Three & a bit days in Athens
Wednesday 27th We got up early on our last day in Giannitsochori and packed our stuff, leaving our tent behind for another volunteer to use as well as our sleeping mats. We said goodbye to… »
Volunteering with Archelon – a look back
Volunteering with Archelon was always most definitely Nikki's idea. Not that I didn't want to do it, I just didn't have any massive desire to do it. Our arrival to the campsite did nothing to… »
Goodbye Archelon!
This post is an absolute monster. It covers our last ten days at Archelon. It did also originally contain our time in Athens but that was just too long so we separated it out. Saturday… »
How many emotions can you feel in a fortnight?
This fortnight has been a crazy one, there's been so many ups and downs that it's been hard to process it all to try and commit it to memory. At least we're writing a few… »
No, I'm not Greek. I just have a tan.
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th The main feature of our week this week was our first wedding anniversary, for which we booked a night in a hotel in Kyparissia to have a proper bed and… »
You know it's hot when even the Greek volunteers are complaining
Our second week with Archelon sees us becoming more at home with camping in 40° heat and having a permanent dusting of sand over everything. The heat is tiring and the sand is irritating, but… »
Whose idea was it to go camping in Greece?
This is my first blog post, so I'm sorry if it doesn't read very well… If I'm honest I can't quite believe we're finally in Greece saving turtles, I've had this in the back… »