Greece

  • our homes away from home: the europe edition

    and as a follow-up to the asia accomodation recap, here is our recap from our european airbnb and hotels: barcelona: cost/night/person (in cad): $45 the thing that rocked: nothing.  we couldn’t wait to get out of there. the thing that…

  • Memorable Santorinians

    There are some pretty memorable characters from Santorini such as the host guy at this one restaurant that we pass by everyday. Joe made the rookie mistake of saying “next time” to him when we walked by him the first…

  • the lowdown on santorini sunsets: where to watch them

    i think a typical santorini itinerary for a day is a wedding shoot by day and sunset by night (somewhat joking) but the question we asked ourselves everyday was, where do we watch it from?  after spending a week on…

  • how we almost died in santorini

    our last atv trek was back in the philippines and took us down a fairly secluded dirt road to view some of the ‘chocolate hills’ up close and personal. in santorini, atvs are a dime a dozen.  everywhere you go…

  • santorini’s beaches: slumming it in the sun

    we heard that santorini didn’t have great beaches but we had to find out for ourselves and compare it to those of portugal and the philippines.  all of the ones below except for cape coloumbo were accessible by buses which…

  • weekly recap #19 – santorini, saranda & tirana

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. santorini (hotel, 4 nights, thira), saranda (hotel, 5 nights), tirana (hotel, 2 nights, skanderberg square) q. favourite meal a. limani in saranda.  we’ve had some good meals this week…

  • first 24 hours in santorini

    jojo: what do i like? -white buildings & blue seas – the pictures of this place don’t lie, it’s pretty impressive to look at -beaches and crystal clear water – different from our previous stops.  stopped by two beaches, a…

  • weekly recap #18 – copenhagen & santorini

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. copenhagen (airbnb, frederiksberg, 3 nights), santorini (hotel, thira, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. kapari in fira on santorini. we ended up at this place by chance. the three…