Greece Honeymoon Part II: Views and Scenery

In keeping with this week's theme of "when you have a blog, nothing is private...even your honeymoon," we move on to perhaps what Sanotorini is best known for: incredible views and architecture built in effing cliffs, man!

We started our honeymoon in Athens for a couple days and that's about all you need. At least, if you want to see the typical tourist sites. Which is exactly what we did.

Stadium at Acropolis 

 Kyle on the steps leading into the Parthenon

The Parthenon is apparently constantly under construction?
Oh, and also, you can't walk around it. Ya know, cus of all the construction.

After a couple days in Athens, we finally made our way to Santorini, where the wine flows like beer and you can get drunk off the views.

 The view of the hotel pool...

 ...from my sea view lounge chair.

The blue topped buildings that Santorini is so famous for are actually Greek Orthodox churches! Maybe you knew that, but it was news to me.

 They never got old.

 Santorini also had lots of random doors and windows that led to nowhere. For example:

Why is this door here?

And what about this window in this wall that looks like it's crumbling?

 And this door...

It's like they're here to say "who cares what's behind that door/window? You're in Santorini...you don't need to BE anywhere else."

I'm pretty sure this man lives here. Like, in the primest real estate on the island. And I took this on midday on like, a Wednesday. How does he do it??

That little stone structure at the top of the cliff is all that remains of a castle once built there--it's located at the highest point in town and provides some incredible views.

Right at the top of the castle was a nook hanging over the cliffs. Apparently the dog who climbed onto it isn't scared of heights. He was just nappin'!

 We were located at the top of the cliffs, but if you want, there was a huge staircase with literally hundreds of steps that led all the way to the bottom to the pier.

 Kyle and I climbed down and back up these things two different mornings for a workout.
I took like, 4 breaks during the walk back up. Ain't no shame in my game.

 I saw this gal wandering to dinner and was obsessed with her outfit. I need that skirt!

So, there are lots of dogs and cats that roam the island. Apparently, this is totally normal. Some are strays, but many have collars and none of them look sick, misbehave, or beg for food. The shop owners provide bowls of food and water for them, so they're basically just hanging out. Kyle liked this guy in particular. 

 I mean, whatever, I guess he's kinda cute.

 Santorini at night might actually be more gorgeous than during the day.

If you're lazy and don't want to walk up all those stairs like Kyle and I did, then you can ride a donkey up. People love this shit apparently. I'm allergic to dogs, cats, horses, and, I can only assume, donkeys, so we didn't do this. 

On one of our last nights in Oia, we headed to a restaurant called Kastro's to watch the sunset, which is like, a thing people do there. Like, people clap and shit when it's over.

 I think you can see why.

 We headed back to Athens for our very last day and had a beautiful nighttime view of the Parthenon over dinner. I think we even cried a little that we had to leave.

Come back tomorrow for Part III to see pictures of outfits Kyle and I wore!!