Greece

Calameri! Good morning in Greek.

Marcos and I had been talking about going to Greece ever since the two movies, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Mamma Mia came out. On Wednesday, November 11th during Marcos's lunch break, he had came home for lunch. The topic of Greece came up again and we said, lets just do it! So, that day during lunch we booked our trip to Greece. We bought the plane tickets first then the hotel. We weren't sure what we were going to do once we got there but we figured we would know once we got there. 10 days later (5 days after we bought Sophi), we flew to Athens.

We arrived in Athens on Saturday, November 22nd. We stayed at the Hotel Herodion http://www.herodion.gr/. It was fabulous! It was literally a block or two away from the most historical sites. Parethenon, Temple of Zeus and Plaka. We stayed there for three days. We did the "Athens by Night tour", which was something we could have done without. The next day we did the "Half a day Athens tour", which was perfect. The next day we did the "Cape Sounion Sunset tour", and it was fun. Our trip was kinda like backpacking. We didn't take taxi, and tried the metros and buses. On Tuesday morning we opted for the bus and checked out of our hotel at 1:30AM and caught the 1:45 bus to the airport. The bus ride was only 25mins (our hotel told us it was an hour drive that is why we left so early). We arrived at the airport at 2:10ish and waited there until our 6AM flight out to Santorini.

We arrived in Santorini, Greece on Tuesday the 25 of November. We stayed at the Dana Villas http://www.danavillas.net/. It was more than words can describe. We had booked the Traditional Suites with the shared balconies. That morning Peter who checked us in changed all that. He upgraded our room free of charge and put us in the Jr. Suites which had a private balcony and kitchen. Wow, it was amazing!

Santorini is known for its fabulous sunsets, however we did not experience of these while we were there. The only fabulous sunset I have ever seen was when I was visiting my best friend, Nicole, in Amarillo, Texas.