bambam:
day 2 in rome! this was vatican city day! we woke up early had breakfast at the hostel and went to meet the girls at the train station. we decided to meet early to do a few things before the vatican! we started off with the spanish steps! The Scalinata is the longest and widest staircase in Europe. 138 steps! it was pretty cool. and theyre sorrounded by gucci,prada,dior,bulgaria. u name it and it was there! very high end! we all went up the stairs and sat and people watched for a bit!
then it was off to the trevi fountain. about a 5min walk! it was hugee and so beautiful. 85 ft high,the statues are massive! and the water in the fountain is brought all the way from the salone springs (about 20kms) it was used back in the day for people to bathe in! it is still to this day a pure water source!
then it was a bus ride to vatican city!! we met up with our tour group, we all went to a cafe to grab a quick lunch and then it was into the vatican musuem! u have to cover ur shoulders and knees inside so on a 35dgr day this is not very fuN!! but once inside..minus no aircon..it was still worth it! we saw sculptures that michelangelo did, a hugeee perserved bronze statue of hercules,tapestrys that leonardo divincis students made, and sooo much more. we only did 10 rooms, there are 1400 rooms!!!!!!! they say if u were to spend 3 seconds looking at every peice in the vatican musuem u would be inside for 12 YEARS!!! thats insane! but i can imagine how people spend more time inside. just the ceiling and wall and floor painting were incredibily detailed and beautiful.
after the musuem was the sistine chapel!! no words can describle this place. it was stunning. michelangelo took 4 years to paint it..against his will! he did not want to paint it but was forced to by the current pope. he actually hated to paint and thought he was bad at it. the first block that he painted took him 6 months, the last one took him 1 day!! also alot of the painting he did were to piss off the pope! lol like painting gods bare ass and then telling the pope when he got mad that he had painted a veil over it and if the pope couldnt see it than he must have a impure mind!! hahaha but besides all of the impressive paintings he made on the high ceiling the one he was again forced to come back and paint was, the last judgment. the pope made him come back to the sistine chapel again when he was 60 to paint this last wall. well michelangelo was NOT happy to be back so in his revenge he painted everyone naked and refused to cover them up. when one of the popes aids snuck in and saw what he had done and tried to make him change it. he got so mad that he painted that mans face on the man who judges people in hell) lol besides the fact he didnt want to paint it, it was one of the most impressive things i have ever seen. its huge and beautiful...no pictures allowed but i got a great one to show u all!! ;) oh and another random fact..hitler tried to see the sistine chapel 3 times before he died,and each time he went it just "happened" to be closed that day...pretty crazy.
after the sistine chapel was st.johns basillica. the reason its a basillica and not a church is because there are popes buried underneath it! st john the first pope was buried there and every pope since. this basillica is MASSIVE. it is the biggesst church in the world. all of the marble there was stolen from the castle at palatine hill and used to build this church! tsk tsk but the outcome was incredible. again the high ceilings the massive organ the statues and the only ever sculpture back then carved from one slab was michelangelos david. crazy! its packed with people but so quiet kind of a surreal experience.
cant wait to show u all pictures and videos . its impossible to sit here and really explain what it was like to be inside all of these beautiful ancient buildings. me and hana are in love with rome and really sad to be leaving already!
last night after 2 days of crazy site seeing we decided to stay close to the hostel and have an early night. well u know us and that turned into 2 bottles of wine, pizza and some crazy italian man sitting next to us to start seranting us!! lol oh and bought us roses! lol after dinner we went for some gelato which was so good! (no exaggerating here lol)
and noww its the morning and we.re heading to florence today! :)
we loved rome so much! cant wait to come back one day and show u all pictures!
x0x0
Friday, August 28, 2009
When in ROME....
Banana: ( Rome, Italy)
Hey guys sooo our first day in Rome we arrived late at 11:30pm, and as soon as we got off the train it was amazing. Not scared here at all and people we soooo friendly besides the few men who make kissing sounds at us and say Bella, Bella... lol So we found our hostel after getting alittle lost but we made it.. It is a great hostel named Freedom travellers, on arrivial we got free beers and not only that we also had a free bottle of wine waiting for us in our room lol...( needless to say Shan and I were very HAPPY)
So on our first full day here we were suppose to meet up with two of our girl friends from BC and we never found them. So we ventured to theColosseum for our first tour. As we were in line up with our tour guide we stummbled upon the girls... What are the odds of running into them at a place where their were over 1000 people their at a time... So we chatted for a few mins and decided to meet for dinner at around 6pm...
So shan and I started our tour with this amazing little italian lady named Danny, at the time the Colosseum being used the emperor Nero was in charge of the most gruteste fights in Italy. He was a sick man who took pride in killing people and tourturing them with slow deaths. At times some Glatiators would be unlucky and have to try and fight off 3 animals at a time, where some men were "lucky" and only had to fight 1 animal at a time. If the men were still alive after a battle but hurt the governors would decide whether or not they shall live with Nero's final decison. If they were to die they would die a painful and brutal death. Nero would also kill criminals and christians in the Colosseum, in front of spectators for his own pleasures. On days where he felt threatened by other religious people meaning Christians he would brutally kill them in front of his spectators, especailly when he felt threated by another religion. Nero was a very sick and twisted man. Also in the Colosseum they had hidden rooms where aparently women who wore a yellow dress was a free woman for all, Nero had a private chamber for himself and guest where many orgys would take place during the battles and breaks. Also the Colosseum was only used for fights for a handful of years.
After the Colosseum we when to Palantine Hill which is where Nero had his home, most of his home was made of marble that was imported from Egypt, Greece and South Africa. Nero at one time had over 4000 slaves at one time and would do as he pleased with them, from brutally killing them in front of guestes, to making them entertain them. He would sell slaves with his guests, once he was bored with them or did not need them any longer. After when Nero was out of power and well after he took his life, because the people started to go against him as he was about to bankrupt Rome. Another Emperor and his son took over and were well liked by the people. Many years later when the preist were starting to build St. Peters Church instead of going 30kms for the marble they wanted to bulid the church, they stole it form Palantine hill, Michealangelo begged the preist not to destroy the history of Neros home, even if it was not from a well liked man... Michealangelo cried on many occasions as he watched it being destroyed.
After Palatine hill we went to the Roman Forum, this is where all the political events would take place and the courts were held. This is also the place where Cearser Julias was buried and we stummbled upon his grave site that was amazing to see. After walking around for almost 9hours we decided to venture back and get ready to meet the girls...
So our first dinner in Italy was not the most amazing experience... the food was really good but our waiter was a asshole. We have come to notice that alot of Europeans do not like foreingers do not like us travellers lol... but all in all we had an amazing dinner with great wine... I love the wine in Italy its amazing here... Rome has been a really great experience for us and we are not ready to leave yet...
We miss you all and love you thanks for reading our blog!
Hey guys sooo our first day in Rome we arrived late at 11:30pm, and as soon as we got off the train it was amazing. Not scared here at all and people we soooo friendly besides the few men who make kissing sounds at us and say Bella, Bella... lol So we found our hostel after getting alittle lost but we made it.. It is a great hostel named Freedom travellers, on arrivial we got free beers and not only that we also had a free bottle of wine waiting for us in our room lol...( needless to say Shan and I were very HAPPY)
So on our first full day here we were suppose to meet up with two of our girl friends from BC and we never found them. So we ventured to theColosseum for our first tour. As we were in line up with our tour guide we stummbled upon the girls... What are the odds of running into them at a place where their were over 1000 people their at a time... So we chatted for a few mins and decided to meet for dinner at around 6pm...
So shan and I started our tour with this amazing little italian lady named Danny, at the time the Colosseum being used the emperor Nero was in charge of the most gruteste fights in Italy. He was a sick man who took pride in killing people and tourturing them with slow deaths. At times some Glatiators would be unlucky and have to try and fight off 3 animals at a time, where some men were "lucky" and only had to fight 1 animal at a time. If the men were still alive after a battle but hurt the governors would decide whether or not they shall live with Nero's final decison. If they were to die they would die a painful and brutal death. Nero would also kill criminals and christians in the Colosseum, in front of spectators for his own pleasures. On days where he felt threatened by other religious people meaning Christians he would brutally kill them in front of his spectators, especailly when he felt threated by another religion. Nero was a very sick and twisted man. Also in the Colosseum they had hidden rooms where aparently women who wore a yellow dress was a free woman for all, Nero had a private chamber for himself and guest where many orgys would take place during the battles and breaks. Also the Colosseum was only used for fights for a handful of years.
After the Colosseum we when to Palantine Hill which is where Nero had his home, most of his home was made of marble that was imported from Egypt, Greece and South Africa. Nero at one time had over 4000 slaves at one time and would do as he pleased with them, from brutally killing them in front of guestes, to making them entertain them. He would sell slaves with his guests, once he was bored with them or did not need them any longer. After when Nero was out of power and well after he took his life, because the people started to go against him as he was about to bankrupt Rome. Another Emperor and his son took over and were well liked by the people. Many years later when the preist were starting to build St. Peters Church instead of going 30kms for the marble they wanted to bulid the church, they stole it form Palantine hill, Michealangelo begged the preist not to destroy the history of Neros home, even if it was not from a well liked man... Michealangelo cried on many occasions as he watched it being destroyed.
After Palatine hill we went to the Roman Forum, this is where all the political events would take place and the courts were held. This is also the place where Cearser Julias was buried and we stummbled upon his grave site that was amazing to see. After walking around for almost 9hours we decided to venture back and get ready to meet the girls...
So our first dinner in Italy was not the most amazing experience... the food was really good but our waiter was a asshole. We have come to notice that alot of Europeans do not like foreingers do not like us travellers lol... but all in all we had an amazing dinner with great wine... I love the wine in Italy its amazing here... Rome has been a really great experience for us and we are not ready to leave yet...
We miss you all and love you thanks for reading our blog!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
travel days
bambam: napoli
well our second to last night at the pink palace was spent recouperating somewhat! we slept for 12hrs and then got up and had our last day by the water! well in the water with our little round floaty tubes! haha we spent hours out there! then hanaaa decided we should have a bottle of wine with dinner! our last dinner at the pink palace..at least we got the chicken again!! so we had some wine and then we decided to stick around the togo party and watch everyone all dressed up! wwe ended up drinking 3 bottles of wine dancing all night and had soo much fun our last night in greece!! :( this time I actually had to drag hana home at 3am! we had to be up at 630 to catch our ferry at 9!! lol so 3 bottles of wine and 2 hrs of sleep later we were up HAULING our backpacks up the hike from our room to the reception area at pink palace! (all of u were there will understand our pain!) (170 stairs and lots of uphill) lol we were then on the longeest ferry ride to brindisi,italy ever!! haha needless to say we didnt feel so hott! i think thats the 3 or 4th time we-ve vowed never to drink again before travelling! lol
we made it to brindisi aboutt 13hrs later! got to our hostel which was pretty decent! we were hungryyy and they made us a delicious home cooked meal that we all ate outside of the hostel by the pool! straight to bed after, we had an earlyy train to napoli the next morning and running on little sleep! welll we slept in and nearly missed our train!! lol we were suppose to leave at 730 am and woke up at 715! haha alot of rushing later we made it there at about 750 and made our train! it was an hour train than a 5hr bus ride to napoli!! we finallyy got here and had to find a place to stay! its a littlee sketcky so we found the cheapest place close to the train station ate dinner at 430pm (mc,ds in pizza) lol and retired to our sauna for the night!! it was 31 degrees in our room! 31 !!!! and our fan barely worked! hahah so we played cards naked and hana tryed to insult me when i was winnning...her insult....im stupid hahahha (u prob had to be there, but hana calling herself stupid naked playing cards was pretty hilarious lol!!
we slept for a solid 12hrs and woke up at 9am to head to pompei!! its only about a 30min train ride..well 30mins for people who know how to get on what train to get there ...for us more like an hour and asking 5 different people. haha
we made it finally!! and needed breakfast...well i guess iced expresso and pizza counts as breakfast right?? lol..oh and hana got high off the coffee hahahah
then into pompei, for those who dont know pompei was a city 2000yrs ago that was covered in ash when the volcano erupted on aug24 79ad so however many years ago,.yesterday was the anniversary! it was discovered years later burried but still perserved so they unburied it and people are able to walk all through the city and see how they used to live. it was sooo interesting! we saw tons of houses,ampitheatres,gardens,temples,people actually perserved that were buried alive in the volcano trying to escape! so sad! we also saw a brothel!! (they had all these beds and above each bed was a painting of a position and whichever postion u wanted (apparently u only got one back then!) lol ud pick and go in that room! so crazy that this stuff is still there after being completely burried in ash. we walked around for 5hrs looking at everything!! by the end we were exhausted and hungry! so we had some pasta and gelato for dessert and headed back to napoli!
we.re now waiting for our train into rome tonight and reallly looking forward to not travelling for a few days and getting to see all the sites in rome!! :D
love u all xoxo
well our second to last night at the pink palace was spent recouperating somewhat! we slept for 12hrs and then got up and had our last day by the water! well in the water with our little round floaty tubes! haha we spent hours out there! then hanaaa decided we should have a bottle of wine with dinner! our last dinner at the pink palace..at least we got the chicken again!! so we had some wine and then we decided to stick around the togo party and watch everyone all dressed up! wwe ended up drinking 3 bottles of wine dancing all night and had soo much fun our last night in greece!! :( this time I actually had to drag hana home at 3am! we had to be up at 630 to catch our ferry at 9!! lol so 3 bottles of wine and 2 hrs of sleep later we were up HAULING our backpacks up the hike from our room to the reception area at pink palace! (all of u were there will understand our pain!) (170 stairs and lots of uphill) lol we were then on the longeest ferry ride to brindisi,italy ever!! haha needless to say we didnt feel so hott! i think thats the 3 or 4th time we-ve vowed never to drink again before travelling! lol
we made it to brindisi aboutt 13hrs later! got to our hostel which was pretty decent! we were hungryyy and they made us a delicious home cooked meal that we all ate outside of the hostel by the pool! straight to bed after, we had an earlyy train to napoli the next morning and running on little sleep! welll we slept in and nearly missed our train!! lol we were suppose to leave at 730 am and woke up at 715! haha alot of rushing later we made it there at about 750 and made our train! it was an hour train than a 5hr bus ride to napoli!! we finallyy got here and had to find a place to stay! its a littlee sketcky so we found the cheapest place close to the train station ate dinner at 430pm (mc,ds in pizza) lol and retired to our sauna for the night!! it was 31 degrees in our room! 31 !!!! and our fan barely worked! hahah so we played cards naked and hana tryed to insult me when i was winnning...her insult....im stupid hahahha (u prob had to be there, but hana calling herself stupid naked playing cards was pretty hilarious lol!!
we slept for a solid 12hrs and woke up at 9am to head to pompei!! its only about a 30min train ride..well 30mins for people who know how to get on what train to get there ...for us more like an hour and asking 5 different people. haha
we made it finally!! and needed breakfast...well i guess iced expresso and pizza counts as breakfast right?? lol..oh and hana got high off the coffee hahahah
then into pompei, for those who dont know pompei was a city 2000yrs ago that was covered in ash when the volcano erupted on aug24 79ad so however many years ago,.yesterday was the anniversary! it was discovered years later burried but still perserved so they unburied it and people are able to walk all through the city and see how they used to live. it was sooo interesting! we saw tons of houses,ampitheatres,gardens,temples,people actually perserved that were buried alive in the volcano trying to escape! so sad! we also saw a brothel!! (they had all these beds and above each bed was a painting of a position and whichever postion u wanted (apparently u only got one back then!) lol ud pick and go in that room! so crazy that this stuff is still there after being completely burried in ash. we walked around for 5hrs looking at everything!! by the end we were exhausted and hungry! so we had some pasta and gelato for dessert and headed back to napoli!
we.re now waiting for our train into rome tonight and reallly looking forward to not travelling for a few days and getting to see all the sites in rome!! :D
love u all xoxo
Friday, August 21, 2009
PINK PALACE trouble heheeheheh
Banana: (in corfu still)
Hey Guys!!! Soooo where do i begin, so much has happened since we last wrote on here.... Well first off we met some amazing girls here, their were 8 of us in Total the Toronto ladies( Steph/Kathleen) Irish ladies(sarah/michelle) and the Aussie ladies( Jess/Kayla) not to mention two other girls from BC ( Ang/Leah) We had a fucking blast with them we all really hit it off together.... We also got the pleasure of meeting annoying people such as we like to call them Miss USA, Douche bag CANADA and Douche bag USA lol.... INSIDE joke right ladies bahahahhh
We even had our own table that we sat at every night and yes we played KINGS CUP, mixed up the rules a bit and threw in new things we had learned from everyone, so now we have a international game of KINGS CUP!!!!!
SOO shan and I decided to venture into Corfu town and go and try and buy our ferry tickets to Bari Italy, ya that was a hellish experience in it self.... we got their and they tried to rip us offf or we thought that and not to forget to mention we went with out our passports and we could't buy the fucking tickets without them...( fuck were dumb, this what happens when you drink execessive amonts of alcohol in a few days lol) oh and on the way home we once again got lost some how lol and shannon almost hit a car how i have no idea, just alittle scary....
Sooo we have been having hot meals here which has been nice except for the mystery meat they bring to us and how salty it is just so that they get us to buy more drinks to think that we are thirsty, we are starting to catch on to their money making Bullshit here lol....
Sooo one night after dancing at the playdium and once again playing KINGS, Jess, Sarah, Michelle and I decided to go Skinny diping at about 3am that was alot of fun except it was a really dark night out and we started to scare ourselves lol... not to mention the crazy walk in the dark to get their and stummbling into to people getting a little frisky on the beach if you guys get my drift ;) ( Ill keep it a little PG13). The night I was out with the girls and Shan had gone into Corfu Town with a boy on a date....( hehehhe in Greece) He is actually from BC Vancouver believe it or not, but Greek and is fluent in the Greek launguage, which was nice for Shan... They went to dinner and dancing.( didnt get home until 630am)
Soooo next day this was our 6day here Shan had still been drinking and is now sick/lacking sleep.... We went to another beach too named Gyfala it was beautiful and all sandy no rocks to be stepping over and cutting our feet!!! Later in the day we came back and decided since almost everyone was leaving shan and I :( we wanted to go into town and Party their at the Bars... WE met somemore canadian boys and they joined us in town... Okay soo we didnt get home until 630am but OH my word sooo worth it... it was beautiful and had an outdoor pation looking at the stars and not to mention an amazing DJ.... Oh and we were PIMPS for the night got us some bottle services yes we were in style lol..... ( jj mom and dads it was cheaper this way)
Soooo in 2days time we will be on our way to Bari Italy.... Hope you like the new post and our new pics!!!!
Miss you all!!! Love You Long Time!!!!
Hey Guys!!! Soooo where do i begin, so much has happened since we last wrote on here.... Well first off we met some amazing girls here, their were 8 of us in Total the Toronto ladies( Steph/Kathleen) Irish ladies(sarah/michelle) and the Aussie ladies( Jess/Kayla) not to mention two other girls from BC ( Ang/Leah) We had a fucking blast with them we all really hit it off together.... We also got the pleasure of meeting annoying people such as we like to call them Miss USA, Douche bag CANADA and Douche bag USA lol.... INSIDE joke right ladies bahahahhh
We even had our own table that we sat at every night and yes we played KINGS CUP, mixed up the rules a bit and threw in new things we had learned from everyone, so now we have a international game of KINGS CUP!!!!!
SOO shan and I decided to venture into Corfu town and go and try and buy our ferry tickets to Bari Italy, ya that was a hellish experience in it self.... we got their and they tried to rip us offf or we thought that and not to forget to mention we went with out our passports and we could't buy the fucking tickets without them...( fuck were dumb, this what happens when you drink execessive amonts of alcohol in a few days lol) oh and on the way home we once again got lost some how lol and shannon almost hit a car how i have no idea, just alittle scary....
Sooo we have been having hot meals here which has been nice except for the mystery meat they bring to us and how salty it is just so that they get us to buy more drinks to think that we are thirsty, we are starting to catch on to their money making Bullshit here lol....
Sooo one night after dancing at the playdium and once again playing KINGS, Jess, Sarah, Michelle and I decided to go Skinny diping at about 3am that was alot of fun except it was a really dark night out and we started to scare ourselves lol... not to mention the crazy walk in the dark to get their and stummbling into to people getting a little frisky on the beach if you guys get my drift ;) ( Ill keep it a little PG13). The night I was out with the girls and Shan had gone into Corfu Town with a boy on a date....( hehehhe in Greece) He is actually from BC Vancouver believe it or not, but Greek and is fluent in the Greek launguage, which was nice for Shan... They went to dinner and dancing.( didnt get home until 630am)
Soooo next day this was our 6day here Shan had still been drinking and is now sick/lacking sleep.... We went to another beach too named Gyfala it was beautiful and all sandy no rocks to be stepping over and cutting our feet!!! Later in the day we came back and decided since almost everyone was leaving shan and I :( we wanted to go into town and Party their at the Bars... WE met somemore canadian boys and they joined us in town... Okay soo we didnt get home until 630am but OH my word sooo worth it... it was beautiful and had an outdoor pation looking at the stars and not to mention an amazing DJ.... Oh and we were PIMPS for the night got us some bottle services yes we were in style lol..... ( jj mom and dads it was cheaper this way)
Soooo in 2days time we will be on our way to Bari Italy.... Hope you like the new post and our new pics!!!!
Miss you all!!! Love You Long Time!!!!
Monday, August 17, 2009
booze cruise
bambam:
sooo i know its not my turn to post but i needed to get a quick one in here! im at the internet cafe after the booze cruise..hana is napping!! it was sooo much fun!! we first went on this tiny ass boat to a cliff/rock, where people went cliff jumping..after 3 beer and shots!! i was the first and one of the only 2 girls that went!! the climb was SOOOO much worse than the jump!! it was 30ft and i was freaking out trying to climb it..literally if u fall u die. i made it thank god! and i was the second person to jump...if u jump naked u get free drinks!!!! (sorry mom and dad) well not really u taught me to save money,,and i heard free drinks all day and thought what the hell!! it was for 2 seconds and i didnt spend a dime today!!! hahahaha
after that was bat caves!! it was so cool u swim into this dark hole and see bats all above u! i swam into this really dark part where u cant even see infront of u and i thought i was alone with ahana behind me but i guess someone went ahead..well they freaked the shit outa me,,i thought it was a ghost ahahhah i havent been reading much fiction i swear!! anyways after that was more cliff diving in the bat caves!! me and my new friend michelle from ireland were the only girls again to do it!! so fun!! this again was naked!! the climb is sooo much worse than anything elsE! omy word! i saw a scorpion half way up! but wat do u doo!! u cant stop theres no where else to go!!! im so proud of myself for doing it!! hana was a chicken shit and did niether jump!! butttt in all fairness she did win the couples drinking game!!
we were on a private beach next and they played a drinking game ,basically guy n a girl and u have to do whatever they say,,kinda like simon says. well hana n her man won and i got a pretty sweet picture of them doing 69 upside down!! ahahhaha (clothes on dont worry) free drinks for her after this!!! hahahha
we had sooo soo much fun and we're both prettyy hammered. hana is napping and im wasting time before diiner im soo hungryy!!
booze cruises are trouble.
sooo i know its not my turn to post but i needed to get a quick one in here! im at the internet cafe after the booze cruise..hana is napping!! it was sooo much fun!! we first went on this tiny ass boat to a cliff/rock, where people went cliff jumping..after 3 beer and shots!! i was the first and one of the only 2 girls that went!! the climb was SOOOO much worse than the jump!! it was 30ft and i was freaking out trying to climb it..literally if u fall u die. i made it thank god! and i was the second person to jump...if u jump naked u get free drinks!!!! (sorry mom and dad) well not really u taught me to save money,,and i heard free drinks all day and thought what the hell!! it was for 2 seconds and i didnt spend a dime today!!! hahahaha
after that was bat caves!! it was so cool u swim into this dark hole and see bats all above u! i swam into this really dark part where u cant even see infront of u and i thought i was alone with ahana behind me but i guess someone went ahead..well they freaked the shit outa me,,i thought it was a ghost ahahhah i havent been reading much fiction i swear!! anyways after that was more cliff diving in the bat caves!! me and my new friend michelle from ireland were the only girls again to do it!! so fun!! this again was naked!! the climb is sooo much worse than anything elsE! omy word! i saw a scorpion half way up! but wat do u doo!! u cant stop theres no where else to go!!! im so proud of myself for doing it!! hana was a chicken shit and did niether jump!! butttt in all fairness she did win the couples drinking game!!
we were on a private beach next and they played a drinking game ,basically guy n a girl and u have to do whatever they say,,kinda like simon says. well hana n her man won and i got a pretty sweet picture of them doing 69 upside down!! ahahhaha (clothes on dont worry) free drinks for her after this!!! hahahha
we had sooo soo much fun and we're both prettyy hammered. hana is napping and im wasting time before diiner im soo hungryy!!
booze cruises are trouble.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
travel time and voltures
bambam:
here we go again..as im sitting at a nice airconditoned internet room at the pink palace,corfu!! this place is huge and its green! id begun to forget what trees looked like! its beautiful here! getting here was interesting though! we had one last day in athens before we travelled here on a bus that left at 8pm. so we wondered platka. an area with shops and food right below the acropolis! i had my first crepe! which was amazinggg banana n strawberry and nutella all heated up in a crepe omg delicious! im addicted! hana had one as well tho i think i remember eating the remander of it! lol i swear i didnt steal it! then we went on a mission to find an electronic store to buy hana an ipod charger..u would think in an area with millions of stores there would be lots...but no, after maybee 2 hours we finally found one!! now hana can finally charge her ipod! we then went up to the lookout point again at the acropolis! so beautfiul u can see everything from there!
we had an interesting experience from there! a man started talking to us,apollo. but not the greek god dammit! haha he was interesting (the self proclaimed "ladies man") haha so we chatted with him for an hour or so and he started to talk to another woman from greece,living in munich,eillen. the 4 of us sat on top of this rock and he was teaching us greek words and getting random people to take our picture! he explained to us why all greek men play with beads (u see it everywheree) he said its less work then playing with urself (if u catch my drift!) lol so funny
we all then decided to go for a beer and along the way picked up a girl from turkey! (how apollo randomly does this i dont know! ) so we all jsut sat down at a cafe n chatted. it was soo interesting talking to the girl from turkey,giselle, she is studying abroad in greece and getting her masters. in turkey u cant travel anywhere without getting a visa. and its not easy. alot of poeple go to school to become teachers and docters just so they can leave the country freely. it was really eye opening to how lucky we canadians really are! meeting people from other countries is really interesting, how different we all are but so similar in some ways! (one interesting one-in denmark - u can drink at 16 legally but red bull is illegal and OREOS! were illegal until 2 years ago! so crazyy!
nexttt was the bus ride.,leave athens at 8pm arrive in corfu 530am. in a perfect world. in our worldd we got stuck behind a hugee accident for 2 hrs missed our ferry and arrived at 930am!! fanntastic. buses are so so comfortable to sleep oN! lol but we arrived safe and sound, they gave us a shot of ouzo for our trouble n sent us to breakfast! haha only in greece
so last night was offically our first night in corfu! dinner and breakfast are included so we went to dinner and its on a balcony outside over looking the sunset i swear the sky was purple after it was beautiful. they serve u your food, last night was salad bread and chicken potatoes and green beans! pretty decent!! and it wasnt tzatiki, agaiN! haha (little sick of greek food)
after dinner u go downstairs and its a bar with a huge dancefloor! last night was the togo party, so they give u a pink sheet and u figure out a way to wear it and go dancing! everyonne wears one, the boys dont cover much skin here!! we danced drank and then they had some entertainment! greek dancers and plate smashing!! i had a plate smashed on my head and was givin a shot of ouzo! lol after more dancing and thattss when the voltures came out!!
so there was 5 girls. we met 2 girls from toronto(one orginally from richmond) and another girl from kelowna! we decided to go dance and we were attacked,swarmed,mobbed,crushed,grabbed,surrounded, by italian men! we've never everr experieced anything like this!! it was unbelievable! i seriously felt like that tiny piece of bread the pigeons all fight over! it was ridiculous we literally had to go sit back down! dancing after that was interesting, we were much more aggressive, if u push hard enough they go find another piece of bread elsewhere!! haha
breakfast this morning was decent eggs and toast then we layed out on the beach alllll day. readding and swimming it was so relaxing! and its bloody hot here i love it!! the pink palace is pretty cool. our room could be bigger,cleaner,not have bunkbeds! butt at least we have airconditioning and a real shower!! im learning not to be so picky! we really are so lucky and are having the best time!
tomorrow BOOZE CRUISE! cliff jumping bat caves and snorkeling! here were come!!
here we go again..as im sitting at a nice airconditoned internet room at the pink palace,corfu!! this place is huge and its green! id begun to forget what trees looked like! its beautiful here! getting here was interesting though! we had one last day in athens before we travelled here on a bus that left at 8pm. so we wondered platka. an area with shops and food right below the acropolis! i had my first crepe! which was amazinggg banana n strawberry and nutella all heated up in a crepe omg delicious! im addicted! hana had one as well tho i think i remember eating the remander of it! lol i swear i didnt steal it! then we went on a mission to find an electronic store to buy hana an ipod charger..u would think in an area with millions of stores there would be lots...but no, after maybee 2 hours we finally found one!! now hana can finally charge her ipod! we then went up to the lookout point again at the acropolis! so beautfiul u can see everything from there!
we had an interesting experience from there! a man started talking to us,apollo. but not the greek god dammit! haha he was interesting (the self proclaimed "ladies man") haha so we chatted with him for an hour or so and he started to talk to another woman from greece,living in munich,eillen. the 4 of us sat on top of this rock and he was teaching us greek words and getting random people to take our picture! he explained to us why all greek men play with beads (u see it everywheree) he said its less work then playing with urself (if u catch my drift!) lol so funny
we all then decided to go for a beer and along the way picked up a girl from turkey! (how apollo randomly does this i dont know! ) so we all jsut sat down at a cafe n chatted. it was soo interesting talking to the girl from turkey,giselle, she is studying abroad in greece and getting her masters. in turkey u cant travel anywhere without getting a visa. and its not easy. alot of poeple go to school to become teachers and docters just so they can leave the country freely. it was really eye opening to how lucky we canadians really are! meeting people from other countries is really interesting, how different we all are but so similar in some ways! (one interesting one-in denmark - u can drink at 16 legally but red bull is illegal and OREOS! were illegal until 2 years ago! so crazyy!
nexttt was the bus ride.,leave athens at 8pm arrive in corfu 530am. in a perfect world. in our worldd we got stuck behind a hugee accident for 2 hrs missed our ferry and arrived at 930am!! fanntastic. buses are so so comfortable to sleep oN! lol but we arrived safe and sound, they gave us a shot of ouzo for our trouble n sent us to breakfast! haha only in greece
so last night was offically our first night in corfu! dinner and breakfast are included so we went to dinner and its on a balcony outside over looking the sunset i swear the sky was purple after it was beautiful. they serve u your food, last night was salad bread and chicken potatoes and green beans! pretty decent!! and it wasnt tzatiki, agaiN! haha (little sick of greek food)
after dinner u go downstairs and its a bar with a huge dancefloor! last night was the togo party, so they give u a pink sheet and u figure out a way to wear it and go dancing! everyonne wears one, the boys dont cover much skin here!! we danced drank and then they had some entertainment! greek dancers and plate smashing!! i had a plate smashed on my head and was givin a shot of ouzo! lol after more dancing and thattss when the voltures came out!!
so there was 5 girls. we met 2 girls from toronto(one orginally from richmond) and another girl from kelowna! we decided to go dance and we were attacked,swarmed,mobbed,crushed,grabbed,surrounded, by italian men! we've never everr experieced anything like this!! it was unbelievable! i seriously felt like that tiny piece of bread the pigeons all fight over! it was ridiculous we literally had to go sit back down! dancing after that was interesting, we were much more aggressive, if u push hard enough they go find another piece of bread elsewhere!! haha
breakfast this morning was decent eggs and toast then we layed out on the beach alllll day. readding and swimming it was so relaxing! and its bloody hot here i love it!! the pink palace is pretty cool. our room could be bigger,cleaner,not have bunkbeds! butt at least we have airconditioning and a real shower!! im learning not to be so picky! we really are so lucky and are having the best time!
tomorrow BOOZE CRUISE! cliff jumping bat caves and snorkeling! here were come!!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Creepy crawleys/ Davies Street times 10
Banana: so where do i begin.... We were in a dive in Mykonos stuck in the middle of butt fuck no where with worm things with tenticals crawling up from our shower drain and me trying to fish the fucker up ( shan sitting on her bed screaming (get it out) LOL!!!! Ya we both were in tears at that point lol. We pretty much were hermits here because of the wind storms we couldn't even play damn cards on our patio! But I adopted two Kittens ( named them Fred and Bob) lol try to sneak in our room and we feed them.... Oh Did i forget to mention that Mykonos must be the gay Capital of Greece, I mean good looking guys but none of them are straight except for the creepy Italians who like to get a little to close and personal( shan was malled by one lol) Davie street times 10 REALLY!!! One of the main reasons we were hermits is because their road is basically a one way road with buses and bikes and you name it all trying to go down one side of the road no joke :s not impressed! One prime example of this shitty roads and the way their transit works ended up dropping shan and I off in the middle of no where in the dark no street lights so ya we had a little freak out! we almost cried but we turned the situation around found us a little bar on the beach had a glass of wine and got one of the only 32 taxis on the island!!!! LOL
So after that dreadful experience we pretty much stayed around our shit hole watching 90s Baywatch reruns and the nanny lol( does anyone remember MR. Shefield) no joke we were thankful to have english tv lol..... So we just stayed by our beach was a 5min walk to rented some chairs and did alot of topless tanning( which we are enjoying lol) oh and alot of ppl watching making fun of bungee smugglers(aka speedos lol)
So now we are safe and sound in athens until corfu on Friday where we take a 9 hour bus ride on top of a 2 hour ferry ride to PINK PALACE trouble lol bahahhahah
To be continued......
So after that dreadful experience we pretty much stayed around our shit hole watching 90s Baywatch reruns and the nanny lol( does anyone remember MR. Shefield) no joke we were thankful to have english tv lol..... So we just stayed by our beach was a 5min walk to rented some chairs and did alot of topless tanning( which we are enjoying lol) oh and alot of ppl watching making fun of bungee smugglers(aka speedos lol)
So now we are safe and sound in athens until corfu on Friday where we take a 9 hour bus ride on top of a 2 hour ferry ride to PINK PALACE trouble lol bahahhahah
To be continued......
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Madness
bambam:
WHERE to start! soo much has happened in the last 4 days! havent been around a computer or to lazyy, so sorry for the delay!
Ill start with our last day in santorini! we had our first chill day! got up early and did laundry! in the sink/shower! that was an experience , although me n han work well together so it worked out! then it was pool time! Hana did her first hair cut in europe! and we met our pool boy for the day! (and his wife!) Our cabana boy went out and bought us some coolers and we all layed by the pool for a few hours and chatted! Mark and stephanie were from nova scotia and 2 of the nicest people we've met so far. It was their one year anniversary/honeymoon that day! Really awesome afternoon! congrats guys ( told u u'd make it in our blog!)
Next was off to Mr.Trontos hotel for a wine,cheese and fruit dinner! So good! we then went to wonder the beach and stumbled upon 2 greek men playing gutiar. aucostic. nirvana. it was sooo good! so we sat down and watched them for 2 hours.probably one of our favorite nights so far! when they played coldplay i think han n i were in heaven! Minus the eye fucking from the musicans! lol greek men
next day was travelling day! we left for ios and were picked up by the boys at francescos, ben and tony! they checked us in and we hit the pool of course and then seista time! Everyone then meets at the bar at francescos at 1030 for welcome shots and pre drinks and some magic tricks! haha thennn hana went to bed on me! ( she wasnt feeling well :( ) so i went out with mr.tornoto and some really nice people i met at the hostel. Needless to say i enjoyed myself (ALOT) great music, about 10 different clubs, and alot of shots!! and i mayy have gotten home at 10am! lol
we slept until 1 pm ate breakfast ( these are normal times for people in ios!) then we went of to mr.trontos hotel (or should i say resort!) it was GORGEOUS! had a huge poool and beds you can lay on to tan! we hung out there and the beach all day! then had a REAL SHOWER! and may i just add that all u people at home reading this that have showers with curtains and a nossell u dont have to hold up while u shower...u better not take that shit for granted!! hahaha
thenn we decided we wanted pizza for dinner. well now that pizza is known as "the unmentionable pizza" it was the WORST thing we've ever eaten, yes worse than fish heads and the poO! it had minimal sauce, no cheese, ONE pinapple right in the middle and clumps of ham in about 4 different spots! omg it was awful! and thats the last time i ever talk about it!!
that night han was feeling better so we all pre drank at francescos again and played some interesting aussie drinking games! haha wish i could explaiN! then headed out to the clubs at 1245! they are all walking dinstance maybe 5mins so we just went to tons of bars again and did tons of shots again! This was an earlier night! well 8am is techincally earlier! haha me and hana both had a blast! gateway to aussie,(becks) and sophia its done! ( ios is such a meat market!) ;)
the nextt day was chill (considering!) when we woke up han was feeling rough so i made here eat the rock bread hahaha (great pics of that one!) we went to the beach for a few hours, packed ate in and read! were in bed by 11pm and up at 9am to travel again todday! ate breakfast at the port (big mistake,who knew pancakes were suppose to be fried and mushy in the middle!? not me) cant wait for italy and real food! haha we;re not having a lot of luck here so far!
we got to mykonos around 330 today, ferry was a little late! took about 45mins to get to our hotel..they have no taxis in mykonos! we're at a hotel now by the beach, its ok...again with the damn shower though! anyways tonights another early night. we.re tired and recouperating a bit here in mykonos before the big parties in corfu!
well we're off to grocery shop now so we can save some moneY! we are loving our travels so far and cant wait to find a way to show you all some pictures! miss u all xoxo
WHERE to start! soo much has happened in the last 4 days! havent been around a computer or to lazyy, so sorry for the delay!
Ill start with our last day in santorini! we had our first chill day! got up early and did laundry! in the sink/shower! that was an experience , although me n han work well together so it worked out! then it was pool time! Hana did her first hair cut in europe! and we met our pool boy for the day! (and his wife!) Our cabana boy went out and bought us some coolers and we all layed by the pool for a few hours and chatted! Mark and stephanie were from nova scotia and 2 of the nicest people we've met so far. It was their one year anniversary/honeymoon that day! Really awesome afternoon! congrats guys ( told u u'd make it in our blog!)
Next was off to Mr.Trontos hotel for a wine,cheese and fruit dinner! So good! we then went to wonder the beach and stumbled upon 2 greek men playing gutiar. aucostic. nirvana. it was sooo good! so we sat down and watched them for 2 hours.probably one of our favorite nights so far! when they played coldplay i think han n i were in heaven! Minus the eye fucking from the musicans! lol greek men
next day was travelling day! we left for ios and were picked up by the boys at francescos, ben and tony! they checked us in and we hit the pool of course and then seista time! Everyone then meets at the bar at francescos at 1030 for welcome shots and pre drinks and some magic tricks! haha thennn hana went to bed on me! ( she wasnt feeling well :( ) so i went out with mr.tornoto and some really nice people i met at the hostel. Needless to say i enjoyed myself (ALOT) great music, about 10 different clubs, and alot of shots!! and i mayy have gotten home at 10am! lol
we slept until 1 pm ate breakfast ( these are normal times for people in ios!) then we went of to mr.trontos hotel (or should i say resort!) it was GORGEOUS! had a huge poool and beds you can lay on to tan! we hung out there and the beach all day! then had a REAL SHOWER! and may i just add that all u people at home reading this that have showers with curtains and a nossell u dont have to hold up while u shower...u better not take that shit for granted!! hahaha
thenn we decided we wanted pizza for dinner. well now that pizza is known as "the unmentionable pizza" it was the WORST thing we've ever eaten, yes worse than fish heads and the poO! it had minimal sauce, no cheese, ONE pinapple right in the middle and clumps of ham in about 4 different spots! omg it was awful! and thats the last time i ever talk about it!!
that night han was feeling better so we all pre drank at francescos again and played some interesting aussie drinking games! haha wish i could explaiN! then headed out to the clubs at 1245! they are all walking dinstance maybe 5mins so we just went to tons of bars again and did tons of shots again! This was an earlier night! well 8am is techincally earlier! haha me and hana both had a blast! gateway to aussie,(becks) and sophia its done! ( ios is such a meat market!) ;)
the nextt day was chill (considering!) when we woke up han was feeling rough so i made here eat the rock bread hahaha (great pics of that one!) we went to the beach for a few hours, packed ate in and read! were in bed by 11pm and up at 9am to travel again todday! ate breakfast at the port (big mistake,who knew pancakes were suppose to be fried and mushy in the middle!? not me) cant wait for italy and real food! haha we;re not having a lot of luck here so far!
we got to mykonos around 330 today, ferry was a little late! took about 45mins to get to our hotel..they have no taxis in mykonos! we're at a hotel now by the beach, its ok...again with the damn shower though! anyways tonights another early night. we.re tired and recouperating a bit here in mykonos before the big parties in corfu!
well we're off to grocery shop now so we can save some moneY! we are loving our travels so far and cant wait to find a way to show you all some pictures! miss u all xoxo
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Shower in a BAG and the stairs from HELL to HEAVEN!!!!
Banana:
Hello Everyone! So last time we were on here,we were heading out for a big night on the town in a little town called FIRA wow what amazing little place but soo busy and not busy in the way we think busy is. We went to a nigtht club called Tropical had pretty good music and an amazing view of the old port from above on a cliff. But lets just sat that the Europens know how to party lol... No room to really dance but we went with our friends (Mr.Toronto and The States girls) We took a bus into FIRA square and just walked the streets while ppl wondered. We went out at around 12am, no one here ever goes out earlier than 12am here as bars are open until the wee hours of the night. We only lasted until 2am as we are still getting used to the time change.
On Saturday we had a big day trip planned from 9am to 9pm.... We first started on a mini bus tour to the Highest point on the island what amazing views wow... Then to this beautiful monastary which was very peaceful... Then we took a boat to one of 6 active volcanos in Greece it last errupted in 1956 wow and it is said to errupt every 200 years... It was about a 40min hike to the top of the Volcano and what was said to only be a 20min walk nice try lol.... Of course shan was gung hoe about hiking to the top in 40degree weather in Flip flops Me not so much lol.... So me and our new friend Mr. Toronto made it about half way and stopped and rested. We met some real nice aussie ladies whom we hung around from time to time.... After climbin the Volcano we boarded the boat once again and headed over to some natural hot springs... We dove off the ship both shan and I loosing our bottoms around our ankles lol.... we swam about 100meters to the natural springs which were caused from the sulfur in the volcano.... It was really nice except when you touched the bottom it was slimy and it tasted like "shit"... After that we swam back and headed to another little island for lunch and we just hung around the boat because it was to HOT.... Shan and I tried to have a little seista on the boat but it did not work out so well....
After that we headed to a little palce calle Oia(shan and I are convinced that this is where they shoot the movie "sister hood and the travelling pants" lol) We first ported their we were given the option to ride up on Donkeys or walk the stairs and we choose to walk... OMFG yes these were the stairs from "hell" literaly they were never ending stairs and the were the most incline stairs i have ever seen... It took us at least 20mins to climbs these!( Shan and I are coming home with the best butts and great legs from all this up hill shit lol) But when we managed to get to the top it was HEAVEN.... The views from this point are unreal.... Not enough words to describe what we saw. At the top of Oia is one of the worlds most famous sun sets in the world, we found a cute little resturant with a balcony terrace named"Sunsets". We sat their for 2hrs with Mr. Toronto,to watch the sun desend behinde one of the smaller islands. Their were hundreds of people filling the streests to watch the sunset. There are not enough words to describe the views of the sun melting into the mediterranian sea.
Then we took a half an hour bus ride back to our hostel and took showers to get the sulfur off our bodies and were out my 10pm,one of our late3 nights lol....
Today is our lazy day with no real plans,except for doing our laundry which was very intresting but funny at the same time. Later this evening we will be heading back over to Kamari beach to go have a wine and cheese(suprising hey) with Mr. Toronto!
Talk to you all soon Luv yaxoxo
Hello Everyone! So last time we were on here,we were heading out for a big night on the town in a little town called FIRA wow what amazing little place but soo busy and not busy in the way we think busy is. We went to a nigtht club called Tropical had pretty good music and an amazing view of the old port from above on a cliff. But lets just sat that the Europens know how to party lol... No room to really dance but we went with our friends (Mr.Toronto and The States girls) We took a bus into FIRA square and just walked the streets while ppl wondered. We went out at around 12am, no one here ever goes out earlier than 12am here as bars are open until the wee hours of the night. We only lasted until 2am as we are still getting used to the time change.
On Saturday we had a big day trip planned from 9am to 9pm.... We first started on a mini bus tour to the Highest point on the island what amazing views wow... Then to this beautiful monastary which was very peaceful... Then we took a boat to one of 6 active volcanos in Greece it last errupted in 1956 wow and it is said to errupt every 200 years... It was about a 40min hike to the top of the Volcano and what was said to only be a 20min walk nice try lol.... Of course shan was gung hoe about hiking to the top in 40degree weather in Flip flops Me not so much lol.... So me and our new friend Mr. Toronto made it about half way and stopped and rested. We met some real nice aussie ladies whom we hung around from time to time.... After climbin the Volcano we boarded the boat once again and headed over to some natural hot springs... We dove off the ship both shan and I loosing our bottoms around our ankles lol.... we swam about 100meters to the natural springs which were caused from the sulfur in the volcano.... It was really nice except when you touched the bottom it was slimy and it tasted like "shit"... After that we swam back and headed to another little island for lunch and we just hung around the boat because it was to HOT.... Shan and I tried to have a little seista on the boat but it did not work out so well....
After that we headed to a little palce calle Oia(shan and I are convinced that this is where they shoot the movie "sister hood and the travelling pants" lol) We first ported their we were given the option to ride up on Donkeys or walk the stairs and we choose to walk... OMFG yes these were the stairs from "hell" literaly they were never ending stairs and the were the most incline stairs i have ever seen... It took us at least 20mins to climbs these!( Shan and I are coming home with the best butts and great legs from all this up hill shit lol) But when we managed to get to the top it was HEAVEN.... The views from this point are unreal.... Not enough words to describe what we saw. At the top of Oia is one of the worlds most famous sun sets in the world, we found a cute little resturant with a balcony terrace named"Sunsets". We sat their for 2hrs with Mr. Toronto,to watch the sun desend behinde one of the smaller islands. Their were hundreds of people filling the streests to watch the sunset. There are not enough words to describe the views of the sun melting into the mediterranian sea.
Then we took a half an hour bus ride back to our hostel and took showers to get the sulfur off our bodies and were out my 10pm,one of our late3 nights lol....
Today is our lazy day with no real plans,except for doing our laundry which was very intresting but funny at the same time. Later this evening we will be heading back over to Kamari beach to go have a wine and cheese(suprising hey) with Mr. Toronto!
Talk to you all soon Luv yaxoxo
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