Greece – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Fri, 01 Feb 2019 03:45:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 My Travelversary: Year Four https://www.alexinwanderland.com/four-years-of-travel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=four-years-of-travel https://www.alexinwanderland.com/four-years-of-travel/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=35684 June is a pretty big month around these parts — the 9th (yup, this post is a tad late, what else is new) marked four whole years in Wanderland. Four years since the day I took off from New York on a one-way ticket. Fourty-eight months since alexinwanderland.com went live. One thousand, four hundred and sixty […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/four-years-of-travel/feed/ 104 The Great Escape: Month 39 and 40 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-38-and-39-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-escape-month-38-and-39-roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-38-and-39-roundup/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:33:07 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=33421 My hectic summer reached a fever pitch in Month 39. Two whirlwind final weeks in Greece capped off Europe, which had followed an action packed few months of traipsing the USA — and as amazing as that whole period of travel chaos was, upon reflection it  pushed me right to the brink of burnout. I’d had […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-38-and-39-roundup/feed/ 52 Holy Wow! The Monasteries of Meteora https://www.alexinwanderland.com/viator-meteora-tour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viator-meteora-tour https://www.alexinwanderland.com/viator-meteora-tour/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:15:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32770 Jaw-dropping. It’s a descriptor I’ve had multiple writing professors warn me against. And I understand why. It’s cliche, and it’s more or less meaningless considering how often it’s used to describe something that barely elicits a jowl droop. But what about those times your mouth actually does fall open in awe at the sight of what […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/viator-meteora-tour/feed/ 79 The Great Escape: Month 38 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/great-escape-month-38-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-escape-month-38-roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/great-escape-month-38-roundup/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2014 21:58:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32769 After four months of sidelining my passport, Month 38 put me back abroad again. My time stateside was somewhat stressful — I was forced to majorly transition how I monetize this site, I dealt with some surprise financial blows and I had some personal and family stuff going on in there too. I didn’t feel prepared […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/great-escape-month-38-roundup/feed/ 52 Delving into Delphi https://www.alexinwanderland.com/delphi-greece/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=delphi-greece https://www.alexinwanderland.com/delphi-greece/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32571 I can’t quite recall when or where I first spotted a photo of the mystery-shrouded, clifftop monasteries of Meteora. But I do know that ever since the moment when that image first entered my brain, I became obsessed with seeing it not through a screen but with my own eyes. After a few days in Athens […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/delphi-greece/feed/ 55 Ahoy! Sailing the High Seas of the Aegean https://www.alexinwanderland.com/contiki-ios-sailing-trip/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contiki-ios-sailing-trip https://www.alexinwanderland.com/contiki-ios-sailing-trip/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32654 So this whole group travel thing — it genuinely took me by surprise. I didn’t expect how much I’d love getting to know my fellow Contikiers in Mykonos, how I’d love rediscovering Santorini with them, or how much fun my new friends and I would have raging and recovering in Ios. I couldn’t have anticipated how […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/contiki-ios-sailing-trip/feed/ 32 Ios After Dark https://www.alexinwanderland.com/nightlife-in-ios/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightlife-in-ios https://www.alexinwanderland.com/nightlife-in-ios/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32730 Ios is an island that comes to life after dark. I mean, the beachfront daylight hours are fairly epic themselves. But people don’t really come to Ios for the paddleboarding. It’s a nice distraction from the hangovers, sure. But for the most part, backpackers flock to Ios for one undeniable reason — to get their debauchery […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/nightlife-in-ios/feed/ 46 Falling For Far Out Beach Club https://www.alexinwanderland.com/far-out-beach-club-ios/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=far-out-beach-club-ios https://www.alexinwanderland.com/far-out-beach-club-ios/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32477 Mykonos was a Vegas-style blowout. Santorini was a peaceful retreat. But Ios may have been the stop I was most looking forward to on my Contiki Greek island tour. The island is a notorious stop on the world’s backpacker party circuit — sun and fun enthusiasts flock there every summer, lured by the promise of cheap […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/far-out-beach-club-ios/feed/ 47 Swinging Back Through Santorini https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-with-contiki/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=santorini-with-contiki https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-with-contiki/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32476 Pulling into the Santorini harbor felt like a warm hug from an old friend. We were in rough shape after the carnage that was Mykonos — I pretty much feel that this snap from the ferry says it all. I knew we’d come to the right place to recover. I’d already spent five blissful days here […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santorini-with-contiki/feed/ 28 Causing Mayhem on Mykonos https://www.alexinwanderland.com/mykonos-with-contiki/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mykonos-with-contiki https://www.alexinwanderland.com/mykonos-with-contiki/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:30:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=32179 I couldn’t help but let out an involuntary whoop as Mykonos appeared on the horizon. Despite the fact that it was already day three of my Contiki tour, it felt like the trip was really just beginning. Most of my time in Athens has been spent buried in work, running frantic errands, and attempting to get […]
 
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