Month: August 2007

Stromboli is a tiny volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, north of Sicily. It’s an active volcano, and has been in continuous eruption for thousands of years. It mostly spews out ash…

Katakolon was interesting, in that there really wasn’t anything to do there. There were some gift shops and restaurants by the pier, and a small beach beyond that. It kind of reminds…

Even though there were a lot of people everywhere we went, we still enjoyed Athens. Mostly. We visited the National Archaeological Museum and the Acropolis. We had lunch in some restaurant I…

Yep, the place that inspired the song Istanbul (Not Constantinople). A song that made it to #10 on the Billboard charts. Originally recorded way back in 1953, and recorded again in 1990 by…

When we first entered Ancient Ephesus, I was not impressed. I saw a lot of dirt, with some fallen columns and a few sculptures. There were some signs showing what was there…

From Rhodes, Greece, we first went to Filerimos, Acropolis of Ialyssos. The place wasn’t that big, as far as I can tell, but because it was on top of a hill, it…

I have to admit, I wasn’t super impressed by the gelato in Italy. I had some that were good, and some that were just terrible. Gambrinus was good. It was creamy, the…

It wasn’t easy getting up after being awake for about 36 hours the previous day. It also didn’t help that, due to the 9 hours time difference, I woke up at 3am…

Just came back from the Mediterranean. The weather was really nice as it was sunny every single day we were there. It was a little on the hot and humid side, but…