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!
Absolutely stunning shots of a time that you’ll be sure to always remember and cherish… That strawberry love green tea sounds amazing, as well!
Wow looks like such an amazing trip! I’m kicking my morning coffee habit, teas are a welcome exchange.
Beautiful pics! And the tea looks delish :)
I was sweating bullets the day we were in Athens too (May 2010) and actually had to BUY a new shirt because I was such a hot mess in the one I was wearing. Ha!
Oh, I’ve always wanted to go to Greece! I’m loving your honeymoon photos so that I can live vicariously! I’ve never tried loose leaf tea…me thinks I’m missing out.
That tea looks amazing and I just got a new pot for brewing! Yum!!!!!!!
Stunning pics and stunning teas :)
I want to visit Greece too. That’d be a photographer’s dream! Nice shots. :)
Just happened to get a new loose tea holder..
I love loose leaf tea – what a fabulous giveaway!
Your pictures of Athens look great, they make me want to visit Greece even more. Those teas also look lovely, I think I’m going to make myself a cup of tea right now.
Oh my goodness… A tea giveaway?! *Throws hand in air and waves it around crazily* Pick me, pick me! (Come on, random number generator… you know you want to!)
I love tea. :D All types that I’ve come across so far, at least!
i loooove tea!
Ooh, I need to replenish my tea cabinet! This would be perfect!
Honestly, Greece would be my dream honeymoon by farrr!! So beautiful!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I LOVE your pictures of Greece. I’ve wanted to go and have been talking with friends about going next year in the spring. :-)
One of my brothers married a woman from Greece . They got married in Greece at the end of June boy was it hot then. I loved visiting the area it was just absolutely beautiful.
Your Athens pics are beautiful! It looks like you must have been out early, most of the pics don’t seem to have a ton of tourists in them?
PS, I am renewing my love of tea after drinking coffee all summer… some tasty loose teas would help!
I <3 your pics, and I <3 tea, perfect combo!!
Your honeymoon pictures are so pretty, and the teas all look so delicious!