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Our first stop in Greece was Santorini. Santorini is a small, circular archipelago of volcanic islands located in the southern Aegean Sea, about 120 miles southeast from Greece’s mainland. The main island is called Thira, and the most beautiful part of the island, where the main thrust of restaurants and hotels is located, is called Oia. We thought it was really cool that Santorini is basically what remains of a larger island after a massive volcanic explosion that took place 3,600 years ago. Now the city of Thira looks out into a water-filled caldera, which makes for some mind-boggling photographs.

Here we are on our first full day in Oia. Believe it or not, this photo was taken from the cafe where we had breakfast. The views don’t really get much better than this, people.

There were so many amazing photo ops like this throughout Oia. I have no idea what this building is—we just thought it was pretty.

The next two shots are from the balcony of the hotel we stayed at on our second night. It was called Delfini, and it is run by the sweetest woman I’ve ever met. When she found out we were on our honeymoon, she told the Dude, “I will see you back here next year with one baby.” Haha.

I think this next photo is so beautiful it doesn’t even look real.

The next day, we woke up and headed back to our breakfast spot–we seriously couldn’t find a place with a better view! Here’s the Dude checking out a cruise ship that was pulling in to port in the cafe’s telescope.

The Delfini was booked for this night, so we had to find a new hotel. My only criteria was that it had a swimming pool. Luckily, I wasn’t disappointed. (Those are not my toes, by the way!)

After a relaxing afternoon by the pool, we hung out in the hotel room for a bit and got ready to check out the sunset. I sneaked a few pages of my book while the Dude showered.

This is pretty much how I rolled for most of the trip: with my nose stuck in a book. Hey, I was excited to have free time for pleasure reading for the first time in three years!

When the sun started to go down, we headed up to our hotel’s Sunset Terrace to take in the gorgeous Aegean sunset from a sweet vantage point. Some Greek beer and red wine along with a bowl of peanuts were the perfect complement to the setting.

Now it’s time for some gratuitous sunset porn. Is that a thing? I just made it one.

Since this was our last night in Santorini, we headed back down for a fancy dinner in a restaurant filled with drippy candles and lace curtains. It was such a romantic setting (but alas, too dark for photos). Here we had one of the best conversations of the trip—we just talked about how excited we were to spend the rest of our lives together and how lucky we are and all that mushy stuff. I’m glad no one we know heard us talking because they probably would have thrown up in their mouths.

Here’s one last shot of one of the blue-domed churches in Oia. Beautiful, no?

I had a really hard time deciding which video to share with you guys–we have three full days of awesome Santorini footage! I ultimately decided to go with two, because why not? The first is of a wedding processional (or recessional?) we saw on the streets of Oia. (This is Weddingbee, after all!) We saw many couples getting married while in Greece, and we happened to get footage of this one. If we hadn’t had our dream wedding in Austin, Oia would have been a magnificent place to tie the knot.

The second is a video of me and the Dude after we finished dinner at The Blue Sky Restaurant in Oia. I had just finished a very spicy salad with something called “rocket”. This is us trying to figure out exactly what that meant. (Sidebar: we didn’t figure out that “rocket” actually means “roquette” or arugula, a spicy Mediterranean leafy vegetable, until after we got back to the States and I Googled it. Heh.)

Next up: We take a ferry to Naxos to see the Temple to Apollo.

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