So I'm in Santorini now, it's rad.  

I really liked Athens, I did all of the Akropolis/Agora in the first day. It is so hot. So, so hot. Like, I bought SPF50 sunscreen and never stopped sweating when I was outside.

There was a good atmosphere there though, a lot of restaurants and markets and things to look at. It's a pretty run down city though. I mean, Greece isn't 3rd world, but it's not 1st world either. 2nd world? Like, graffiti everywhere, a lot of streets/ alleys with just everything boarded up and a lot of poor people.

All the cats were really skinny which is sad, but I saw similar things to that in Portugal.

I really loved the Hostel I was at in Greece. If you subscribe to my snapchat, there were quite a few awesome snaps from the roof. They had a rooftop patio, you could see the Akropolis and it was lovely decorated and had fairy lights and in the evenings, people would come up to drink and meet up and chat. That's how I met the people that I really became friends with. On the 2nd night, I chatted for a few hours with a NZ woman and a Canadian guy and we all got dinner together that night. Then after that I met a bunch of Australian guys that were very chill. On the third night I went out to dinner by myself and ended up introducing myself to an Australian family (like 8 of them, with kids) and they invited me to join them and I got a full Greek salad and when they got 2 bottles ( little bottles because it's a shot, not like real wine) of honey wine, they made me do it with them. It smelt like hot cross buns and it was hot. I think that's what mead is. So I had a few shot glasses full of that, and then they left me the bottle so I had about 5 or 6. Then the Australian guys in my room invited me up to the roof, so I went and hung out with them for a few more hours and then went to bed. Because I had to catch a ferry at 7:25 the next morning, I only got about 3 hours sleep, but one of the other guys also had to get a ferry at 7, so we left together in the morning.

I was well prepared, I'd trip advisored this shit intensely. So after 3 days, I definitely knew where the Station was and everything, and it was 1.40 euros for a ticket and it was about 20 minutes away. We got there about 6am, and then I had to get my ticket for the ferry. I already had reserved it, but I had to check in / exchange my booking number for a ticket, and then the ferry was right there, the closest one, and I was on over an hour early, so I got a seat next to a window with a power point. Basically, I was set for the next 8 hours.

The ferry wasn't what I was expecting at all. I was expecting some little rinky dink thing, but it was basically a cruise ship. Very cool.

Then I was in Santorini! Hurrah!

I've made a good group of friends here, last night we drank wine from plastic bottles on the beach, one of them got with another guy and pretty much were having sex in the shallow water. I saw a lot of ass cos those pants were definitely both around their ankles. But it was funny and the guys were so nice. The people in my group are all from the States, three travelling together, one girl and two guys, both of whom are gay. Which is disappointing, one is so pretty, like, dark features and blue eyes, and the other is huge, like 6'4 and a swimmer so that type of body. And both are really fun and we get along great. To clarify, while it was the pretty one who was having sex in the water, it wasn't with the other guy in my group, they're best friends. We met two other guys who drank with us and one of them was gay as well.

Today I had breakfast by myself, but ran into the guys afterwards sunbaking. Our hostel is literally 30 metres from Perissa Beach, which is 5 km long and has black sand which is so hot on your feet, it's insane. My poor feet are so sensitive, I had to buy new thongs and I think I'm going to just wear them right to the waters edge and leave them there, so I don't have to do another agonising sprint to and from.

I think my next two days will be busier, since I did have quite a few plans of things I wanted to do, including a day trip out to the volcano and a long hike.We 'll have to see what happens!

PS I'm really sorry Ratchet, I both blocked AND deleted your comment. Fucking translating everything into Greek, I have no idea what I'm clicking. But I'm in Greece until the 22nd, when I fly out to Rome and the Naples, Dubrovnik, Paris, Frankfurt, Hamburg and then Paris and Frankfurt again. I'm not going back to England, so I fly back to Aus on the 22nd of July :) I was really anxious to be alone but now I've realised how easy it is to make friends, travelling alone isn't as intimidating or lonely. It's just independent, if that makes sense, because no one else gets to decide in the end what I do, though they can still have influence. Which is great for me :)

After I finish Italy, I met Mia in Dubrovnik. She flies in the evening of the 29th, when I am catching a ferry from Bari overnight to meet her the next morning on the 30th. We travel together until the 15th :)