Honeymoon Day 2 Part II: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Changing of the Guards, and Dinner at Ορίζοντες (Orizontes)

TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS After prying me away from Katrina the Kitty, Andy and I continued our exploration of Athens and made our way towards the Temple of Olympian Zeus, near the base of the Acropolis across the main thoroughfare of Athens. One section of the Temple of Olympian Zeus Construction of the Temple began […]

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Honeymoon Day 2 Part I: Exploring Athens, the Acropolis, the Plaka District, and My First Animal Friend

ATHENS Athens deserves a little bit of a historical rundown in order to understand its expansive history and ancient monuments. Before we left, the few guidebooks and websites we read described Athens as over-filled with concrete apartment complexes, unbearable traffic jams, and unrelenting clouds of smog known as nefos. While Andy and I did discover […]

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CHICAGO!

I fell in love with Chicago. I admit it. I couldn’t get over the liberal mecca. It was just so awesome. Andy and I stayed at the Drake Hotel near Michigan Ave and saw all of Chicago with Future Mama-in-Law, Future Papa-in-Law and Future Sister-in-Law. We spent the first day walking down the “magnificent mile.” […]

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