Travel

Our day in Oia was one of the most memorable days of our trip to Greece. We woke up to a gorgeous blue sky, quickly had breakfast and headed off to the bus station to go to Oia.

Oia was breathtaking.

We had the most AMAZING lunch – the view was incredible!

I so wanted to be this girl reading on the ledge!

After lunch we went on to explore, shop and then made our way down to the shore to swim.

This was the same dock where Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was filmed:)

After a few hundred pictures, we rode donkeys to the top and had a sunset dinner.

The dessert was to die for. I can’t even explain to you how creamy this pistachio delight was.

While we waited for the sun to set, Rob sipped on a cappuccino and I wrote in my travel journal:

And the rest was history!

Hopefully I didn’t overwhelm you with too many pictures! I have so much more to share. Stay tuned!

I’m so excited to share Santorini with you! We spent the last 3 days of our Greece vacation on this volcanic island and really lived it up. Ever since watching The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, I’ve always wanted to travel here. Guess you could say we saved the best for last!

Day 1 was getting there, checking in to our Villa, eating, seeing Fira and relaxing.

Five hours on the ferry…

..made us thankful to get to our Villa and be greeted with a glass of fresh orange juice.

The view from our Villa:

These Villas were wonderful. The staff was incredibly friendly, taxied us to and from the port and offered to help us book tours, gave us complimentary drinks and served us breakfast by the pool.

Next we headed into Fira for some more Greek food!

The view from Thira was AMAZING. However, I’m realizing now that I needed to have cleaned my lens more, hahaha.

We went back to our Villa to spend the afternoon by the pool.

That night we sat on the patio and watched the sun go down, snacked and went to bed early.

So much more to come!!!!

The second portion of our European adventure was spent in Greece – the first two days being in Athens. We originally only had one day planned, but failed to book our ferry to Santorini early, so we ended up staying two nights in Athens. Truthfully, we would have been fine with just one day, but oh-well. The first thing we noticed was that the transportation was MUCH easier to understand than in Italy and mostly everyone spoke English. Such a relief!

Athens was HUMONGOUS!

Upon our arrival we settled in to our hostel – Pella Inn.

Aside from the uncomfortable bed, out of suite bathrooms and travelers partying into the night, it was rather nice. The view from the rooftop patio was amazing:

We then set off for lunch at the Restaurant Steps (a string of delicious restaurants along this particular alley of steps) and the Acropolis.

We ended the day with some Mythos on the roof top to watch the sunset.

The 2nd day we woke up and toured Ancient Agora and Plaka.

Then when we found out we had overlooked the ferry times, we spent two hours booking our tickets for the next morning and I was at the verge of tears. Thankfully it was nothing a little McDonald’s couldn’t solve.

Then I still needed some cheering up, so we went to Chocolate street for… chocolate! I had to buy this little guy – it was an owl! And it was DELICIOUS.

That night our hostel was hosting a barbecue so we ate (AGAIN), mingled, and Facebooked.

This was the girl who worked every day we were there. She was sooooo nice! She kept giving us free shots of Oyzo! Tasted like black licorice.

She looks like she could be the daughter of Denzel Washington. Right?

Overall, Athens was pretty rad. I found some great buys for my friends, we saw the ruins, and ate some delicious food. It was incredible to be in one of the oldest cities in the world!