This last weekend we were invited to join one of Lauren's friends and her fiancee in Greece to see them wed. What a wonderful adventure it has been.
We found that booking a flight to leave on the Thursday was a lot cheaper than leaving on the Friday. So... We decided to take a flight that got us in to Greece at 3:00am Friday morning. Was it a mistake?!? Ok, so we arrived a little tired (not to mention COMPLETELY out of our comfort zones) but we set off to find our hotel - The Plaza non-smoking Hotel in Voula.
Our destination
After getting on a bus at the airport we watched as bus stop after bus stop flashed past our window... It was only when these 2 Greek ladies got the bus to stop that we asked the driver if we were anywhere near Voula to which he replied "you have to get off, it's back there" pointing in the direction we had just travelled for.
Well to cut a long story short after asking restaurant owners, taxi drivers and passers by we eventually found 2 very helpful police officers that informed us that due to their GPS our hotel was a 6km walk!
Our route (which Google says is only 2.2km - 26min walk...
This was the view we had whilst walking. There were MASSIVE forrest fires up on the hills (in the middle of the picture)
We found our hotel and received a fantastic welcome with the staff pulling out the stops and even offering us a room early just so we could get some rest. So we had our base. Now the fun could start.
This is the restaurant in Glyfada that we ate at on Friday eve.
We met up with another one of Lauren's friends and had some delicious ice cream. YUM!
We LOVED the food, Gyros MMMMMMMMMMmmmmm!!
We were very surprised to find this store
This was our local beach/bar. If you weren't 20-30, bronzed and ripped you didn't really fit in.
All ready for the wedding (doesn't she look beautiful?!!)
The bride and groom
This was the reception venue, it was gorge. It was like a boat but in a rock!
The partying went on until gone 4:00am! The Greeks know how to party! I was very very tired.
It was an absolutely amazing weekend where we had great company, great weather and great, great times.
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