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I'm 99% sure all my future vacations will take place in Mykonos.
After all the rain we endured in Rome, we deserved a mini holiday within our holiday. And boy did we ever get one!


We had three days in absolute paradise. We spent all day on the beach relaxing in the sun, swimming, drinking 2 for 1 cocktails, eating pizza and gyros and spending time bonding with our crazy contiki family. The hotel was directly on the beach and had cats everywhere! And, just for Mike, there was even a dog that roamed the grounds as he pleased. But back to the cats. I'd be lounging on their amazingly cushioned beach chairs and all of a sudden hear meowing at the bottom of the chair! It was basically heaven on earth.






 We got to tour the main town of Mykonos (which is legitimately all white buildings with blue roofs and windows but I made the poor choice of not bringing my camera onto town because it was super hot out and I wasn't thinking) and explored the nightlife of the island. The resort we stayed on had two competing bars, one of which gave out free shot vouchers all day so all of us were pretty keen on staying at the resort and having a good time!







When we got to Athens we experienced an amazing Greek dinner with all kinds of delicious food. The restaurant even had dancers come out and of course I got pulled up by one of them and had to learn a bit of their dance with them! It was such a fun, layed back night. The next day we visited the Olympic Stadium and the Acropolis which was extrodinary. The view alone was incredible but to be there and to see what's left of it was mind boggling. There was even a cat lingering around that we can only assume is a king reincarnated.


Were currently in Albania just for the day on our way to Croatia, and I really miss sitting on Paradise Beach laughing away the days!
Although I just quickly want to through this little cafe we discovered in Albania out there for all you fans out there:


Natën e mirë !
Were in Italy!


Upon driving into our final destination we stopped in Verona to see the most well known balcony.




Yeah, we all touched Juliette's boob. And read the letters! Verona was a cute little stop, but its Venice that's stolen my heart.





The floating city welcomed us with a floodless day full of pizza, gelato, gondola rides, espresso, mask shopping and other very Italian things (did you know Venice floods 200/365 days a year?). We had a walking tour to start off our day then visited a glass blowing demonstration which blew all our minds and definitely made me question what I do with my time. The Glassman(?) made this horse in under one minute!


We spent the day doing super touristy things and experiencing Venizia to the fullest, we even sat off the edge of a canal and dangled our feet for a while.


In the evening we went off for our gondola ride, and our amazing tour guide Rex surprised Mike and me with a private romantic gondola tour separate from the group which was absolutely lovely of him. The entire time people were snapping pictures of us from the bridges and windowsills, but we had such a nice ride and really loved the experience.




Tomorrow we head into Florence and I'm so excited to continue this week through Italy! Next week were in Greece and I'm so happy the two places I was most excited for are finally happening!


Ciao!
As a perk of going Contiki, you get to stay in exclusive "stopovers" full of other Contiki-goers. When I heard that we were staying in a chateaux I didn't really know what to expect, and when we pulled up my jaw quite literally dropped.





The building was surrounded by vineyards and farms and small dirt roads with chickens running free and nothing but the sound of birds. We had the most beautiful hike up what felt like a mountain and had a picnic of brie, baguettes, fruit and chips and relaxed all afternoon, and when night came we partied so hard we could barely wake up for the 9am breakfast call. It was two days of complete bliss and even though I'm currently poised in the corner of our adorable hostel in Barcelona, I miss looking out the window and seeing the breathtaking French scenery.







Tomorrow we have an entire day to explore Spain, and although I'm super excited, I'm also slightly exhausted and hoping I can get a good enough nights sleep to keep powering through! 
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