a view from above

On our second day in Venice we tested out the water taxis and made our way to one of the little islands just across the waterway from the city. We climbed up to the top of the church where we heard the view was suburb. And it was. Totally worth it. We also ate gelato, visited St. Mark's Basilica in Piazza San Marco, and finally had the orange drink we had everyone with. 

By the end of our time we were sick of the Venice heat and ready to make our way to Florence. But I was going to miss the romantic canals and the way the buildings blended right into it all. Beauty at it's finest. 

venice heat

Italy. The last stop on my European adventure and the last place I will be talking about on this lovely little blog. This is a country I have been wanting to go to for as long as I can remember (which was then enhanced by watching The Lizzie McGuire Movie, When in Rome, and Under the Tuscan Sun). Apparently my trips became heavily based off what I have seen in movies. We started our Italy tour in Venice. With all of its winding streets, boat taxis, and never-ending canals it was kind of a given that we had to go there. 
We spent the majority of the time lost in the mini streets of Venice. But that was kind of the beauty of it all - minus the fact that I don't think I have experienced hotter weather. Mix that with walking around all day equals girls who just want to sit and eat gelato. So that's what we did. 

the start of an obsession

My cool friends

cruisin

On our last day in Santorini we though that we would do like the Greeks and get some ATVs for the day. I know us? On ATVs? On Greek roads? We thought it was just as crazy of an idea as you do. But we did it, and we survived (somehow). We drove them out to the black sand beach where we did our last little bit of sunbathing and swimming in the Med. After some lunch at the beach we drove them to the complete other side of the island to Oia where we enjoyed dinner on the edge of the cliff and watched the famous sunset. 

cool helmets

reading the funniest book ever aka tina fey's

black sand. so cool. 

from the beach to Oia

lil nugget chuggin along

Oia

we like it here

Our time in Santorini would have made the sisterhood girls proud. Goal accomplished. Plus I never thought that I would stay in a hotel with a pool while backpacking through Europe. Oh and George 2.0 (Fira George) deserves a shout out too. Thanks for the Mama's recommendation - her sex bombs miss her already. xo

activity monsters

From Mykonos we made our way over to Santorini. This was the last stop on our Greek adventure and we had a few things that we wanted to accomplish before making our way to Italy (all sisterhood inspired of course). 

This included donkey riding, volcano climbing, cliff descending, hot spring swimming. And all on our first day. Activity monsters we were.  

the 600 stairs we climbed down

casually climbing a volcano

and we swam in hot springs

we rode donkeys this time around

Oh and did I mention we had a pool at our hotel...because we did. And after the steaming weather we had it was exactly what we needed when we got home.