Our European Adventure

Athens greeted us with a perfect warm sunny morning filled with the smells of delicious food. What a treat to be in Greece, where we LOVE the food! We found ourselves at the funniest little travel agency ever, chatting with Nikos about where else to go after Athens. He asked us where we were from and turns out he has spent a heck of a lot of time hanging out at the greek club in west end! So we’re all like, best friends now. He recommended a few days in Naxos and then Santorini, which we had been hoping to see, so we booked our tickets and were off, hopping up and down and grinning at each other saying, “we’re going to the greek islands!”

Hopped on to our old faithful OTBT (that’s open top bus tour for those of you who aren’t clued in) to see the sights of Athens and get a feel for the place. We loved every second. It was hot, it was friendly, and nobody frowned at us for being dumb, English-speaking tourists! (a rare treat). We all had that euphoric feeling you get when things are working out even better than you imagined they would. Topped off the day with dinner at the Plaka Taverna (in the Plaka district – can’t stop thinking about our next door neighbour’s shop at Acacia Ridge with the same name) which was awesome. Hello garlic! How good is tzatziki! Souvlaki! Mmm.