Andre's Most Recent Vacation (Pt. 2)

So after we parted ways with Jay, we flew down to Greece for our Grecian cruise. If ever the opportunity should arise, take the Grecian EasyCruise. The boat docked at a different island/city each day at around noonish and left at around 5:00ish in the a.m. It only cost around $150 pp for 7 days, and we had a suite. I think you could get a cabin for as little as like $110ish pp. It wasn't even a buncha old ppl. I'd say we were around the average age of the passengers. The cruise was a whole lot of fun, and it comes highly recommended. Here's a picture of the boat:

It departed from Athens, and we went to Kalymnos first. On Kalymnos we rented a car and drove out to this little town on the island. We ate lunch at this restaurant where the owner/waiter couldn't really speak English, so he didn't let us order and just brought us food. He also slapped me. In the face. But he did it with a smile. You could tell it was out of love. Anywho, this is what he brought us:

Along with olive oil and vinegar and bread. It was delicious. After our meal we took a boat to another little island very close by to go to a nude beach. I think the beach was right around that bend down yonder:


Sorry, but there are no pictures from that.

After our beach excursion, we visited some castle ruins or somehtin. Here's a picture from atop the castle:

So after our day activities, the boat had happy hour from like 7-8 I think which we usually attended. Drinks were half off. This is how we spent much of happy hour...in a warm at best hot tub:

After the happy hours, we typically would go eat, then go out. We started many a dance party throughout the trip...even if we were the only ones dancing:


Next place we stopped was Bodrum, Turkey. We all went to a hammam (Turkish bath). Now that was an experience. First they separate the guys and girls. Then you go sit in the sauna for a while. After that, you get exfoliated and bathed by an inflated pillow case type thing full of bubbles. It felt quite nice actually. After all that, you got a massage. When all was said and done, I got bathed and massaged by a big, burly, Turkish man. And I liked it (but no, it did not move). Later that night, we went to Halikarnas...THE premiere Turkish club:

We got there pretty much when it was closing, so we convinced them to let us in for free. The beers were expensive, BUT they played this lovely Eurotastic techno. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes.

Upon our arrival back to the boat, we continued the general rowdiness and got crazy-eyed with the sunrise (see Leisa's eyes...if you cannot clearly tell, they are pointing outwardly. Think the opposite of cross-eyed.):


After Bodrum came Kos. This island was great. We just had a looong beach day where we frisbeed, napped, beached, etc. Here are some pictures of the beach:




Next came the sunset. This might have been the prettiest sunset I have ever witnessed in my life:




The next port: Paros. On this island we did some cliff jumping, pseudo rock climbing, and general exploring. I think this is where me and Alice jumped into the crystal clearblue water:

After our physical exertion for the day, we plopped down on the beach and drank champagne to the sunset.


Oh, we made friends with some more ducks too:

The 2nd to last stop was Mykonos. This was supposed to be the crazy party island, but I think it was my least favorite. However, we had a wonderful day TRIP out to a pretty nice beach. The only downside: blaring Euro House music 24/7... That was pretty much the opposite of what I wanted lounging on a beach (or anywhere), but that was my only complaint.

On this beach, we were getting a little tired of Nancy (oh, Nancy is that guy in some of the pics...Colin...but he was a fairly negative person, so we dubbed him Nancy); so we went exploring. Eventually, we stumbled upon the Phallic Rocks. Dey were dem rocks ova dere:

A close up pic of them when we made it:

After we were done exploring, the lady pirates surfaced again.

Then we buried Anna in the pebble beach. I am pretty sure Nancy and Laura (the girl yall don't know in a couple of the pics) thought we were nutso by this point of the cruise. Laura was pretty chill though.

The city streets were packed with ppl with a weird vibe, so when we got back to the boat, we remained there throughout the night/morning. This is how we welcomed the sun:


After this things are kinda hazy. I do remember falling a whole lot...the decks/metal stairs were wet from being sprayed down. Also, I remember being hungry, so we decided to stay up for breakfast. This was at the breakfast table:

After a cat nap we went to probly my favorite Grecian beach: Gallisas in Syros. We rented a paddle boat with a water slide attached to it:

It was a wonderful day. We snorkeled:

cave explored:

and waterslid:


On our way back to the ship, we sat and had some drinks and some food at a restaurant by the water. This was a nice sunset too.



We didn't stay at this port overnight, so they had an 80s themed dance thing at the main bar. We were supposed to have a calm night cuz we had to wake up 9 the next mornin...then bottle of Jameson appeared. The night didn't go as planned:




So that was the end of our cruise. We had lots and lots of fun, and if anyone ever wants to go on this one or one similar, I'm so game.

Athens kinda sucked. We did the Acropolis and yada, yada, yada, but it was super crowded, there was scaffolding EVERYWHERE, and we were hungover as piss. Here are some pics though:




On to Prague and Croatia next!

Pt. 3 to follow some time or another.