Mom, Serena and myself went on vacation for over two weeks in scorcho weather, good food, fresh squeezed orange juice, thousands of cats, lovely locals touching my head, friends and family, fantastic wedding, late flights, ferries, rented cars in the speed of light, four islands, too much walking, sailing sun burns, colour coded beaches, cute churches, white houses, traditions, museums, ruins, impressive buses, efficient taxis…and more walking.
We started off with a 30 hour journey from Vancouver to Milos. Cute, local, amazing coast lines with a moon like beach, crystal blue water while sailing around the island…we couldn’t ask for more.
Next was popular Santorini which we reached by a late night ferry to my (NOT) favourite port. Impressive 5 star buses and fun car driving in small streets. From black and red beaches, to cave houses, busy town of Fira, melting while walking up to the volcano, meeting lovely Jola in majestic Oia for tourists with heavy wallets.
Of course midnight flight to Athens arriving to the hotel at 2am is perfect for a 7 year old. And the walking began: Acropolis Museum, Parthenon, Zeus Temple, Panathenaic Olympic Stadium (first in the world for international Olympics 1896), Socrates Prison, Plaka and more ruins.
Time for another ferry from my favourite (NOT) port to Aegina for THE Wedding of Serena‘s cousin Samantha and Jacob. What an experience of tradition, fun, lost in translation ceremony, ATV escort and finally beautiful married couple and late night Zorba dance with amazing guests.I even tried Ouzo. More ruins day after with spectacular Moni Island.
Back to Athens for more walking. This time with Jon and Chuk Chuk exploring Archaeological Museum, The Frogs – Ancient Greek Comedy at theatre of Herodes (hmmmm amazing theatre not sure about the show).
There was lots of laughter when I put on my jumper and shorts on a separate day and wore them backwards without knowing. Perfecting my Greek accent, learning words in Greek and Cantonese and teaching Polish to Serena. We made lots of funny faces in pictures and laughed super hard when we went back to the hotels to review them.
Time to say goodbye to amazing Greece with Gorgeous islands, Rich history, Warm people and all the cute cats. Sun Overdose.
