greeeeeeece.

Bored of studying finance + REALLY tanned from greece + urge to update blog, hence my new entry after so long:

Only just returned from a 6 hour journey from greece near midnight, had a few hours of sleep, met chelsi in the morning to send her off in berlin, shopped around in delhaize, and then headed back to my reclusive hole to work on "Bond prices and Bond yields". Watched a bit of slow streaming korean drama (Queen of Housewives), and now contemplating whether to jog around the lake or listen to music and blog.

Cant believe it. Greece was my last holiday and destination of SEP!! And it was utterly amazing. The heat was blazing for every day that we were there, so now i'm as dark as a herbal chicken. It's amazing that i'm not burnt, and i'm thankful for it! (: Ok, so onwards is our journey in Greece. We had such an amazing time on the plane: yes, we sat on swiss air, SWISS AIR!!! (it was expensive, but the cheapest alternative) and wow we got snacks and drinks and we were like totally "OOHing" and "AAHing" after many months of enduring ryanair flights. Brilliant start to our trip.

And so, we landed in Athens, and embraced the heat (35 degrees), a drastic change from LLN's 20 degrees with chilly breezes. We decided to scout around the port for the first day, and then headed over to the city centre on the second day. We stumbled upon Athen's flea market and bought a few keychains here and chatted with the shopowner who was in his 60s and actually sailed to Singapore when he was a teenager. It was pretty cool, and he was nice, cuz he gave us each a "greeky" necklace for free, as a souvenir, cuz we were, as in his own words"too beautiful".

Athen's famous flea market

Lunch: Moussaka - yummylicious (:

The purple flowers cascading onto the floor was gorgeous (:

Journey on to Santorini on a 7 hour cruise, it was nearly excruciating because I had a minor scare with my duffel bag, the zipper totally flew off! I was nearing despair, but thank goodness xiuli fixed it for me (: hehe. This picture was taken on the deck when we were scouting around the ship cuz we were too bored.

Yeah, and we managed to catch the sunset too. Of course, my pictures wont do it justice.

Day Three: Santorini, Perissa

Vulchida Beach - black sand.

HAIYAH!

Us in our rented car for only 25€! Haha we took turns driving. The aircon was amazing (: And who ever thought you'll get a car with only a quarter of a tank full?

Oia: land of whites and blues.

Sunset in Oia. Haha we spent a bomb sitting in one of the restaurants just to watch the famed sunset in Ia. But it was well spent, cuz we ate for like nearly 2 hours and entertained ourselves throughout the whole sunset. The food was only so-so. But the experience was amazing (:

More of the after-sunset shots featuring the ever famous windmills. wheee. really really pretty.

Moonlight reflecting on the seawater: doesn't it look eerily like a scene from a scary show? I love the effect.

The next day at Perissa Beach. We stayed at Anny Studios Perissa Beach, which was rated the best hostel/hotel on hostelbookers. And I could see why, 'cuz the service was good. Only think I dont understand about Greece shower system is that 1) No shower curtain; 2) Tiny enclosure for you to shower, effectively wetting the whole toilet. And only in the islands did we have salty water. So, we had to survive on mineral water throughout the whole trip.

Our pathetic bunk cabins on the 1st night in mykonos. reminded me of OBS and camps. my ants were crawling with ants and there were insects darting in and out of our cabin as our door couldnt close tightly. Also, water was FREEZING COLD. Thank goodness they had a "bunalow" to squeeze in 4 people so all we had to pay was an extra 8€ for our own ensuite: WITH an aircon (lifesaver) and hot water.

We stayed in Paradise Beach, which is apparently the most famous beach in Mykonos 'cuz of the nightlife. And on the first night, there was a full moon party and here is a glimpse of the moon making its first appearance into the night. At first, we thought it was a parachute but then we realized it was the moon. Sheepish.

This house is lovely. Love the shade of green (one of my favorites) - it's hard to find such a nice shade on a house! <3

Little Venice on Mykonos! (:

Walking through the city centre of Mykonos. It's really very quaint and nice to walk down!

ACK! Apparently there's a famous legend behind this pelican. It was wondering alone near the Little Venice area and in this shot, he is flying down so that he could drink water from the tap which is below from where he is perched.

Braving through the heat, we decided to walk from Mykonos town centre to the new port... ... BAD IDEA. we were so repulsed by the heat after 4 days of soaking in the sun, that we had to take constant rests on benches along the side road. Xingyan & I tried to hitchike, to no avail. Boohoo. :(