Greek Islands Vacation

At the local Christian theater’s trivia night last night they had a silent auction. I noticed there were several really nice looking vacations that nobody was signing up for. Of particular interest to me was a “Greek Island Choice Getaway” for 2 guests and 5 nights valued at $2,100. I texted my mom asking if she would go with me if I won, and she replied, “sure.” So I started the bidding at $1,345. Nobody else bid on it, so I won!

I’ve never been to another country before, and I thought this sounded exotic and amazing. I’ve heard that Santorini is one of the most beautiful places on Earth, so I’m leaning toward choosing a resort on that island; however, I also noticed that Rhodes is an option, and I would also like to see where the Colossus of Rhodes once stood. I wonder if it would be feasible to travel to Olympus to see where the great Statue of Zeus once stood too? I also wonder if I’ll need to learn the Greek language? I imagine it’s not an easy language to learn.

I figure it would be an incredibly long flight from St. Louis, Missouri to Athens, Greece, so I’m hoping we will have a layover somewhere in Western Europe. I look forward to seeing the airport there and getting another stamp on my passport. Maybe on the way back home we might even have a layover in another country different from that of the first layover?

I have 12 months to book the trip and 24 months to complete it. I’m so looking forward to trying exotic foods, shopping, historical sightseeing, beautiful landscapes/seascapes, and of course meeting beautiful women. Please comment if you have any travel advice for a guy who’s never left the US before headed to the Greek Islands!

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Rabscuttle · 41-45

Okay, first thing's first: https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1406490064/vector/comparison-of-greek-latin-and-cyrillic-alphabets.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=Vnpyim7uYy1wiPer2HJbIA_-G2_Eo4RYeXjL6I_z4IM= Save this image. It's the overlap between the Greek, Roman, and Cyrillic alphabets. You're probably thinking "That's an interesting bit of trivia, but there's no way that information would ever prove useful in my life". Everyone thinks that; everyone is wrong. At some point, it WILL come up, and you WILL be slightly inconvenienced if you don't have quick access to it. Get out ahead of the problem, and you'll eventually be glad you did.

That said: nice! Be sure your passport's current, and if not, fix that; it can take a while, so do it as soon as possible. You might want to look at getting a cheap backup camera, in case something happens to the first, just in case.

I've never been to Greece, but two important things:
1. the people there are probably familiar with saganaki, so ordering it for someone else's table will produce much less comical reactions, and
2. don't laugh at the evzones. Yes, their uniforms are predicated on the idea that it's hard to fight an enemy when you're laughing uncontrollably, but they're still well-trained, elite soldiers.

Have fun!

Poppies · 61-69, F

Don't forget to get a passport! It can take a good while. And they often reject the first application because of some trivial photo reason, like the background being a shade of white they don't like! This is a good thing to get done well, well in advance !

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