The Story Of Us

We woke up in Naxos, had a quick breakfast before getting on another ferry to Santorini. This time we took World Champion Seajets. Unlike our earlier ferry this one was huge, could carry cars and was filled to the brim. It was also a little fancier than our last ferry and the hour and fifteen minutes simply slipped away. But we were not in the least bit prepared for what happened when we disembarked.  It was a zoo! Thankfully we had asked the hotel to collect us but how does one even located the driver in this madness.. the picture I now realize does not fully showcase the madness. We eventually located the fella but saw so many people struggling to find a taxi.  The driver dropped us off near a church in Fira.. we were initially a bit confused but then a porter arrived and took our luggage down many many flights of winding steps until we finally reached our hotel, Cori Rigas. We chose to stay in Fira, the capital of Santorini instead of the tourist hot spot Oia. And we made the correc

On our way back from Karachi we always try to take a little side trip. Something to help us unwind from all the craziness of that trip. The first time we made a three day stop in Istanbul , the time after that we spent five days in Denmark . This time we spent nine days in Greece.  M obviously did not have that many vacation days so he spent the first week in Karachi working from home. :( We left Karachi in the wee hours of the night, we flew Turkish Air and landed in Turkey in the morning. After a four hour layover we arrived in Athens in the afternoon. We made the executive decision to not do anything that night. We checked into a lovely boutique hotel - Estia Boutique Apartments, in a slightly sketchy (up and coming) neighborhood just a stone throw away from the hustle and bustle. We checked into our lovely apartment esque room and showered and rested until it was time for dinner. Coming in from Karachi we had three checked bags and four hand carries. The hotel allowed us to store t