Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts

A Day of Adventure

Monday, August 19, 2013

On our first afternoon in Santorini we walked over to the village of Fira to go on our boat excursion. In order to get down to the water, we two options: the cable cars or a donkey. My vote without a question was the cable car. And it was one Euro less so even better!

After our cable car ride down the cliffside, we met our ship. The excursion took us first to the Santorini volcano, which we climbed up, then an oceanside natural hot spring, then to a spot that had the most royal blue, yet extremely clear, water to swim in. After that there was food and Greek dancing on the boat as we watched the sunset off the bay of Oia.

Just another magical day in Santorini with a spectacular sunset.

* The only item from my outfit I can find online still is my super-cute sunglasses print bathing suit which I love love love! Buy it here!

The cable cars that take you down the cliffs of Santorini. This is option one.

And here is option two. The donkeys. No thank you.

Waiting for our boat to arrive. How amazing is that water?!

Our ride for the day!

On our way to go climb the volcano!

This is what a volcano looks like up close. Not so scary when it's not erupting.

If you can see those green spots, that's where you can actually see and feel volcanic heat coming out. Make this giant hill seem more like a volcano when you notice that!

The pathway up the volcano.

At the top!

Cover-up: H&M
Shoes: Walmart and in the trash! Worn once to get up that volcano and then they were runined. 
Bathing suit: ASOS



The orangy-brown area is the hot spring. In order to get there, you had to swim from the boat to that spot where it got pretty shallow.

Andrew swimming in the unbelievably blue ocean before dinner on the boat.

I was all done swimming after the hot spring so I got dressed in my clothes from yesterday's post.

Hanging out on the boat ready to watch the sunset.
Scarf from Madewell (love this one)



Some interesting little cave houses for the fisherman.

Oia from the boat! Just beautiful. You can see a winding stair path on the right.





Greek Dancing on the boat at sunset.

Our view on out walk back home. It was all so pretty at night all lit up.

A relaxing end to our evening in our personal hot tub on the balcony.

Absolute Bliss: Santorini

Thursday, August 15, 2013

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)
Blue Bracelet: Oia Jules
Love Bracelet and Hoops: Forever 21
Wavy gold bracelet: Charming Charlie



Flowers at Sunset

Monday, August 12, 2013

This dress was made for those vacation days when you don't really want to put on clothes but it's kind of necessary to be seen in public. It's also one part apron and one part swim cover up, but combined equals a dress that is bold enough to stand on it's own, no shoes required.




 Sunglasses: Target
Dress: Forever 21 (old)
 Here are a few bold floral options that serve the same purpose: 


Some sunset views from the roof of the hotel.



Sunset Stroll in Naxos

Friday, August 9, 2013

Another very picture-heavy post from a long walk around Naxos at sunset. 

We started at the spice market and then strolled down by the ocean front to watch yet another gorgeous Grecian sunset. I'm going to let the many pictures do the talking.


The spice market down the road from our hotel. 


 Shopping for my favorite and only coffee sweetener, cinnamon.


 The waterfront is the main part of town and lined with so many restaurants, it's hard to pick just one.

A pretty white-washed lounge area. 

My husband gives the view a thumbs-up!




Dress: H&M
Sandals: "Trina" by Sam Edelman (they broke that night but Zappos was kind enough to send me a new pair for free!)
Headband: Nordstrom
Bracelet: Oia Jules via Etsy
Sunglasses: Kate Spade