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May 4, 2007. Toronto, Canada. Finally, I set off to Athens for a 23 day trip, alone. Quite often, I had friends asking me the similar questions, "Backpacking? Greece? Turkey? Why?" And quite often, I felt hesitant to answer. "The freedom ... May be ... oh, the Aegean Sea, the blue sky, the beaches, and ... the ruins!" I felt hesitant because I had never shown any interest in history, and I did not enjoy the sun and beaches that much. Honestly, I had no answer myself. After hundreds of hours of reseach and planning, there were many question marks noted on my itinerary, even more unanticipated ...

Steve (my bf at the time), Alice (Steve's sister) and I (Michelle) took a fabulous 25 day trip to Greece ! We planned the trip so that we would split our time between an islands vacation and time to spend with Steve and Alice’s family who live in Greece . Our flight landed in Athens and we spent 2 days there, took a ferry to Ios for 4 days and took another ferry to Santorini for 4 days. We then flew from Santorini to Salonika in the north of Greece and rented a car to drive to the village of Mikrokastro , where Steve and Alice’s maternal relatives live. We also spent 3 days in the beach ...

Met up with Jon in the London airport, after a bit of worry that he wouldn’t make our connecting flight due to the delay of his flight from Boston. Fortunately for us he got to the gate just in time and our 3-hour flight to Athens arrived right on time. Customs here must be pretty lax, as this is the first time I have ever entered a foreign country without being asked any questions… just a stamp in the passport and we were on our way. We tried to follow the directions Hostel Aphrodite sent to us in the confirmation email for our reservation, and at least managed to get on the correct bus to ...