I am back from Greece and I have a lot of pictures. In an effort to maintain that on-vacation glow, I thought I'd share a few and give you an overview of my trip! I traveled with my boyfriend's family and we spent sixteen days total on the road/plane/ferry.
First stop: Athens
After a ten hour flight from Philadelphia, we arrived in Athens, a
massive city that houses 1/3 of the entire population of Greece. We
checked into our hostel, Athens Backpackers. (In addition to normal
dorms, they also rent out small studio apartments, which frankly had
better kitchens than my house in Ann Arbor.) We hit the major spots
around the city - the Acropolis, the Temple of Zeus, the Plaka, and that
really good gyro stand in the Plaka. I ate some good baklava and
delicious souvlaki. I hadn't tried Greek food very often before a
couple years ago, and I'd been missing out. It's really good and more
diverse than I had thought.
Ruins of an ancient market
The coolest part of the Acropolis Museum is the actual excavation going on underneath it.
The Parthenon - at night!
