greece lightning!

yaaaaaa we got to honeymoon in greece! it was awesome! so gorgeous and so much fun. we loved every second of it.

flying there was pretty crazy. about 18 hours of flight time. van to montreal. montreal to munich. and munich to athens. couple lay overs here and there. once we landed in athens we were baaaagged. so tired. we crashed at like 4:30 pm their time. which i think is like 9 hours ahead of vancouver. we got up at like 6 in the morn and went out for a walk. it was soooo nice out. and stayed that way pretty much the entire time. i think we had a total of 3 hours of cloud coverage the entire trip. we spent 3 days in athens, 3 in mykonos, and 3 more in athens. in athens we spent a lot time exploring downtown and chillin at cafes. we went to this amazing museum of the acropolis. it was so cool. so many old statues and stuff from ancient greece and greek mythology. i love that stuff. zues and the gods. heroes like perseus and acheillies. we also went up this mountain and checked out an ancient temple for athena and the parthenon. also. amazing.

we also spent a lot of time at the beaches. pretty much a different beach location everyday. our hotel was close to the coast so we would use the tram and subway system to get everywhere. or just walk. lots of the that. we then went to one of the islands close by called mykonos. it was sooo gorgeous there. all the buildings were white and layed out all cool. staggered amongst the hills. our hotel there was amazing. perfect view of the beach and water and surrounding buildings. we were definately sad to leave there.

a few more days back in athens. found the major shopping streets and a bunch more cool cafes and restaurants. again, sad to leave.. flying back was loooong. we flew on the first flight that air canada had ever done directly from greece to canada. i guess it was a big deal for their company but they could have used a better plane.. especially since it was 10 hours. our plane was definately from the mid 80's. crappy projector tv. and old seats. we were happy when that flight ended lol. landed in toronto, and then flew to montreal. which doesn't make sense but thats what expedia had us do. then montreal to van. again like 18 hours of flight time. zero lay over tho. we almost didn't make the flight to van from montreal. our plane was late landing so we ran to the next terminal and we were the absolute last people getting on. good thing we only had carry on luggage. liz suggested we travel that way and i was quite happy we did. we made that flight and made it home. started traveling at 12 athens time and came home around 11 vancouver time. felt good to be home tho.

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