heya guys...
quick post from greece. hope yer all okay out there.
my colds getting better, after waking up on our last night in Ios (the party island of greece) with my eyes glued shut by mucus, i decided it was time to go get some antibiotics. am still tired and achey, but am coughing less and can almost breath sometimes. its awesome. died my hair red again, but it turned out carrot orange. am trying to be amused. :P

photos from day one of tour are apparently up on facebook, and some from the trip up to London.
have just spent two hours farkin around the net in santorini, and didnt get really much at all done. they will come though, slowly. have burned through one memory card, and started on another, and we're only half way!

this is probably the most beautiful island in Greece... we went to see a sunset from the top of a cliff last night... it was okay. more interesting was the plethora of alleyways and whitewashed buildings climbing and descending all over the place, the masses of jewellery and clothes stores, the glimpses of sea and green and sky all sunny and soft, bougainvilleas and geraniums and petunias everywhere in shades of pink and red and purple.
i cant get over how many dogs there are here. Ios was full of random stray cats, this island is packed with dogs. some collared, some not, just wandering around as they please, all quite tame. we went on a donkey ride up the mountain this morning, it was awesome fun. smelly, and i ache now from my ankles to my back, but it was great.

went shopping yesterday and today, found a bead store in the middle of the island and spent about fifty EU on shiny things. bought presents for gem and jess and liz which ill post in Amsterdam, and found an awesome bag made from a long sleeved t shirt with the bottom sewn up and the arms tied together as straps. the design was transfer printed on it, and the whole store was full of these artworks this guy had done and printed on t shirts, mugs, hats, cups, cards, posters, calenders, you name it his art was on it. its a great idea for getting your stuff out there, and making cash from it. we went back there today and got him to print a t shirt for our coach driver/acting Grecian tour manager Steve to say thanks for the memories. it really has been a riot, the guy is AWESOME.
today i found a necklace for mum, and bought myself a silver necklace in the minora design
(aka the Greek key) which means eternity in Greece. i got the necklace and a matching pair of earrings for 75EU, which isn't bad cause the lady before wanted to charge me 95EU for just the necklace. hell no. :P

ios was amazing, two days of lying around a resort drinking mojitos, and then going out at night. did something like a 14 hour drinking binge, started at 12 midday, drank till dinner at 7.30, then went out to the bars on the island and kept the party going. it was INSANE. theres lots i don't remember and some photos i wish hadn't been taken. :P needless to say the next day i slept a LOT, went for one small swim, and went home again. haven't been able to touch alcohol since. :P the beach there was amazing, its only a small island about the size of Adelaide with parklands, floating in the spotlessly aqua ocean, green fields and grey cliffs but the beach is coarse and golden, and all the sand is shiny like glitter cause of all the silica in the cliffs.

the island of Corfu might have been that amazing, but when we went on a boat tour of the islands it rained the whole time. we got fine weather out to the first beach, and then some time for some people to sunbake and others to do water sports, and then it came pissing down. we made it the best we could though, the driver George was the shortest lewdest Greek man i have ever met, it was hilarious. have bought a shirt from the boat with a pirate on the front and an orgy on the back, for which i scored free shot at the yiros house we had lunch in today, LOL.

thats about it that i can remember so far. my internet times running out, but theres more goss to come. will try and get back on soon and talk to you all, i miss you all greatly and am longing for your company.
love you muchly,
~kath