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We got a taxi to the Athens airport. Despite it being an international flight, we didn’t even have to check in in-person and had our mobile boarding passes ready. Security wasn’t even that bad. It felt so wrong that everything was going so smoothly. We remembered back to the first flights of our trip whenContinue reading “Epilogue – Returning Home”

Friday, August 26 We landed in Athens at about 9:30pm and got a taxi to our hotel. We decided not take bus/metro because we had heard that pick-pocketing has become a problem on public transport in Athens, and it was late, and we were tired. When we got in the cab Carl said, “Orion hotel”Continue reading “Athens”

Tuesday, August 23 Our Airbnb was a nice short walk from the port and we had an easy self check in of finding the apartment and the keys in the lock box. The apartment was really nice and well furnished with everything including strong wifi, a coffee maker, and coffee. We decided to go outContinue reading “Crete”

Sunday, August 21 When our ferry pulled into the new port area, it felt like we were walking out onto a movie set. The port is located in the middle of a bay surrounded by sky-high rocky cliffs. We squinted up to the top because the whole thing just didn’t seem real. It almost feltContinue reading “Santorini”

Thursday, August 18 We got to Mykonos airport at 11:30pm and there was a driver from the hotel waiting for us. Even the airport is a square, white building, and it has triangular shaped holes cut out in the walls. It was lit from the bottom and reminded me of something from Star Wars. WhenContinue reading “Mykonos”

Wednesday, August 17 To return our rental car we met a very large Montenegrin man in the parking lot of the Podgorica airport. He seemed very serious up until he confirmed there was no (new) damage to the car and gave us back our deposit, €150, in cash. Then he smiled a big, goofy smileContinue reading “Athens – Layover in the Suburbs”

Thursday, August 11 To go through immigration, our bus driver had collected all of our passports and handed the huge pile over to the border guards. After passing through Croatia’s immigration gate, we got back in the bus and drove a bit to the Montenegro border. The bus driver split the pile of passports andContinue reading “Montenegro”

Monday, August 8 We took a ferry from Hvar to Dubrovnik. We didn’t get a window seat when we first boarded but managed to snag one after the first stop. Still, the windows were nasty so the views weren’t great, but it was nice to look out onto the water. We were able to getContinue reading “Dubrovnik”

Friday, August 5 Our ferry docked in Hvar on time and the hike up to the apartment wasn’t too bad so we were at the place by about 4:30pm. Feeling a little hungry, we set out to explore the town a bit and find a snack. We walked back down the hill to the mainContinue reading “Hvar”

Tuesday, August 2 Before leaving Venice we sat at a cafe for a couple hours to kill time before going to the airport. Of course the weather forecasted rain for the exact hour that we would be checking out and walking outside with our bags, but we got lucky and stayed dry. The shuttle toContinue reading “Split”