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 […]
Places Outside of Chios Island
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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 […]
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! […]
Just about 2 km north-east from Chios Island and about 8km west of Turkey, a group of 9 islands, Oinousses is located. It seems to have been named after the Greek word for wine “oinos” due to the existance of vineyards there. It is also known as Egnoussa from “agnos” […]
Each volunteer who works in our organization for half a year or more has two seminars in the program: the on-arrival seminar in the beginning of his or her EVS work and the mid-term seminar in the middle of the stay. The seminars are organized by the Greek National Agency […]
After the breakfast in the morning of Saturday, the 29th of September, we, three volunteers, decided to take the taxi and to go to Chios harbor, from where we left for our trip by ferry to Cesme. When we arrived at Cesme, our friend from Turkey was waiting for us. […]
Our island faces the Anatolian coast, so one day we decided to go to the place that we see from our kitchen window. After a short ferry trip (45 minutes), we stood on a different continent, while still seeing Chios on the horizon. There were so many places and things […]
It was Friday, the 19th of October 2012. Place: Chios City. Time: Morning. After visiting a famous local patisserie and drinking some cappuccino, I was ready to go on my solitary journey to the island of the Aegean Regatta 2012, the island of the petrified forests and the island of […]
Lesvos is the island of the famous ancient poet Sapho, for olive gardens and green forests. It is located close to our island, and is easy to reach by ferry. So in August we decided to visit this island and spent three days there. As we created a website about […]