first major trip in quite some time, and my longest to date. A flight into Athens gives me just a few hours to explore the city before an early morning ferry delivers me to Mykonos for two days, then Paros, followed by Santorini then finally two days on Ios before it’s back to Athens and London.

Although I am traveling with a tour group, the trip is actually quite free form with the ‘tour’ organising the transport between islands, providing information on the country, islands and best things to do and some excursions for the group but most of the time available for my own plans. I’m looking for all the Greek advice I can get related to my four island stop off points and would love to hear some recommendations for what to do an see in each place.

Of course, Greek island time will most likely lend itself more to sun bathing, wine sipping, olive oil dipping and the like so I won’t be too ambitious. I am incredibly excited for my trip and well in need of a vacation. This one looks to be absolutely ideal.