Hi well here I am in Mykonos in the Greek Islands. Its strange to think I’ve been away from home for over 2 weeks now. Time is just flying by. Apologies for my lack of updates lately, I do try to find internet cafe whereever I go its just by the time I put my photos up for my folks and friends to check out, check email, check Facebook there just isn’t much time left!

I have 15 minutes here now so I’m quickly going to give you an update what I have been doing since I arrived in London on the 21st Aug. Spent 2 nights in London then took bus to Oxford to meet Ben. Stayed at the YHA Oxford for 1 night then me and Ben took a train to Edinburgh.

Scotland was just amazing. I loved it. We happened to come when the Fringe Festival was on, caught the last 2 days and the vibe was just so cool. Everyone was just happy and friendly. Food was shit like in England but I’m trying to keep healthy by buying eating fruit regularly and I drink a lot of water (bottled because usually I don’t like the taste of tap water and I am a bit worried about how safe it is to drink)

So we spent 4 days away in Scotland. Spent a day sight seeing in Edinburgh with a cool Canadian guide. It was a tour system where the tour is actually free and you just tip the guide at the end, depending how good you think he conducted the tour. My Canadian guide was hillarious and had very good knowledge of Scotland so I gave him 7 pounds. Ben spent the day in Glaslow looking at random soccer stadiums…go figure. Its Ben lol

The next day we took a bus tour through the Highlands and the Lochs. Took a few hrs to reach Lochness and it was raining of course. But it was so beautiful. We took a boat cruise on the loch…no lochness monsters unfortunately. Ben was so disapointed. By the way if you ever come to Lochness you will see ‘hairy coos’….that is hairy cows for us non Scottish. They have a famous hairy coo called Hamish. Ah he was just beautiful and gentle.

Took the train back to Oxford from Edinburgh on the Wednesday and I spent 2 more nights in Oxford. On Friday I took a bus from Oxford to Gatwick and flew to Athens. Arrived about 9.30pm and got a taxi to the Athens backpackers hostel. There was a lot of partying going on there but I went to sleep coz I had to wake up at 5.30am(!) the next morning to catch my ferry to Mykonos.

I’m really loving being part of this Busabout tour through the Greek Islands. Our guide is cool. His name is John and he’s from Perth. I think he said he was 26. I’ve met lots of cool Aussies, Kiwis, Canadians, Londoners.  We’ve been spending the days at the beach and nights at the bar. Lots of fun

Well my time is about to run out and I also need to get ready to leave for our next island which is Santorini. We spend 2 days in each. Going to Mykonos, Santorini, Paros and Ios. Ios is supposed to be party hard place so I’ll let you know about that soon!!!

I’m starting to miss everyone but having a great time. Look forward to talking to you soon

Love Vanessa (who is very tanned and also bit hungover today!)

xxx