northwest excursions: July 2007

I've been so busy, that it's only now that I'm posting pictures from May. Yikes! So, rather than wait and maybe never post about this trip, here's at least something - we'll call it the condensed version. :o)

At the very end of April, Phil and I flew back east to celebrate Patty and Chris tying the knot. After a wonderful weekend, he flew to Michigan (to work, poor thing!) while I met up with Simone, her sister Melanie, and her friend Angela in Greece for a week, before heading off to London.

I caught up with them on Mykonos, one of the popular Greek Islands. That first day, the weather was cool and damp, I was exhausted from flying almost the entire day prior, and Angela was still recovering from a bout of food poisioning (caught in their previous stop, Turkey.)

So to start, the three of us (minus Angela) walked around town a bit, checked out the shops, and generally relaxed. It's pretty - but not cheap! There also weren't a lot of people around, and even when we went out at night, we found it wasn't as busy as we expected - perhaps it was still a little off-season?

The next day, we rented a car and drove around the island - checking out the interior and (most importantly :o)) the beaches. We went to Elia, Paradise, and... Super Paradise. Gorgeous!

On our final day, we ferried over to Delos for the morning:

The beautiful harbor in Mykonos:

The same day, we took an afternoon ferry ride from Mykonos over to Santorini, a picturesque island that formed out of a volcano. Here, we stayed at a little guesthouse that had the most amazing views.

From our balconey...

The first evening, we went out to a cozy restaurant for Italian food and had a large dinner. Unfortunately, as safe as this sounds, it gave Melanie and I food posioning (all night), and we spent the next day recovering.

Her and I only had one day to really see the island, which was a shame. But, so is life.