With excitement we embarked on a another holiday to Greece. We both loved Greece from our first holiday there and we wanted to explore it again. This time we went to Kos, which is really close to the Turkish mainland. We had to be up at 2:30am to catch out flight. This is definitely the earliest we have had to be up to catch a flight. Never again! Luckily we managed some sleep on the flight. It was pretty neat leaving a rainy London knowing we were going to sunshine.
On arrival we checked into our hotel and then changed into swim wear and headed for: 1) somewhere to swim and 2) somewhere to get gyros for lunch (but not in that order). Our mission was successful and we even managed to book a boat trip to Bodrum for the very next day.
Another early start - so much for a relaxing holiday. Bodrum was lovely to walk around and I had fun bartering for goods in the markets. We shopped in the morning and in the afternoon we had a swim so on my third trip to Turkey I can now say I've swum in Turkish waters.
The next day we hired a little 4 wheel drive jeep to explore Kos Island. This was my favourite day of activities. We saw loads of little villages, visited Roman ruins at the asclepion, and walked up a big hill to see some castle ruins and eat a restaurant recommended by lonely planet. It was worth the hike up just for the views. To end the day of exploring we went off road to get to 'paradise beach'. The beach was fairly deserted and we had wine served in Styrofoam cups - very classy.
The most disappointing day was out 3 Island boat trip. The boat was pretty full and it was hard finding space to sunbath. Two of the stops were ok - I especially liked the sponge island of Kalymnos. The 3rd stop was just a swim stop by jumping off the boat and the water was freezing so I didn't swim. So we didn't visit 3 islands at all.
We spent a day exploring Kos town. It was a lot bigger than I thought. We went to castle ruins and a mini amphitheatre. In the afternoon we found a great restaurant on the beach that served us ice cold beers on the sun loungers. When we ordered food they told us to stay on the loungers and they will come and get us when the food is ready - was lovely food and such a relaxing afternoon.
On the last day we didn't venture too far from Kos. We took a bus trip to the thermal beach where hot water comes up from underground. We visited our favourite bar/restaurant for our last €2 beers and we had a mad dash back to the hotel to catch our airport transfer. We made it with 2 minutes to spare! It was a lovely holiday, but tinged with sadness as this was our last European holiday. Its time to move back home and 'settle down'.
