Go Athena!

Hi Ho...Hi Ho...It's of to Athens we go!

After a ferry ride and a REALLY long bus ride around itty bitty roads we got to Athens. If you decide to visit Athens in the summer, stop and re-think that...it FREAKING HOT!

We did get to cross the bridge that was built for the Olympics a few years ago, however it's 65 Euro to cross it!

Other than that, Athens has some cool things to see.

We were lucky enough to see the original, marble, Olympic stadium, which was just amazing. Our first night in Athens, we went and had an authentic Greek dinner. It was tasty and gave me a new appreciation for Greek food...it was very very tasty!

Our full day in Athens we started with a bus tour of the city and a stop at the Olympic stadium. From there we went to the Acropolis, which is the entire hill where the Parthenon is. (I learned something new!) It was crowded, but it's amazing to see something that has been through numerous wars, and thousands of years, but is still standing. They are working to restore it to its original beauty.

We could see Lycabettus Hill from the peak, as well as Zeus' temple and the Erechtheion temple. Even after all these years, the detail on the Erectheion temple is amazing. It's hard to imagine that this was done with more primitive tools and without the tools we have now to build buildings.

Our table & Amadeo!

Our last night in Athens was sad, but exciting. We went to the optional traditional Greek farewell dinner and it was the best meal we had in Greece. The wine that night was good too...at least the red was :). They had dancers come in and the food kept coming out plate after plate. It was sad to be on our final night, but we kept the wine and ouzo flowing!

We ended the night in a club dancing, drinking with Amadeo...it was AWESOME! And it ended with a BANG! ;) hehehe...

Beach & Such...

Well, sorry I've been so slack about posting, I've been busy at work and in life in general. Jason and I did get to take a short break this week however thanks to our friends Nick & Heather for inviting us down to the beach for a long weekend. Andrew and Leah also got to come with us and we were all glad we got to stay and miss a few days of work! We had a very relaxing time just sitting on the beach and chilling out. I haven't been able to do that in a long time.

The first day on the beach, we did have an issue with some structurally unsound umbrellas, the nice breeze had other plans for this umbrella! But overall the weather was nice, the guys got to play golf together and of course us wives got to go shopping!


Southport was nice, I hadn't ever been there to go shopping before. I don't know why because there is a Christmas store...yes, I went to buy Christmas stuff in June. (You can never have too many Christmas decorations!) I also bought an uber cute flag for our mail box (which I'm planning a makeover for...I'll post pics of that once it is finished.) While we were there of course it was the lovely host and hostess' 1 year anniversary! We celebrated their day with them by going to dinner at Elijah's in Wilminton (it was tasty.)

While we were shopping at the Christmas store, I saw a display in the kids section that made me laugh and think of one of my friends...she doesn't like squirrels, and they had a whole display of squirrels, so I took a picture just for Gigi!


Heather also found some great ideas for their little girl's room (she's on the way). I think it will be cute, with the 'bugs on the wall'... or with a big silver tree in the corner like this one.


Laying on the beach also allowed me to catch up on some reading that I've been wanting to do and get tan. I got to read the first book in the Mortal Instruments series City of Bones, which I thoroughly enjoyed. And of course immediately started on the second book, City of Ashes, when I got back (although now I don't have much time for reading). They are good books, and I'm enjoying reading them.

Now its back to hitting the gym, working, and working some more.

Note to self: Find a way to get a beach house or some type of vacation house...or how to work from a chair in the sand :)...