In light of being deemed an "essential employee" during the government shutdown, I started day dreaming about taking a vacation.
Did you see the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"? Well, this was our "Big Fat Greek Vacation!". We had a blast!
In 2009, my sisters (all 4 of us), my sister in law, her sister and my brother's girlfriend at the time all went on an All Girl's Trip to Greece. We spent 10-days together and it was a memorable 10-days.
We visited Mykonos, Santorini & Athens. I look back and smile at how young we all looked and how much fun we all had.
I wish we could plan another trip like this again.
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| Arriving on the Island of Mykonos. All smiles. I almost missed my connecting flight because the gate was changed and no official announcement was made! |
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| Mykonos! Beautiful place! |
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| View from our hotel. Yup...there was a beach right there. We woke up to this view 3 mornings in a row. LOVED IT! |
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| The architecture was just amazing. Everything looked so pretty. |
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| Ouzo. A traditional greek drink. Let's just say, we had a few :-). |
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| The crew. Sisters by birth, by marriage and by friendship. |
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| Not a bare feet beach gal. I wore my flip flops EVERYWHERE! |
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| After a day of shopping and feasting on gelatos! |
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| We went to this place so many times for refreshments, the guy wanted to take a picture with us. Everytime we went there, he'd say "my ladies...all my ladies...come sit come sit" |
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| Climb every mountain!!! A once active volcano. |
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| I made it to the top!!! |
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| I actually rode a donkey! THAT was a first for me. Not sure I'd do it again. The hills were STEEEEEPPPPPP!!! |
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| But I made it to the top. All smiles. Finally off that donkey! |
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| Well worth it to get to the top. We had dinner at this restaurant. Isn't that view spectacular? |
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| Sunset while eating. |
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| Heading out on our first Catamaran adventure. It was beautiful. |
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| Visiting some wineries. |
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| We actually swam here. The salt water concentration was so high that for days, I had salt caked in my hair! |
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| Temple at Athens! |
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| Me and my little sis. |
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| Ruins in Athens |
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| Yup...we walked around to the top. We were quite adventurous. |
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| It was an amazing day visiting the ruins |
Have you ever been to Greece? If so, did you enjoy it? What was your favorite thing to do while there?
I loved the gyros! I still have not been able to find any place that makes it as good as the ones we had in Greece.
What beautiful photos! I'm glad you had a great trip. Thank you for sharing! I've been obsessed with wanting to travel to Greece for a few years now, and you have further ignited my passion! :) Mmmm gyros!!! Gotta love lamb meat!
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful Country and I think you would enjoy it!
DeleteI wish we had authentic greek places here. I LOVED the food :-)
Gyros are one of my favorite foods! I have been on the hunt to find a grocer that sells the meat so I can make them at home, but have yet to find one :( Anyway Greek is on my list of top 5 places I want to visit before I hit 40! The Greek islands are so darn pretty. I fell in love with them after I watched the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
ReplyDeleteMe too! :-). Oh you and Jonathan have to plan a visit there. You'll love it. It is so beautiful and looks exactly like the movies.
DeleteWhat a great post J. You are such a world traveler, we are so similar :). I went to Greece 3 years ago when I was pregnant with my Tman, loved it. We didn't get to do the Islands so I am definitely going back. I want to go to Santorini so badly.
ReplyDeleteLooks like an awesome trip though. Love love the pics
Yup yup! I realized I never posted pics from past travels so I am getting to that now. I enjoy it so much! I wish I could go every other month but things have certainly changed with kids. I am looking forward to when I hit the mega-millions so I can travel whenever. Of course, I have to start buying lotto tickets first :-).
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