Next up, on our Honeymoon tour: Athens, Greece!
Missed Stop 1? Venice
Fun facts about Athens:
- Athens is the largest city & capital of Greece
- It’s one of the world’s oldest cities
- Population: approximately 3,932,756
- First modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896
- Birthplace of many prominent writers, philosophers, politicians and scientists of the ancient world, including Sophocles, Socrates and Pericles.
And it’s smokin’ hot! 
It reached a high of 38 degrees Celsius the day we were there. Eric and I were sweating buckets while climbing the Acropolis and Filopappos hill. We finally reached the top of the Acropolis and discovered there was no water to be found, just a lot of thirsty tourists! If you ever find yourself climbing this, bring more than 1 bottle of water… ;)
There are about 150,000 stray dogs living on the streets in Athens. I wanted to take all of them home…
After our climbs, we headed to the Plaka shopping area where there are a lot of tourist/market type shops and high end shopping too.
You can view the rest of the pictures in the gallery below:
Feel Good Tea Giveaway!
The lovely makers of Feel Good Tea are giving away 10 (50g bags) of their best-selling loose leaf teas to one lucky winner.
The flavours included in this prize pack are…
- FeelGood Chai (Black)
- Black Celebration (Black)
- Toasted Walnut (Green)
- Strawberry Love (Green)
- Banana Bread (Herbal)
- Orange Blossom Oolong (Oolong)
- Chocolate Banana (Rooibos)
- Carnival (Rooibos)
- Heavenly Blend (White)
- White Bouquet (White)
To enter: Please leave a comment below and you’ll be entered for the random draw on Monday! Goodluck!
The tea looks tasty!
Great pics from Greece, I would love to visit that beautiful country one day. Tea is my absolutely favorite drink!
I’ve been to Athens too – it’s a great place. I’m with you about the dogs – if it were possible I would give every stray dog a home. :-)
mmmmmm! Chocolate Banana! Tea is my drink of choice!
banana bread tea?! I’ve got to try some of that!!
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I would love to win the tea!! I love tea!! Yummy!
I’d love some tea!
I feel the same way about the dogs! :( Actually there IS water on the Acropolis, its around the side next to a watch-hut, its a water-fountain. I love the picture going to Monastiraki, i have walked that way so many times. Now i miss Greece more than usual :( lol.
ahhh how did we miss the water fountain? Next time ;)
Athens looks amazing! I’ve never been, but it is definitely near the top of my “list”.
The tea looks amazing too! Thanks :)
I don’t drink coffee – I’m a tea girl. Oh yes please!
I would love to try new tea flavors!
Thanks for sharing the Athens photos.
Luckily I’m a tea drinker… yes, please!
Oooo tea! Pick me pick me!
I am such a sucker for an animals especially dogs and especially stray ones. It takes every ounce of resistance in me not to pet them. If I see a homeless person with a dog or just a stray dog near a store I will go buy the dog some food. I think I was a dog in my previous life ;) Thanks to you and Feel Good Tea for the giveaway!!
Mmmm…Tea…a hug in a mug! :)
those teas sound so yummy!
I love teas that you can see the ingredients of. I have a big collection of tea from the store teavana that looks alot like those.
Oh, this tea looks yummy! So yummy that I did a search on Amazon to see if I could order some! Must not have done something correct – couldn’t find it. Will try again.
The tea looks good! I would love to visit Athens. Found your website while looking for a veggie burger recipe – yours was a huge hit!
I hope I win!
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