May 1, the International Workers’ Day, fell on a Monday this year which is why we went to İzmir for the long weekend. To get there we just had to catch the ferry from Chios to Çeşme which takes around 40 minutes and then take a bus to İzmir. However, […]
Monthly Archives: September 2017
416 posts
A good reason to travel? A bank holiday of course. On February 27th 2017 the Greeks celebrated Clean Monday and we got the chance to go somewhere for three days. Well, we decided to pay Lesvos a visit, an island north of Chios. The idea and the planning was very […]
As we had exceptionally good weather this year in the end of November, we took the boat out for a final trip. We visited a group of islands not very far from Chios called Inousses. It took us around two hours to get there but we also had a little […]
The day before one of the biggest Sailing races of Chios in July 2011 we went to the sailing boat of the project, to prepare it for the next day. We put out all the unnecessary stuff and fixed the sails. On the next day we packed all the things […]
On our Easter trip in April we also went to the popular island Mykonos. The arrival was kind of complicated in the beginning. Before we started the trip we looked up the way from the port to our Hostel, but unfortunately we looked it up from the wrong port… So […]
The Aegean Regatta is one of the biggest annual sailing races in Greece and takes place in August. During one week there are several sailing races from island to island in different parts of the Aegean sea which vary every year. Usually around 100 boats participate in different categories containing […]
Since we can even see the Turkish coast from our house we were really curious about this country and decided to spend one week of our Easter vacation there. On Sunday after the Rocket War we quickly packed our backpacks and got on the evening ferry to Çeşme which took […]
During the winter season the organisation’s sailing boat is kept in a harbour in the North of the island, outside of the water. There, we have the possibility to maintain the boat and to prepare it for the coming sailing season, which lasts usually from spring to autumn. The first […]
On a Monday morning, three volunteers of our group started a trip to the beautiful and outstanding island Syros by taking a ferry from Chios Port. We arrived after 9 hours at a nice port, which was bigger than expected. Syros is smaller than Chios, but has a bigger and […]
Next to Chios island in the North part of the Aegean Sea you can find the little island Fourni, we would like to introduce to you this charming little place. A welcoming and cheerful port area, beaches, and traditional Greek tavernas sum up what you can expect on Fourni. Believe […]
Samos island is next to the Asia Minor coast, from which it is separated by only 1.6-kilometres. This island is also an exception in the Aegean Sea because it is green and with lots of vegetation. The most important places, except for the capital Vathy in the northeast, are: Karlovasi […]
It was completely unexpected!! One day we got to know that we will have 3 days free, and had the possibility to go to the island of Lesvos!! Everything was happening so quickly and the most of our decisions were spontaneous. And this fact made our trip an unforgettable adventure! […]