Greece

 I made it to Greece!!!  A place that I never thought in my life I would have the oppertunity to go until moving to Europe.  When many think of Greece, there first thought is Athens, and the Greek Islands.  I went to neither.   We spent four days in Halkidiki.  To see where this is check out the Map here.  Halkidiki is a part of Greece more eastern of Athens.  We stayed in the city near Koipingi, but traveled to many near by cities to see.  Most of our time was spent out on the beautiful beach enjoying the beautiful sun and water.  Our hotel we stayed at was along the beach a 40 second walk from our room we were on the beach!!

 A view from our room!!

Dinner one night, shrimp, potatoes,  Fried Zucchini (Kolokythakia), and feta!!

 Svetlana on the beach enjoying a Frappe, a common coffee for the area!!

  The beach, Beautiful!! Wonderful weather the entire time we were there!!

We spent the weekend with Svetlana's good Friend Angelina.

 Staple of very meal!! Greek Salad with Feta cheese and Tzatziki.

Me out at dinner enjoying our shrimp dinner and Ouzo!!!


We all had a great weekend!!  While Svetlana and I were in Greece Sam and Svetlana's husband Rich spent the weekend in Austria rafting and canoeing.  I think we choose the better trip as the water in Austria was very cold and not as enjoyable as our time on the beach, food, and party!!