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    Travel Photography | Páros & Mykonos, Greece

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    People keep asking me to describe how great my trip to Greece was, and I really don’t even know how to explain it. The color of the water, the taste of the food, the amount of belly laughs with my travel friends. It’s hard to describe.

    We got to Páros and I had no expectations about this town because I didn’t know much about it. It’s one of those towns that isn’t so packed with tourists, but more locals. It is more of a town where people that live in Athens head to vacation during the summers. When we walked into the cafe’s here, we struggled with the language barriers more than anywhere else, but in my opinion that makes it more fun. What a beautiful beachside city, the first time we walked into town, the sun was setting and the boats lined the shore, and I knew I was going to like it here. We danced the night away with our big group and then a few of us wandered off on our own to find some more local bars. We found one called the Pirate Bar and we sat outside with our fancy cocktails and felt like we belonged there.

    Our next destination was Mykonos, which we were already informed would be one giant party. That didn’t even prepare us for the craziness of our resort. It had a bar open basically 24/7 with a DJ the entire time and tables to dance on and frozen drinks to pass around. I’m not the club kind of girl, so my favorite part was taking a bus into the city of Mykonos and walking around and shopping. The restaurants were amazing – more gyros everywhere – and the streets were winding and it was nicknamed “Little Venice” which definitely made sense to me after visiting Venice last year. I got beautiful jewelry in Mykonos and even a tattoo to remember my time there. Until we meet again, Greece, I’ll be dreaming of you.

    Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.

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    Travel Photography | Santorini, Greece

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    The craziest part about my visit to Santorini is that I only stayed there for two days and I accomplished more in those two days than maybe I did during the entirety of my trip to Greece. I swam at black sand beaches, I ate my first authentic spinach pie, I watched the sunset on a dinner cruise underneath the gorgeous town of Oía, I pet like 10 dogs, I climbed an active volcano and then swam in hot springs. I got ready for dinner in 10 minutes after climbing the volcano and then went to a wine tasting on a cliff, overlooking the Aegean. I wandered the streets of Oía and took in the sunset from a castle above all the buildings, while drinking Rosé, and also got kissed on the cheek by two Greek men (I think that’s an important part to this story). Our amazing tour director kept asking us which town was our favorite as we went along. I couldn’t decide until writing this blog post, and I think Santorini might take the cake on that one. We did so many amazing things in Santorini and Oía, and the towns were just as picturesque as you imagine they’re going to be. It’s almost surreal to stand there and realize you’re ACTUALLY there and ACTUALLY doing this.

    I still have two more towns to share images of, so check back again next week if you want to see my adventures in Páros and in Mykonos! I’m so thankful to this crazy life that lets me take these trips and change my world every time. I was so excited about travel that I actually just booked a trip to Budapest, Vienna, and Prague for next summer. :)

    – Allison

    Donkeys just strolling through Oia.
    These girls made this trip even better.
    After climbing the volcano, our boat took us around to an area only accessible from the water, where we jumped in and swam into the hot springs!
    Climbing up an active Volcano in Santorini was one of the highlights of my trip.