Greece - Islands and Mainland

Steve (my bf at the time), Alice (Steve's sister) and I (Michelle) took a fabulous 25 day trip to Greece ! We planned the trip so that we would split our time between an islands vacation and time to spend with Steve and Alice’s family who live in Greece .
Our flight landed in Athens and we spent 2 days there, took a ferry to Ios for 4 days and took another ferry to Santorini for 4 days. We then flew from Santorini to Salonika in the north of Greece and rented a car to drive to the village of Mikrokastro , where Steve and Alice’s maternal relatives live. We also spent 3 days in the beach resort area of Pefkochori where Steve and Alice’s cousin Stedios works in the summer.
We got to see a lot of Greece ! We drove to Grevena, Kozani, Dion, Mt Olympos, Katerini, Florina, Edessa , Meteora, Delphi and Athens on the mainland just to name a few places. We logged 2,600 kilometers on our rental car in just 12 days!! We went to amazing archaeological sites and saw beautiful Grecian vistas. The islands were breathtakingly gorgeous and so much fun. The mainland had rugged mountains with tortuous roads and flat wide plains with silvery olive groves.
We visited lots of Alice and Steve’s family both maternal and paternal and everyone was really friendly and welcoming. So many good times were had!

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Trip Length: 3 weeks
Blog Entries: 25
Photos: 60
Words: 23088

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Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
June 5th 2007	On Our Way Athens!! - Prologue	Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens
June 6th 2007	Athens - Finally here!! - Day 2	Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens
June 7th 2007	Athens - Siteseeing - Day 3	Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens
June 8th 2007	Athens - Visiting family - Day 4	Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens
June 9th 2007	On Our Way to Ios! - Day 5	Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Ios
June 10th 2007	Ios - Goats in the Road! - Day 6	Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Ios
June 11th 2007	Ios - Homers Tomb? and even more clubs - Day 7	Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Ios
June 12th 2007	Ios - Siteseeing in Chora - Day 8	Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Ios
June 13th 2007	Off to Santorini - Day 9	Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Santorini
June 14th 2007	Santorini - Sightseeing in Fira and Oia sunset - Day 10	Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Santorini » Fira
June 15th 2007	Santorini - Volcano Boat Tour - Day 11	Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Santorini » Fira
June 16th 2007	Santorini - Lazy Day! - Day 12	Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Santorini » Fira
June 17th 2007	Santorini to Salonika to Mikrokastro - Day 13	Europe » Greece » West Macedonia » Kozani
June 18th 2007	Mikrokastro Village - Day 14	Europe » Greece » West Macedonia » Kozani
June 19th 2007	Dion & Mt Olympos - Day 15	Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Mount Olympos
June 20th 2007	Florina Monastery & Edessa Waterfalls - Day 16	Europe » Greece » West Macedonia » Florina
June 21st 2007	Siatista & Grevena -Day 17	Europe » Greece » West Macedonia » Grevena
June 22nd 2007	Pefkochori - The Beach! - Day 18	Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Pefkochori
June 23rd 2007	Pefkochori - More Beach! - Day 19	Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Pefkochori
June 24th 2007	Pefkochori - Last day at the beach - Day 20	Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Pefkochori
June 25th 2007	Salonika (Thessaloniki) - Sightseeing - Day 21	Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki
June 26th 2007	Siatista & Megaro - Day 22	Europe » Greece » West Macedonia » Grevena
June 27th 2007	Mikrokastro - The big cookout!! - Day 23	Europe » Greece » West Macedonia » Kozani
June 28th 2007	Meteora & Dephi & Athens - Day 24	Europe » Greece » Central Greece » Delphi
June 29th 2007	The Journey Home to Boston	Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens