SANTORINI, GREECE
Our next stop was the beautiful island of Santorini and was probably my favorite stop. Santorini is the remnant of a volcanic eruption and is surrounded by 980 ft steep cliffs on three sides. You can see the white path that we took to the top...
We all decided to ride donkeys to the top since the climb was long and steep. It was a scary ride but we all made it!
The view from the top with our cruise ship in the background...
A group of us decided to rent 3-wheelers and cruise around the island. It was a lot of fun and a great way to see the island.
We first stopped to see the red sand beach...
Our next stop was to get some lunch. We stopped at a cute little restaurant and all ordered seafood and it was yummy! Here's the beach that was across from the restaurant...
Our last stop was the town of Oia. This was such a beautiful town with lots of cute shops and restaurants and incredible views!
We finally made our way back and walked down the long path to get back on the boat. One more pic of the gorgeous view...
The Theatre of Dionysus...
and a view of Athens...
The Parthenon...
Adam and I overlooking Athens...
Jon, my brother in law took this cool pic of The Parthenon...
KATAKOLON, GREECE
This was our final stop and is famous for Olympia, where the first Olympics were held. We rode a bus from Katakolon to Olympia to explore the ancient ruins.
In front of the last remaining ruins of Zeus' Temple...
Our group (minus Preston) just before entering the stadium...
We decided to have a little fun and hold a race! Here we are at the start line ready to go...
The winner of the first group was Adam with Evan close behind...
We had one last day at sea before returning to Rome. Our last night on the ship was another formal night...
We spent one more day in Rome, pics to come!
We all decided to ride donkeys to the top since the climb was long and steep. It was a scary ride but we all made it!
The view from the top with our cruise ship in the background...
A group of us decided to rent 3-wheelers and cruise around the island. It was a lot of fun and a great way to see the island.
We first stopped to see the red sand beach...
Our last stop was the town of Oia. This was such a beautiful town with lots of cute shops and restaurants and incredible views!
We finally made our way back and walked down the long path to get back on the boat. One more pic of the gorgeous view...
ATHENS, GREECE
Our next stop was the ancient city of Athens where we saw the Acropolis. Once again, we turned to Rick Steve's for his guided tour and listened to it as we made our way around. We hiked to the top of this hill to see the famous ruins...
The Theatre of Dionysus...
and a view of Athens...
The Parthenon...
Adam and I overlooking Athens...
We then hiked down to the Agora, which was an ancient marketplace of Athens. We listened to another Rick Steve's audio tour as we made our way around. We then did a little shopping, got some yummy gyros (they were seriously amazing!) and made our way back to the boat.
KATAKOLON, GREECE
This was our final stop and is famous for Olympia, where the first Olympics were held. We rode a bus from Katakolon to Olympia to explore the ancient ruins.
In front of the last remaining ruins of Zeus' Temple...
Our group (minus Preston) just before entering the stadium...
And I won the girls group followed very closely by Kelly. I had to kick off my flip flops mid race since they weren't easy to run in :)
We had one last day at sea before returning to Rome. Our last night on the ship was another formal night...
2 comments:
You and Adam are such a beautiful couple and I love all of your pics of you two together! What a marvelous trip! We haven't been to Greece and it looks so interesting and your pics are great. I love that your whole family traveled together to these wonderful places - what happy memories you made!
You look so cute riding on that donkey! I love the pictures of you and Adam with the beautiful backgroud of the ocean! Your pictures are all so good - we did have a wonderful time together and we loved it!!
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