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Athens & Santorini, Greece 🇬🇷
A bit of a travel day today. Got up at dawn so we could be at the Acropolis/Parthenon when it opened. Smart. By the time we left, it was well on its way to becoming…
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Athens, Greece 🇬🇷
Athens today. After spending an entire day walking around this city, I can tell you that Athens translates loosely to, “City of Excessive Graffiti”. I doubt there’s a single can of spray paint left in…
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Corinth, Greece 🇬🇷
Cruised back to Athens this morning. Lesson: It’s bad idea to put eyeliner on while the boat is underway through rough water. I look like a 5 year old did my makeup. My seasickness patch…
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Korakia & Portokheli, Greece 🇬🇷
My new favorite (and I’ve already had many) Greek food is Bougatsa. It’s a traditional food from the region of Thessaloniki. It’s a sweet, custard-like phyllo pie with cinnamon. Ate more than I should have.…
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Tolos & Nafplio, Greece 🇬🇷
This morning, we tied up on the island of Tolos, which has stunning, protected cove. Oh look, a cave. With water. Goodie. My basic position on caves is: never. I don’t have a good track…
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Hydra & Spetses, Greece 🇬🇷
According to our captain, there are about 6,000 islands in Greece. 2,500 of them are inhabited. Cruised by the island of Hydra. No relation to Marvel Comics. There are no cars allowed on the island.…
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Piraeus & Poros, Greece 🇬🇷
First: Took some bootleg Ambien on the plane last night. Thought I might be immune to it at first, but it finally did its thing. Sort of. Slept about 4 hours, which is a really…
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Venice, Italy 🇮🇹
Disembarkation from the cruise ship was an absolute cluster. People everywhere. Lines, lines, more lines. No one seemed to know which line to stand in, or why. Taxis and vans were not allowed in port…
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Dubrovnik, Croatia 🇭🇷
Ship docked in Dubrovnik at 7am. Didn’t have to tender – yaaay!! Grabbed a taxi and headed to the old town. Quite a bit of Game of Thrones was filmed in Old Dubrovnik. You can…
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The Ionian Sea 🌊
We’re all still upset we didn’t get to go to Fanis’ party. We really wanted to break plates. More breakfast singing. This time: “If you’re happy and you know it, wash your hands.” The Ionian…
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Mykonos, Greece 🇬🇷
We loved Mykonos! No funicular, no switchbacks, no donkeys. No donkey shit. Still had to tender ashore. Still don’t like that process. Grabbed another delicious Greek coffee. Did some shopping. Took another 7,827 pictures of…
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Santorni, Greece 🇬🇷
Everyone has decided that tendering off the ship (going from big boat to little boat to go ashore) has jumped the shark. We’re over it. Santorini is one of those places that always looks perfect…