Corfu

So, we are in Corfu and it is beautiful here. It kinda reminds me of a mix between Santa Barbara, Kuaii, and parts of Tuscany. Too bad we only have a couple of hours here. I've been thinking during my travels if I would want to come back and island hop around Greece again, and not getting to see this island sealed the deal. I have to come back. But when I'm 23, so I can rent a car. It's shitty getting around the islands in far too expensive taxis. And at least in Kefalonia they didn't have ATVs.

Okay, so last time I wrote we were in Paros. So the next day we left for Santorini, which was pretty but touristy. We did a "Santorini in one day" tour which kinda sucked. They took us too the lame caldera, up to the highest peak on the island, and a couple of other places. They did do good with two of the places though. We ended in Oia for the sunset which was pretty but would have been prettier if I had been able to get to the viewing spot I had wanted. And also after the volcano we went swimming in the "hot" springs which was fun. They were pretty patchy with their warmth, but it was fun. Except that I then smelled like sulfer for the next couple of days. In Oia we ran into some random kid who just started talking to us. We talked to him for like 3 minutes and didn't think anything of it. The next day on our 9 hour ferry ride back to Athens we saw him, and the 3 of us ended hanging out for the entire ride. He's from North Carolina with his school that has a 3 week class on greek mythology where they bring the kids around to a bunch of islands and all over the mainland. I am jealous.

After getting into Athens we had 4 hours of waiting around on the port until the metro opened, which we took to the trains station and after a bunch of confusion we finally made it to Petra just in time to catch a ferry out to Kefalonia. Kefalonia was pretty, but sadly we didn't get to see that much. Emily convinced me to go horse riding which was alright but I'm sure I'm probably covered ticks now, which makes me all nervous. We also saw two caves that were totally not worth how much they cost. And besides that we just wasted a bunch of money on taxis. It would have been nice to see the whole island and to go to the beaches but as it was we were being f---ed over with the taxis so we stayed put for the most part. I really wanted to go to Ithica too, but it didn't happen. Until next time I suppose.

Then last night we got on a ferry, which took us to the main land where we slept in the station and then took a 7:30 ferry here. Tomorrow we are waking up at some ungodly hour like 5 to catch our 7 o'clock ferry out of here to Venice. That will be a 25 hour ferry ride. I am not looking forward to it. Oh well. I'll try to write again in Barcelona in a couple of days.