34 days til take off

So close but yet so far. Rachel informed me that we only have a couple of weekends left before we leave. 4 to be exact.

Do you think Greece is ready for us? Cuz I know we're both ready for it.

Santorini...ready for take off....

Today we booked our flight to Santorini from Athens....unfortunately the flight is at 5:55 AM. Brutal! But the hour flight, is better than the 4 hour ferry ride. So we can suck it up. We'll have to contact our hotel so that we can check in early.

Tonight I got a phone call from my favorite Greek friend Dimitris. I need to call him back--I don't think I've talked to him about our trip yet, and he went there for his honeymoon so I am sure he will have some good tips on things to do while we are in his mother country.

Alright, that's all I have for now.

Take our island survey!

To the right of the posts you can take a little survey to help us narrow down an additional destination on our journey. We'll be staying in Santorini for a week, so we thought it might be nice to take a ferry to check out one of the other nearby islands. Also, I've heard rumors that Athens is easily doable in a day or so, so we could have some extra time to explore while we are there as well.

Read more about the island choices here:

• Paros


• Naxos


• Ios


• Hydra (we'd visit from Athens)


• Spetes (we'd visit from Athens)


• Crete

Crete might be a little bit ambitious for our journey, but I can still put it on the list. Truthfully, I think any of the islands would be cool to visit.

Anyway, let us know what you think. Hmm actually I am not even sure that I have sent this link out to everyone yet. But well regardless...here's hoping someone out there will take the survey!

Count it Down!

7 Weeks until we depart! 49 Days....

It really is happening quickly....

The countdown continues....

Paid and Ready to Go!

We've paid for the journey...or at least charged it in my case, and now we are so for sure going. H-O-T!!!

2 months before take off. i better get thee to a gym and to a tanning booth!

Our Amazing Race begins in just over 2 months!

In case people were wondering...or not, I just like to keep talking about it.

Here's our itinerary:

Sept 1 fly to JFK on the red eye

Sept 2 spend the day/night in NYC

Sept 3 fly to Athens via London

Sept 4-6 Athens

Sept 7-13 Santorini

Sept 14-16 Mykonos

Sept 17-18 Athens

Sept 19-21 Istanbul

Sept 22 fly to JFK via London

Sept 23 fly back home.

it's a bit whirlwind, but i am hoping we'll have a lot of time to chill and just hang out at the beach.

Here are the hotels that we are scheduled to be staying at:

Manhattan: NY Marriott East Side

Athens: Hotel Stanley

Santorini: Hermes Hotel

Mykonos: Despotiko Hotel

Istanbul: Oran Hotel

JFK: Motel, Hotel, Holiday Inn

I also found this website that has free guide books available in PDF format. Check em out...there's one for Santorini and one for Mykonos. Holla.

It's all very exciting that the trip is coming up soon. Granted we still have two months, but it sure feels good to know it's coming quickly. Considering how quickly this year is going, I know it will be here before we know it.

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