Athens
Our first day in Greece we explored downtown Athens. We walked around the Ancient Agora, and explored all the cute shops and stores in the Plaka. We had an amazing lunch with all kinds of yummy fried foods and tsatsiki. We spent a few hours exploring the treasures at the National Archaeological Museum, and then wandered around in the National Gardens.
August 28:
Santorini
We flew into Santorini and checked into our airport in Fira. The first day we spent most of our time exploring the adorable town of Oia (the town from "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"). It is an absolutely beautiful, adorable city. We had our best meal of the trip there at a small budget restaurant. The sunsets are renowned in Oia, so of course we journeyed to the Northern-most part of town to get a great view.
August 29:
We rented a scooter and drove to Ancient Thira to see the ruins of the ancient city. We had to drive our wussy scooter up this crazy steep switchback road...I can't believe we made it alive! After exploring Thira we took the scooter to Kamari beach and relaxed on the sand.
August 30:
We woke up super early and drove the scooter to Oia trying to get amazing sunrise pictures, but the haze was too thick so we didn't really get any great pictures. Then we took a ferry to Mykonos. We stayed at a hotel right near the beach, and the first night we had amazing Greek food right on the beach. I loved the food in Greece! Especially the gyros made with pork - YUM!
August 31 and September 1:
We spent all day on the beach tanning, napping and playing in the water. Quite relaxing. My only complaint was that magazines in English were like $15 and I had already read all the books I packed.
September 2:
We took a ferry back to Athens. The people we were staying with made a great birthday dinner and delicious birthday cake for Brendon. Happy 29th!
September 3:
We spent the day looking at the ancient sites in Athens again. The Parthenon was really great. I especially loved the Theatre of Dionysus...it had beautiful carvings and sculptures.
2 comments:
FANTASTIC!!!! I would love love love to go to Greece!!! What a place!!! What fun!!! I love hearing about all that you 2 did!!!!
I originally stopped in because of your Greece post, but also noticed that T is from CA, much like I am. I miss CA sometimes also, but for now I'm in Greece and looking to move on. Glad you two found each other and have been enjoying the journey together.
FYI. Merkley's is a possessive, meaning Merkley's ____ (something). Merkleys is plural, which is the way I believe you mean it since it's preceded by 'The.'
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