Today’s link-up with the Moments that Define Life blog is all sorts of fabulous. I know, I know~ is that even possible after last week’s epic Fashion Trend Fails post?
It is, friends. Today’s Listable Life topic is…
5 Reasons Traveling to _____ is a MUST.
And the place I picked? Greece. Because really, you must go there.
I’m so excited I can hardly stand it. Let’s get started, shall we?
1. History
A little background on the Hubs & I: we love to vacation. But our ideas of what defines a vacation differ. My version is a beach, the hot sunshine & a whole bunch of fantastic books loaded onto my Kindle. The Hubs’ version of vacation is exploring, eating lots of local food & more exploring.
Luckily, when we planned our trip to Greece, we scheduled in a nice balance of both. Initially, I couldn’t wait to get to the beach part of our vacation~ but then we arrived in Athens.
And it was amazing.
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The history of that city is absolutely incredible. It’s gorgeous; it’s ancient & modern all at the same time. To say we loved it is an understatement~ I would go back to Athens in a heartbeat!
{picture 1~ Parthenon in Athens; picture 2~ Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens; picture 3~ Odeon of Herodes Atticus wall in Athens}.
2. The Food
Oh my goodness. The food was all sorts of amazing. In addition to Athens, our 12-day vacation included Naxos, Santorini {my favorite place on earth} and Crete. Which meant we had a whole lot of insanely delicious meals.
And let’s not forget the tasty beer…
ice cream…
and wine.
Yum!
{picture 4~ Athens; picture 5~ Santorini; picture 6~ Crete; picture 7~ Athens; picture 8~ Naxos; picture 9~ Naxos}.
3. The volcano
It’s pretty amazing to say that we’ve climbed a volcano. Add in the fact that we climbed a volcano in Greece and it’s hard not to feel super cool about the whole thing.
When we were in Santorini, we took a day trip out on the caldera. We hiked up an active volcano, swam in hot springs & ate {more food, what a surprise!} a fresh & tasty meal at a local seaside tavern.
Definitely one of my favorite vacation days ever.
So much fun. Especially since I have zero plans to climb a volcano anytime in the near future!
4. The sunsets
Pure gorgeousness. Like, makes your heart sing with happiness beautiful.
Incredible.
{picture 14~ Santorini; picture 15~ Naxos; picture 16~ Santorini}.
5. The Beaches
I love a good beach. And Naxos and Crete were full of amazingly sunny, sandy beaches for us to kick back & unwind. It made me an extremely happy girl.
The sand was soft, the sun was hot and the beaches were nice and quiet {at least they were in early September 2008 when we were visiting!}.
We love, love LOVE this amazing country!
{picture 17~ Naxos; picture 18~ Crete; picture 19~ Naxos; picture 20~ Crete}.
Counting My Kisses: There are so many amazing reasons to visit Greece~ this place holds an incredibly special place in my heart. I’m hoping that all of the unrest over there in recent years hasn’t affected their tourism too much, because it is such a gorgeous country with such lovely, friendly people. It was a perfect trip for the Hubs & I, and we can’t wait to go back one day with our girls!
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Well now I have to add something else to my bucket list! And here I thought Italy would do it for me. But…Greece isn't too far away, I suppose I could make it a lengthy European vacation!
Thanks for linking up today! I'm loving all of your lists!
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I've always wanted to go to Greece. Your hubs sounds a lot like my husband, he loves the exploring and I love the beaches.
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I think you should just extend that Italy vacay another week or two so you can add Greece to the list! Seriously amazing, we LOVED our trip there.
Thanks for stopping by, I'm loving the Listable Life as well!
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Yes! It sounds like they are definitely the same. I'm good with exploring as long as we build in ample beach time as well.
The Hubs has been known to wander off for a few hours on his own while I read & relax in the sun~ everyone should be happy on vacay, right? 
I LOVED your Aruba list as well, that has been added to our Must Visit list. Thanks for stopping by!
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I would love to go to Greece!! Looks like y'all had a lot of fun!! You convinced me to want to go more!!!
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Wow! What an amazing vacation. I think I need to add this to my list of places to see. The pictures of the sunsets were absolutely gorgeous.
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Yes I *highly* recommend a trip to Greece in your lifetime! SOOO amazing, it was SUCH an incredible trip. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Thanks Sherry! Yes the sunsets were absolutely amazing… I have about 400 more pictures of their gorgeousness as well.
Lol! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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I've been DYING to go to Greece! We were debating between Greece and Italy for our anniversary Mediterranean cruise, but decided on Italy since it's been a dream of mine for longer! Greece is next on the list for sure…your trip looked wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
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