My friends, if there is anything i can say is in your lifetime you need to try something at a Greek bakery in Greece. OMG!!! AMazingness cannot even begin to describe it!
So once the planes landed we all met up together and searched out our hotel. We legit were in the ghettos of Athens... If only you could have seen what we saw. We finally found the place and hit up a cute bakery along our walk into town. I had the most delicious ham and cheese croissant i have ever tasted in my life. I could have ate a few more. We then wandered into town and found the Acropolis but were dissapointed when we couldn't enter in to go to the top where it was. It was still a beautiful sight from below. It is so weird seeing these things up close in person. I had never imagined seeing it unless it was through a book or something. Then it was time to put on our hiking boots. We climbed up a huge hill of rocks (Which is famoous for one of the Apostles speaking from). The view was astonishing. You could see everything. I sat and wrote some lyrics for a song and took in all of Gods beauty. It are times like these that are my favorite. it is nice to relax and think about life and how fortunate i am to be on an adventure like this. I truly am thankful for my family and friends.
We met this man named Apollo and ate at a Greek restaurant where i had a real GREEK Gyro... it was deilicious!!! The rest of the story is crazy... Ask me sometime about Apollo and i will tell you!
The next morning we were up at the crack of dawn and hit up that same bakery one more time. This time i had a chocolate croissant that melted in my mouth. it was like i was in heaven and helped me to forget that it was 6 am in the morning. We headed to the port to catch our 9 hour boat ride to Santorini. We figured we could see the beautiful scenary rather than taking a plane. True statement!! There were 4 dogs in the port and one of them was an older one with bad hips. it reminded me of our neighbors dog Sarah who visits all the time and is basically part of our family. Then i saw a man kick a dog and i LITERALLY yelled at him. It is so sad seeing these dogs at least some people were kind enough to acknowledge them. I took my Dramamine hoping it would knock me out for a few hours, but of course my wonderful Bronchitis cough would wake me up as soon as i was falling asleep and id have a coughing attack for about 5 minutes. Once wiping the water from my eyes and trying to take a deep breath i would ponder at the beautiful surroundings. I am so lucky to be here is what i thought.
We reached the island and were picked up by the owner of our bed and breakfast. We slowly made our way up the mountain. I had a little panick attack when the van was slowing down and making a sputtering noise..... i was sure we were going backwards. The hills were so steep!! The bed and breakfast was cute. We had a nice porch overlooking the land. One of my most memorable moments is us renting the four wheelers. Us three girls had our helmets on and cruised the island looking like 3 bad ass chicks. We rode down to Oia(the town where they taped "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" scenes) . OMG!! We looked up into the cliffs and saw so many cute greek looking houses, just like in the movie. It was so crazy!!!! I loved everything about this moment. Everything for once seemed perfect. We cruised back into town and ate at "Mamma's house" where i had a delicious garlic Pasta, then ended our evening with some delicious Greek Chocolate( Although i had a candy bar that tasted like 25 1/2 year old chalk-Boof).
The next morning we hit up the red and black beaches. There were not many people on the island especially around this time of the year but it was nice. it was nice to have peace and quiet and just drive our four wheelers instead of worrying about hitting someone or something. Because let me tell ya, those beasts could move. Anywho, sadly we had to return them. Also i forgot to mention the owner of the shop had the cutest pregnant cat. She jumped and sat right on my lap.. Gahd i love animals! Our hotel was nice as well, although i am not sure how much i like showers where i have to hold the shower head. I cannot just stand there and relax then. Its a European thing i guess, part of the experience. We scooted our way down the many steep hills to get back to shore to wait for the boat. I said my prayers before heading down. Once on the boat, round two of Dramamine and again FAIL. Let me tell you something else i got a rash on my legs somehow. Oh goody it was just another little treasure to add to my cough and lack of hearing from my left ear!! hhaha I do not mean to complain. I did love my time. It just would have been nice to not have all these various rompouses going on. Once off the fairy we missed our bus to the airport because we were waiting in the wrong place but then caught another one.
WOOOOHOOO another night in the airport.. I took all my cough medicines and pills and couldnt sleep. Next thing i know we landed in Zurich, Switzerland... haha I barely remember getting on the plane due to the lack of sleep and drowsiness from all the meds. I really am not a druggie! Any who we landed in Dublin and were soon back at home in the ghettos of good ole' Smith field.
Overall this trip was amazing. I traveled with amazing people and got to see 2 of my best friends. Who could ask for more??? Also i will never forget the night at a bar. We were eating there along with another family. They left and we didn't. Next thing you know the lights dimmed and it turned into another type of bar, hahaha... Ask me about that.
I Loved seeing all the ruins in person. I cannot believe this whole experience i had. Also during these 8 days we were on a plane, metro, train, subway, boat, 4 person bike and fourwheeler..... 7 different ways of transportation! I find that to be an accomplishment. My trip here will never be forgotten even the itchiness of the rash.
SO when your feeling the itch to experience something great my friends, hit up Italy and Greece. You cannot go wrong with the food, people, food, landmarks, food, beautiful scenary and food. Also, the Sisteen Chapel In Rome is an unforgetable experience that no one can even imagine until there in the building seeing all the beautiful paintings.
Note the picture with the toilet paper blowing in the air. Laura and i were both sick and took toilet paper rolls with us everywhere we went because you never know when your nose was going to decide to run. hahaha I will never forget this!!!
Remember, Tanya Sue Loves You!!!!
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