The hardest part about vacation is coming back home.
Not that San Diego sucks to come home to.
There’s just nothing like being in Olympia and running the length of the stadium where the greatest athletes ran in 776 BC. A stadium where women were once forbidden to be.
I’m sure they would have appreciated my #winning pose in front of the Temple of Zeus.
I’ll miss lazy lunches with half a liter of crisp white wine and tasty Greek eats.
(That Fix beer wasn’t too shabby either!)
The occasional hilly morning run filled with breaks to take photos.
Picturesque doesn’t even being to describe the streets of Delphi.
Feeling zen and mellow in Meteora. It would be a nightmare if you were afraid of heights… except it’s so serenely beautiful you forget to be scared.
Meteora literally means “suspended in the air” — and it lives up to it’s name. Stunning Greek Orthodox monasteries dot the sides of rock formations.
The islands were just as stunning in their own way. Our first stop – the island of Mykonos – was my favorite.
How could you not start the day smiling when this is the view from your patio?
We had to check out the “party” scene. It was actually quite tame.
That didn’t stop me from grinning like a Cheshire Cat while hanging out with out new friends at Super Paradise.
Sometimes Vegas and I would pass a cozy-looking patio with a view so beautiful we were forced to stop for a glass of bubbly.
Forced, I tell you!
Other times the view was so stunning we put down our champagne to stare.
We were touring Santo Winery in Santorini when the sky cleared and traded rain for a sun shower.
The last day in Santorini it go cloudy as we headed back from Oia. We stopped to try to catch the sunset… it never cleared enough and I was worried about driving in the dark on the ATV.
Missing the famed Santorini sunset didn’t matter though. Stopping there on the side of the cliff looking out at the misty sky over the ocean with the love of my life was as good as it gets.
But we are back to the real world now. It’s fun to be back in the kitchen again and doing the “real life” stuff with Vegas. I even managed to get to her to go to Whole Foods with me twice in one day!
The daily champagne/wine/beer has been traded for flavored water and tea. Sunday I infused spring water with lemon, orange, and basil. I also brewed 6 cups of jasmine green tea and added NuNaturals simple syrup, lemon, and lime. It’s the next best thing.
So we’re back to reality. The reality is… reality is also pretty marvelous.
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We are already planning the next adventure… Argentina 2016!!!
How do you get back to reality post-vacation?
What’s your favorite “real life” activity?
Such beautiful pictures! I’m so jealous! And Argentina sounds fabulous too. I love seeing you so happy 🙂
Thank you so much Debbie! I’m enjoying the ride. 🙂
oh I LOVE THE PICTURE OF YOU TWO IN THE MIRROR.
frame.
hang in bedroom.
never forget vacation 🙂
Thanks! As soon as I took I I said “I’m having this printed!”
Lovely pictures Laura – everything just seems so calm and quiet… Utter bliss for your honeymoon!
The only way I can get back to reality after vacation is to simply drive straight back into normality with full force! Otherwise my mind wonders back and I just get sad that we are no longer there!
What a beautiful trip you look so happy and relaxed! I think it is so cool you went to see where the great Olympics were held what inspiration! Lots of love C
Just STUNNING!!!! I will now dream about running the hills of Greece. Thank you 🙂
Every time I look at wide open spaces and rolling hills I just want to take off running through them! Vegas thinks I’m nuts. 😉
Love your photos- beaches in Mykonos were so gorgeous! For me one of the hardest things when coming back is adjusting to the time difference- and having to work again :/
Aww, love it– looks like a great honeymoon! Lol, I went to delphi the day after the athens marathon and after climbing up to see all the stuff on trashed legs, my quads were screaming and knee swelled up and my hubby had to carry back down to the bus! what a guy
So beautiful! It’s always been on my bucket list to go there, but I’m pretty sure if I did I wouldn’t come back!
Reality can be tough, but there are definitely some lovely aspects of it. I like to finally have the option of wearing something different, if even it is the exact same style–even just a different color! I think that you all did your vacation right–planned enough things, relaxed enough, so it wasn’t overwhelming. But when I don’t have access to gyms and such, I definitely look forward to that!
Working out was the one tough things – I took a few runs, but there are NO hotel gyms there!
What an amazing trip! Was this your honeymoon? I’ve always wanted to go to Greece….especially after seeing the Sisterhood of the traveling pants movies! 😉
It was! I never saw that movie… will have to check it out when I’m feeling especially nostalgic!
Your vacation sounds amazing. Adding Greece to my travel bucket list.
Ahh!! So jealous! Greece was always my pick for a honeymoon. Just happened that when we were ready to book, Greece was in some major hard spots (war, terrible poverty, political unrest) and we couldn’t do it. BUT, I will visit the motherland some day! 😉
That happened to me when I was originally supposed to go too! I was scared it would again with all the Euro drama.
I’ve been super jelly of u your entire vacay hahah!! I’ve got to go to Greece & omg Argentina sounds amazing! The way I try to get back to normalcy after vacay is definitively stocking my empty fridge hahaha since I usually try to empty it prior vacay. Having food at home always makes it better. Glad u enjoyed yourself though! We all need that DOWN time hehe.
Restocking is the best! We literally had nothing but condiments left in the fridge. Whole Foods didn’t know what hit it. 😉
Oh wow Greece looks breath-takingly stunning…I would be pretty sad to leave to! Although like you, I actually don’t mind getting back to reality after a good holiday. I feel recharged and it’s nice to get back into some kind of routine….hello OCD ;)!
Gorgeous pics I loved visiting Santorini and Mykonos. Trip looks fabulous
Let’s face it: my life is a permanent vacation. I’m DYING to go to Santorini! What was your favourite part of Greece?
I actually liked Mykonos the best. We stayed a by the port, which was far enough from the chaos but close enough to walk to take a quick bus there. I really want to make it to Crete one day though – I hear it’s the best!
You’ve got Eminem in my head now.
Those vine leaves, the champagne, the views, and beautiful smiles – it all looks stunning! Greece seems to have its own way of making everything magical 🙂
Best way to get through the post-holiday come down = plan another mini adventure!
We totally did that too! Decided to do Argentine next year, but planned a trip to northern CA wine country for my birthday next month. 🙂
PERFECTION!
I loved seeing your photos. It looks and sounds like you had an amazing time.
loved following you on your trip. But i was sad you came back. I wanted to come there instead. Three’s company? 😉
Bring Kiwi – 4’s a party!
I spent a month in Greece in my 20’s and it will go down in my personal history as some of my fondest memories. I pretty much much slept and ate my way through the country– haha! It was incredible — I wish I had appreciated it more in the moment.
Oh Laura, you SO make me want to go to Greece even more than I already did. I love to travel and have been spending so much time visiting my family in Florida (by way of SF), that travel has been on the back-burner. Your photos are lovely! But I agree, after all that fun, sometimes it’s nice to get back to reality. And San Diego is a great spot to do that!
This looks all just wonderful. I am happy for you that you had such a fabulous honeymoon. Travelling with your love just gives you so much you can think of and be happy about when there are days that get you down. I still sap from my honeymoon last year. So many blissful memories.
Coming home is the hard part for me. As much as I always appreciate to be back in my own bed and bath everyday life seems so tedious after so many colorful experiences. But the outlook of going to Argentinia next year would definitely cheer me up 🙂
Thank you so much! I hope you guys have a fabulous time in Atlanta. 🙂
Where is that lovely recap and associated picture of you dressed as a ladybug huh
So glad you guys shared this amazing trip and I think we should unite and target all the Greek restaurants to include a whole block of feta on salads.
I am in complete agreement. Greek Blend?
I think we’re going to have to bump Greece up a few rungs on our bucket list…
Highly recommend it! When I win the lottery I’m going to buy an island there. 😉
Coming back to reality from Europe is always the hardest from me, even when I LOVE Colorado. It’s the transition back to real life. Until I’m independently wealthy, I guess that’s just how it works. 🙂
Ah, the glorious future of independent wealth…
Beautiful, just beautiful! I am so glad you guys had such an amazing trip!
Infused water and cold brewed green tea are some of my favorites too!
LOVED this recap! Really looks like you guys had an amazing time…What a trip! 😀
I went to TURKEY a few years ago and OMFG I DIED. DIED I TELL YOU – UNFORTUNATELY I had no idea what SHAWARMA WAS back then… SO I missed out on that AUTHENTIC GOODNESS… BUT HOLY FUCK – the fish… Ahhhh – THE HISTORY, FAKKKKK! THE SIGHTS – I can’t even like a fucking college chick. REally though – THE US has NOTHING on Europe, AT ALL!
Never been to Greece, however I saw a bunch of Greek Islands when in Turkey. I NEEDDDDDDDD TO GO!!!
Turkey is on my list too! From Turkey I plan to go back to the isles to hit up Crete. Actually, we should shoot our video there. Think we could get it sponsored? HA!
Don’t plant such magical ideas in my brain – NOW I WANT THIS TO REALLLYYYYY HAPPEN!
I’d die of happiness if it actually did.
Beautiful pictures! And I really love that you deviate from the standard poses we all use again and again. I’m taking notes 🙂
Oh my goodness the trip sounds so amazing!
I love that you found love & seeing you so happy!!! Beautiful all around – place & the people! 🙂
Thank you Jody! It’s been kind of awesome. 🙂
Awww, I LOVE to see all this beauty and happiness!! So glad you had such a wonderful time in Greece.
Wait. Italy is your next adventure.
That too! We rally need to win the lottery. I still want to make it to Crete too!
So many BEAUTIFUL pictures!! I really want to go to Greece sometime soon. It’s definitely high on my travel list! It is hard to come back from vacation, but I find that I’m excited to go away, and then I get sort of excited to come home and be back to “normal” life again. Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy drinking all of the wine and eating all of the cheese, but then I start craving some good ole clean eating and miss making my own food at home.
You would love it – there’s TONS of hiking there too. I wish we’d had more free time to do it.
Argentina 2016! I want in.
Greece is beautiful and while the sunsets are magical, so is your sun shower picture. I’m pretty sure you couldn’t look any happier either in your pool selfie. Gorgeous.
Let’s do it! There are many wineries there. I’m just sayin…
Sold!