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Honeymoon Days 4-5: Mykonos

Our second day in Mykonos was a beautiful, sunny day. After a small breakfast we laid out by the pool and actually got some sun. Afterwards we decided to take the hotel shuttle into town. Mykonos is a very windy island, and since the main town sits right along the harbor, the small winding streets are subject to many unpredictable and powerful drafts. For this reason, it is advisable not to wear dresses or skirts when walking around town. I repeat: DO NOT WEAR DRESSES OR SKIRTS when walking around Mykonos. Because it was a sunny day, I foolishly wore a skirt and ended up flashing many locals and delighted Japanese tourists. J was no help at all; all he would say whenever a gust of wind lifted up my...

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Honeymoon Day 2: Athens

What's a visit to Greece without a tour of some of the world's oldest treasures? Luckily, one of J's friends from college is currently working as an archeologist (!) in Athens, so she took a day off to show us around the historic sites. We were able to squeeze in the Acropolis, Agora, and Kerameikos. (I was a dork and I forgot to charge my camera the night before...

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Hump Day Hook-Ups

I'm currently sitting at Athens Airport waiting for my flight to Mykonos so I have some extra time. You didn't think I'd neglect a weekly feature just because I'm on my honeymoon, did you? ;-) Flashback: What the World Was Like When the First iPod Was Released, Wired Gadget Lab. I have a 5-year old 3rd generation iPod that still hasn't crapped out on me. In fact, the only thing wrong with it is that the battery dies after about 15 minutes...

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Honeymoon Day 1: Athens

Greece is amazing! I'll try not to go into too much detail so please forgive me if start to ramble. (Click on the thumbnails to view the full gallery) Getting There: We arrived at the hotel a full 4 hours before check-in, so we had to wait a bit at the hotel bar. However, the room was worth the wait. They upgraded us from a regular room to their trademark Graffiti Room! Each Graffiti Room is painted by a famous artist and has a different theme. The theme of our room was "Sleepy." Baby Grand Hotel, Athens: Unfortunately, we both passed out almost immediately after settling in. After wasting almost the entire day, we got up at around 8pm and managed to explore the area a bit. We ended...

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