That’s a question we get all the time. I try to answer it, but it’s not that simple. It’s like asking me to pick my favorite pair of shoes! We have loved (almost) every place we’ve been, for different reasons. So, being the diplomatic, facilitative, terrible decision-maker that I am, I’ve categorized my favorites. It’s […]
It was another early day heading from Santorini to Heraklion, Crete. In the summer it would be nice to take a ferry, but they are unreliable (or nonexistent) at this time of year, so we took a short flight. We only had one day in Heraklion before heading across the island it Chania, so we […]
Thanks to that 5:55am flight from Athens, we made it to Santorini before the sun. Luckily our hotel let us check in early, so we were able to take a morning nap before heading out for the day. We knew that February was not the best time of year to visit Santorini, and we were […]
We had heard mixed reviews of Athens, many saying that the city is dirty & overrated. Apparently there was a lot of truth to that (and probably still is in some parts of the city), but the 2004 Olympics gave Athens a rebirth. Like any big city, it has both good and bad, but what […]
