Absolute Bliss: Santorini

I don't even know how to describe how amazing Santorini is. We arrived at sunset, and it was like heaven on earth.

I've been to a number of beautiful countries all over the world, but none more insanely, unbelievably gorgeous as Santorini. It's almost as if you are afraid to take your eyes off of it, in fear of missing something. And everywhere new you look is just something incredible. 

Our hotel, Absolute Bliss in the city of Imerovigli, was recommended by one of my favorite bloggers Liz. (And if you want to experience some severe travel envy, check out her blog.) Every room comes with its own large private balcony, and ours had a jacuzzi to watch the sunset from as well. We were greeted with a bottle of wine and such warm hospitality. The staff was amazing! They helped us plan everything we did in the days to come, and they even offered to lend us cash if we needed to borrow some!! I mean really, who does that? Sometimes family members aren't even that generous or trusting!

If you are thinking of ever staying in Santorini, I can't recommend this hotel enough. Take a look below at just what the first night there was like. Enjoy.

 Our balcony where we enjoyed our welcome wine.

 The sunset view from our room.

 Guests at the neighboring hotels were enjoying the sunset too!

This is just a small preview of the view down from our room. There were LOTS of stairs involved.

 Dress: Zara (no longer avaliable online)

Sandals: Sam Edelman "Trina"

Blue Bracelet: Oia Jules

Love Bracelet and Hoops: Forever 21

Wavy gold bracelet: Charming Charlie

Next Stop, Naxos!

After Athens, we made our next stop on the large island of Naxos. The part we stayed in was close to the port and everything was pretty much no farther than a 15 minute walk.

In this part of the island we found that scooters, ATVs and mini cars would pretty much run you over on the super-narrow "streets" if you didn't pay attention and stay as close to the sides as humanly possible.

That said, we spent a lot of our time in Naxos at our Hotel, the Porto Naxos, or not too far from it. The pool was awesome and very rarley had more than two other people at it. It was kind of like our own private pool most of the time. Anyone making their way to Naxos, we would highly recommend this hotel. They were so friendly and accommodating and there was a grocery store just steps from the front of the building, not to mention great restaurants very close by. 

We also spent the largest amount of our time on the island of Naxos, so there will be lots more pictures to come this week. Stay tuned!

This was taken right after we got off the ferry boat (the size of a cruise ship!) that took us from Athens to Naxos.

The Porto Naxos Hotel where we stayed in Naxos. 

Our pool! As you can see not much company and that's the way we liked it!

A view of the back of the hotel. That kiddie pool was pretty much my personal pool. The big one was crazy deep in most spots which made holding a book to read in the pool pretty hard.

 Tank and Shorts: Zara (both purchased at the Zara sale not long before we left)

Scarf: Banana Republic outlet

Hat: Randolph Street Fest (similar for $30 here)

Bracelet: Oia Jules via Etsy (Similar here. She has so many great items!)

Necklace: Lia Sophia "Alicante"

Sunglasses: Randolph Street Fest (similar here)
Sandals: "Trina" by Sam Edelman

Away We Go!

Well we are finally back from our amazing honeymoon in Greece. Seriously amazing, like living an episode of the Bachelorette kind of amazing! There are too many pictures to put this all in a few posts so I will be posting outfit by outfit as we go about our trip! This might take awhile...hope you enjoy reliving the journey with me.

First up, my travel outfit for our international flight first stopping in Zurich, Switzerland (what an beautiful and CLEAN airport) then going all the way to our first destination, Athens!

Hat: Taste of Randolph Street Fest (almost the same here though)

Dress: Joe Fresh (you may remember my red and white one here)

*loving this Joe Fresh JCP top

Sunglasses: Kate Spade (old but similar KS here)

Sandals: Trina by Sam Edelman

Middle necklace: Vintage

Long necklace: Lia Sophia 

Purse: Sam Edelman

Nails: Fancy Fuchsia by Orly

A quick shot from our layover in Zurich! That's one clean airport!!