Dirty Thirty Greece Trip 

Everyone travels differently: Some people are in it for the tourist attractions, some for the "authentic experience" of first world slumming, some travel in groups and some go solo. I took a trip to Greece this year with 7 close friends to celebrate turning 30 because, let's face it, we needed to distract ourselves from the fact that we're getting old. We landed in Athens and... ahh just take a look at the pictures, that's what you came for. I'll just post a few of my favorites for each location otherwise it would take forever to go through them.

Athens

Landed safely in Athens, time for rooftop drinks to celebrate.

The Parthenon atop the Acropolis in Athens

The directions were to pose like you're on an album cover. I think we did alright.

The girls did much better.

We found a gutter kitten in the Pantheatic Stadium

The restrained composure of a true champion.

Everyday Athes in Monastiraki Square 

We climbed a mountain in the middle of the city at dusk. Beautiful view from the top.

The Peleponnese

One of the more iconic views of Delphi

As we went back towards a small town next to the temple to Delphi I got this photo of the village.

Stopped in Nemea to taste some wine. I wish I could remember exactly what was happening at this moment because we all seem completely immersed, except Mark who's pondering life's great questions

Sunset in the city of Nafplio, easily one of my favorite stops on the trip

Mike proved to us that it's possible to fall asleep while checking your phone.

A mountain next to Sparta, roughly halfway up

Growing up I played Age of Empires II. Not a bit - I used to play for hours as the Byzantines. In the Peleponnese I got to actually see the ruins of the Byzantine Empire in Mystras, just outside of Sparta.

Breakfast from the rooftop of our hotel in Kalamata

We went kayaking around Kalamata and just wow. The waters, the beach and snorkeling with schools of fish.

Nailed the group shot

The Islands

Mykonos was first and jus such a wild island  

My first time staying in a five star resort. The view was mind-blowing

The first night in Mykonos went until 6am. There were shots, dancing on tables, and some heartfelt early morning talks. This photo is the only evidence I have that it happened.

Then Santorini! The view from our balcony in Oia. See me sitting on that ledge all casual? Yea that's me pretending I'm not terrified of how high we are.

They charge more at restaurants that face the sunset, so we brought our own wine to te streets.  

The boys decided to bus from Oia to Imerovigly so we could hike into Fira from there. The walk is gorgeous and along the cliff's edge most of the time so if you're scared of heights.. do it anyway.    

That about wraps it up, I spent one more day in Santorini waiting in an airport because our airplane was delayed for 9 hours but I did meet some cool people. We bonded over our common disgust with Volotea. Then it was off to explore Venice, Florence and Rome on my own. I'll make another post about that eventually.