Napoli, Athena and the glorious Greek Islands

First and foremost, we have fixed the comment section of the site so you can post without logging in or having an account. Let us know if any of you still have issues.

Secondly... ahhhh greece. We have made it from beautiful Roma, down the amalfi coast to Napoli (naples for you westerners :p) and in spite of being in the middle of a garbage strike it was a wonderful experience. We ate delicious world famous pizza, stayed in a very unique and friendly hostel and saw both pompei and Mnt. Vesuvius. After that we flew to Athens from Bari and had a much smoother flight that the one to Roma, which means I (Jacob) may be able to convince Claire to get on the plane and come home in a few weeks.


Athens wasn't nearly as dirty as people had described it, though our hostel had some disgusting flora fauna and other residents. We only stayed there for one night, but made the best of it with a six hour walking tour of Athens that included the Acropolis, the old ruins, the 1890 Olympic Stadium and a few other tidbits.


Finally, we took a ferry over to the island Aegina for 6 nights which is absolutely gorgeous... Between the mountains and the Ocean and the white and blue buildings, sand beaches, 30 degree weather, we are just loving it here!!!! And we learned how salty the mediterainian sea is!! Keep your mouth closed :)

Anyhow, we're thinking of you all and hope that you are keeping well.
Bye for now,
Jacob and Claire :)


(p.s. Claire likes napping ... a lot :p)