Greece

So, we just got back from an amazing family trip to Greece! And yes... Willa came too! Dennis/Dad/Grandad took the whole family to Greece for a trip down memory lane. Bret spent the first three years of his life in Greece... sadly there wasn't much memory lane that he could actually remember. Admittedly our first couple days were rough... night 2 Bret, Willa and I were ready to pack up (and I'm pretty sure the rest of the family was ready to give us the boot) however, Willa and parents rallied (and got over some pretty rotten jet lag) and had a great trip. Willa was a great traveler and super trooper... she pretty much lived in her backpack (note all the pictures of all the places WIlla napped)! I broke the trip pictures into four groups... our time on the island of Santorini, Athens (This was our favorite part so, be sure to check out these pics!), Corith and few pictures from where we satyed near Athens in Loutsa. There are A LOT of pictures so be sure to pace yourselves and enjoy!!!

Athens, Greece

Our time in Athens was filled with incredible sights, old friends and familiar places. Here are "several" pictures from our time there!

Bret's Folks, Karen and Dennis, had great friends in Athens, incidentally, named Karen and Dennis. Dennis is the director of the planetarium in Athens. Here we are getting ready to check it out.

Dennis and Karen in front of their old house

Our hike up to the Acropolis

Bret and Willa in front of some pillars...

Leah with the trusty guidebook

The Parthenon

Bret, Leah, Willa & the Parthenon

Mommy and Willa take in the view

The other side of the Parthenon

Check out this picture of Bret when he was six-ish and the picture of Willa below... what a hoot!

Family pic

Willa with Grandad and Grandmom

This would make a pretty cool Nalgene ad... hydrate or die!

The hike up to Mars Hill ... note.... Bret had the backpack again

Our tour guide

Partial Family Pic... definitely not x-mas card material... where's Cori?

Jim's and Jana's X-mas card pic

Grandmom and Grandad x-mas card

Family Pic

The whole family pic... maybe x-mas card material?

We take a break a local cafe

Naptime

The sunglasses game

Dancing on the Plaka

The Van

The Church where grandad used to be pastor

The alter

The pulpit

One afternoon Bret, Leah, Willa, Jim & Jana took a walking tour of Athens. It started here at Santagma Square

Mommy, Willa & the taverna menu

The taverna owner bribing Willa with a flower... I don't think she's going for it

Mommy, Willa and the parliment building

Aunt Jana & Willa

Changing of the guard... this outft is way more embarassing than the one at Buckinham Palace!

The funniest thing about the changing of the guard is that they have guards to protect the guards from the tourists... no joke!

Jim, Bret & Willa at the national gardens

Naptime

More of the gardens

The walking tour continues

Hadriens Arch... I think... there are so many temples and arches... they are hard to keep up with

Sights on the walking tour...

The Agora... the ancient marketplace

Jana buying some coconut deliciousness in the Plaka

MmmMmm roasted pistachios

Loutsa, Greece

The house where we stayed, near Athens in Loutsa, was right by the beach. Here we take a stroll to the water

Willa chilln' at the beach


Naptime!

Willa and Granmom play!

The whole gang

Mommy, Daddy and Willa have some water play!

Playtime with Aunt Jana and Aunt Cori!

Mommy and Willa

Night on the town

Don't worry we remembered the Greek phrase book! Actually, we think we only got into this club because we spoke English... weird.

Some beachtime after dinner one night