Santorini is a magical and mysterious place. Even Plato thought so and based his story about the lost city of Atlantis on the island’s own lost city of ancient Akrotiri. We had so many magical discoveries of our own on the island – the incredible food, the wine, stunning sea cliffs only accessible by tiny […]
Ancient Akrotiri
On the southern end of Santorini sits an archeological excavation site of the ancient Minoan city of Akrotiri. Dubbed the Greek Pompeii, it too was destroyed and preserved all at once by a volcanic eruption. Only ancient Akrotiri is much, much older than Pompeii. Ash and pumice from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried and […]
Hip Hoppy Kick-Ass Ales
I’ve drank beer exactly two times in the last two years: on a visit to the Mack Brewery in Tromsø, Norway and when we stopped in to the Santorini Brewing Company. Not a fan of beer, I never want to be rude when a brewery is taking time out to give us tour and proudly […]
Sea Kayaking Santorini’s South Coast
For several days, we went to bed and woke up to high winds during our 5-day Santorini stay. “Most unusual at this time of year!” just about any local would tell me as I asked about the wind. Tim and I were scheduled to go sea kayaking on our last day, weather permitting of course, […]
10 Things to Taste in Santorini
This year has been dedicated to the Year of Gastronomy in Santorini. The Greek island is showcasing their unique agricultural products like the sweet Santorini tomato, ripe pistachios, and the white fava bean through culinary events and special Year of Gastronomy in Santorini menus at some restaurants across the island. It’s a good thing we […]
Folegandros: The Authentic Greek Island
Visitors to Greece and the Cyclades flock to famous islands like Santorini and Mykonos. But with 220 islands making up the Cyclades, there’s plenty of other islands where you can get a more authentic taste of Greek island life than just tourist trodden Santorini. Folegandros, one of the best small Greek islands near Santorini, is far […]
Wine Wednesday: Sunset at Santo Wines Winery
Wine has been produced in Santorini since ancient times, and being one of the only wine regions to escape the grape phylloxera makes Santorini the oldest wine region in the world. We tasted plenty of wine during our trip to Santorini and visited more than half of the wineries on the island! (Okay, so there […]
Tallinn Wool Market
I loved the quaintness of Tallinn’s Old Town and wandering through the fairytale like city, but a girl still likes to shop! I was immediately drawn in to the colorful wool knits in the stalls at the outdoor Tallinn Wool Market. Estonian craftswomen set up shop to sell their hand knitted products in the shadows […]
Tallinn’s Old Town
Like most visitors to Estonia, we arrived in Tallinn via the two hour ferry ride from Helsinki. It was the very last day of our trip to Finland and while I had tried to talk Tim into ferrying over to Estonia for weeks leading up to our trip, he didn’t think we had time. We […]
Wine Wednesday: The World’s Oldest Republic Makes Wine Too
Perched atop a craggy cliff and completely landlocked by Italy, the tiny country of San Marino has stubbornly held on to its independence for centuries. Italians flock to the tiny country because of its tax-free status and tourists just generally want to check another country off their list. It’s probably safe to say that not […]
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