First thing I have to say: Take a day in between the night you fly back and going back to work. I had never experienced jet lag before, and thought that 8 hours was going to be a peanut; but I was wrong. I got so very sick when I landed in Greece, but the return to Canada was pretty brutal too. Felt like it took me a week to get a sleeping pattern somewhat decent. But it was so so worth it, I didn't care too much.
The trip itself was the experience of a lifetime, emotional at times, and something I will never forget. It changed me. I don't care if it's Cliché, it did. Greece and all it's history and Temples had been something I had dreamed about all my life, and to be able to set foot there, it's hard to explain. It woke something in me. Of course, now I have the travel bug and will have many more adventures, but Greece was my first love, it will always hold a special place in my heart. You can never forget your first ;)
As for the Contiki part of it. It is certainly not for everyone. I liked it, for a single female travelling by herself, it offered the perfect atmosphere. I love the idea of travelling alone but meeting 40 + new friends. It is well-enough organized, even though I thought the cruise part of it was lacking. My real disappointment was about the tour separating after Athens, not staying with the same group the whole time. But that's how it goes, a lot of smaller tours merge together or go their own way. (Every other Contiki I've taken have turned out like that as well...)
Would I do a Contiki again? Hell yes. (Actually, I have gone on 2 more since Greece, and still loving it!)
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