AAVE Trip BLOG » Italy & Greece #2 - Mediterranean Adventure!
August 5, 2008
Italy & Greece #2 - Mediterranean Adventure!
Posted by AAVE Leader in : General AAVE Trip BLOG, Italy & Greece , trackback
Hello Abbott, family and friends back home,
About a week ago we arrived in a quaint Greek town named Vassiliki on the beautiful island Lefkada. In the next week we learned many different water sports in the mornings and explored Vassiliki in the afternoons. On the first day of water sports we learned how to scuba dive. While some to us were new to breathing under water others were already experts. After practicing scuba techniques in the pool we set off to explore the Ionean sea underwater.
Then we explored the seaside towns and came upon our soon to be favorite café with comfy Lime Green sofas that overlook the breathtaking scenery.
After sleeping outside under the stars we woke up bright and early to learn how to windsurf. By the end of the first our lesson we had all mastered the basic techniques of windsurfing. Later, after the winds picked up, some of us went back out on the board while others played an exciting game of beach volleyball. Next on the agenda was sea kayaking! We spent this day traveling by sea kayak to many small beaches where we rested our arms lounged by the water, and playing water games.
Although we loved the day out at sea we were all looking forward to our second day of scuba diving. Our scuba instructors took us out to another secluded beach where we split up into two scuba groups. While one group was exploring deep sea caves and schools of fish the other group learned how to eat a sea urchin!
Today we were supposed to go mountain biking but we all wanted to spend another day out at sea and so instead we went on a catamaran and sailed along the shores. Our British sailing instructors though it would be funny to flip our boat sideways so a bunch of us fell in the water!
Every day after our exhilarating lessons in water sports we went back to our campsite to take much needed showers and then walked along the beach to our favorite café. At the café we enjoyed delicious food while our Greek guide thought us Greek words such as “efcharisto” and “kalimera”.
So far it has been an awesome thrilling week on the Greek island of Lefkada!
Tomorrow we’ll start traveling again in the direction of Italia!!!
Loving the AAVE life on the Mediterranean Sea
Summer Sailing
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