Cruising Around the Greek Isles

As I wrote earlier, Serge and I spent an amazing 10 nights back in April aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship sailing through the Mediterranean from Venice to 7 different Greek Islands.  We had an absolute blast, sightseeing, eating, and lounging in the first warm sunshine we'd experienced since moving to Germany! ;-) We took about 200 photos, but here are the highlights:

How many bags does one pack for 12 days? As many as possible!

Split, Croatia

outside the market in Split

We were so excited to be in shorts! :-)

Croatian flag

Doing a split in Split, of course!

reading on our balcony and watching as we leave Croatia - On to the next port!

Corfu, Greece

St. George's Church

exploring the island

and breaking for a Mythos

En Plo Cafe

Athens, Greece

Acropolis

The Parthenon

Petros the Pelican, the mascot of Mykonos

Mykonos, Greece

This was right after I learned that my baby niece had been born!

We made it to a beach! :-)

The rain stopped, so we came back out on the island to check out the windmills.

Mykonos windmills

Toasting to our new niece!

Church of Panagia of Platsani in Oia, Santorini, Greece

Enjoying an awesome Greek lunch with a gorgeous view!

near Santorini's caldera

Checking out all the beautiful churches

I love all the white-washed buildings with blue roofs!

Kastelli Agios Nikolaos

Santorini windmills in the background

You have to walk up over 600 steps to get to the top of the island, or you can ride a donkey, or take a cable car.  We took the cable car up and walked down by foot because I felt so bad for the donkeys! They were sweet :-)

Walking back to our ship

Chania, Crete

Lighthouse

Venetian Harbour, Chania, Crete