Greece

2 buses, 2 trains and a nine hour ferry and we were in Greece - well the Greek Island of Corfu to be exact.

Corfu was an unexpected beauty. We had been recommended to go by Ben and Jen and had just planned to stay 2 nights. We loved the cool holiday vibe and white sandy beaches we ended up staying for 4 nights.

We again got a perfect hotel smack bang on the beach in the town of Pealekatsritsa. We hired a moped to cruise round the island. So that's what we did, we cruised. We went to beautiful look-outs and bays perfect for swimming and also found some great places to eat.

The beaches in Corfu were so amazingly beautiful, but the water was freezing. We would lie about in the sun and have to run and jump in the water, then jump out before our fingers froze off. We managed to find this great Blue Grotto that we spent the day at, lazing on rocks and climbing up further to jump off.

The food in Greece was the best so far. We ate a lot of chicken pitas, kinda like a kebab crossed with a chip-butty. YUMMO!!!! We ate lots of souvlaki, greek yogurt, meat balls and capsicum stuffed with feta, it was always a long decision and thought out process on dinner options each night.

After we missed our flight to Santorini (that's why we stayed 4 days in Corfu). OK, OK, we know what your thinking, "How could we miss ANOTHER flight" Well how were we supposed to know that Greece is on a different time zone to Italy..... not us for the 3 days we were there!!! We can justify it to ourselves by saying we were in the "holiday" timezone.

Anyways, we grabbed another flight the next day and headed to Santorini, that's the island with all the white houses and blue doors.

We hired a scooter again and zipped up to the north of the island to see the sunset over the those famous cliffs with the white houses, with the hordes of other tourists. So we went to a beach close by to see the rest of the sun set alone.......we are very romantic fiances we are!!

Next day it was time to hit the beach. The beaches were so cool. They had tiny black pebbles made from the lava from the volcano that blew it's top a couple of thousand years ago (and was like walking on coals in the sun). Due to the lack of sand, it had the bluest, super clear water - and was warm. We spent the afternon watching kids climb and jump off the biggest cliffs.

After Santorini we did a quick 1 night in Athens. We booked a random hotel on the internet, which turned out to have a view from our balcony of the acropolis.. We didn't just look at the ancient roman building from the hotel though, we walked up and around it and we really surprised at how big the antire area was....very old and way cool. Not too much else to report of in Athens.

All in all, Greece was the bomb. Cheap (in comparision to everywhere else), the food was great and they have sweet jump rocks.