Greece

Well this is going to be a short blog, because frankly I did nothing productive in Greece. I arrived first in Athens and saw the Parthenon that night. Although the only reason I saw it was because the hostel’s rooftop bar had a good view of it.

Next I was headed to Ios, the biggest party island of Greece.

People party here every night and very late. I wasn't really in good condition to be here, given I was still suffering from stomach cramps from the food poisoning I got in India nearly 2 weeks before. I still managed a couple of big nights here. One bar I went to, when you order a shot, they give you a helmet, you drink the shot and then they hit you on the head with something. Completely ridiculous, but unique I guess.

Certainly the highlight was the Swedish Midsummer party though. I don’t know why it’s celebrated in Greece, but who cares. We arrived at something like 11am, which seemed reasonably early, but most people were already completely drunk by then.

The party started at a single bar, which was ridiculously overcrowded, but then moved to the Far Out Beach Club, which conveniently had a pool for lots of drunk people to swim in. It was a long, but fun day. I heard all sorts of crazy stories about what happened that day/night. I wasn’t involved Mum. Here’s a pic at the start of the day (courtesy of Victor!)

After that party, I was worn out, and in some ways happy to return back to the mainland. I had a day to kill in Athens before my flight to Budapest, so I went to the Parthenon museum and looked around for a bit. It was hot and I was too lazy and cheap to go see the  Parthenon first hand, so I took this really crappy picture from a long way away:

Summary

Awesome:

Partying

Craptacular:

Realising I'm too old to party this hard

What's Next

Budapest. Even heavier partying.