Athens is the perfect mix of city life and still having history ooze through every crack of the city. But even in May, the heat gets pretty unbearable between 1-5:30PM while we were there, averaging about 26-27 degrees.
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Hydra: donkeys and cats everywhere!
On Thursday morning, May 8th, we took the Athens Metro to Piraeus so we could go to the ferry terminal! The trip was pretty simple since our hotel was 2 blocks away from the Monastiraki metro station. We were off on a day trip to Hydra Island!
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Sunny Santorini
After making it to Santorini after our weather-based flight delays from the night before, we landed at the Santorini Airport at 6:40AM. Angelo (our point of contact for the hotel we were staying at, who had been talking to us the night prior as we updated him on our flights), had arranged for a driver to pick us up from the airport. We were more than happy for that arrangement and it meant we wouldn’t have to fight the other folks getting off the plane for a taxi. It also felt fancy to walk out and see someone holding a sign with your name on it 😝
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A detour to Vouliagmeni
Heading to the Rome airport was smooth, but after we checked in, we learned the first leg of our flight to Athens got delayed, meaning we’d miss our next flight to Santorini. Wonderful start to the Grecian portion of our trip.
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Arrivederci Roma!
Our last stop in Italy was Rome. Upon arriving, Rome felt strangely familiar. I think it reminds me a bit of LA, New York, and even Hong Kong. But thematically very European/Old Port Montreal.
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Karen K. Lee 