Day 8: Kortor

This was our last stop on the cruise!! We were signed up to do a speed boat trip into some caves and we were pretty excited about it.  But sadly, they canceled our trip :( Supposedly it was because of poor weather... but the weather was beautiful that day! Instead we took a hike! The town looked like it was straight out of the medieval days.  We hiked up to a fort.  It was forty minutes up and 40 minutes down.. WHEW!

 Climb climb climb

 I love this pic of mom and dad.. such nice colors

Can you find mom and dad? We were only up one stair case!!

 This picture is a favorite.. I love all the green!! And our shirt colors are nice too

Big 2-3

I had a birthday shout HOORAY

The night before my birthday Woody came home from a test with some treats for a pre-birthday celebration.  (Love that!)

That night he even let us play my favorite card game. It's called SPIT...I'm not really sure why it's called spit, don't worry you don't spit during it

On my real birthday (saturday) we went up to our new apartment and took some measurements for a couch... then we got to go to the temple for my good friend Natalie's wedding!!

Natalie and Corey coming out.. so exciting

 Then Woody took me out to lunch at Olive Garden.. YUM

They had a 2 for 25 deal which included salad, 2 appetizers and an entree. For our appetizers one of them was bruschetta.. it was SO GOOD 

Then afterwards we went to look at some couches that we wanted.. we sat there for a very long time contemplating.. Woody has a good thinking face don't you think?

After lots of thinking.. we bought the couch!!! YEAH First big purchase together

I wore my cute birthday shoes from Tina on my birthday :)

Then we went to Natalie's reception.  It was in an outside place called The Bungalow.. it was gorgeous and she looked sooo good. 

On our way home we stopped at Walmart to get some food for dinner the next night

And to end the night Woody took me to see Brave.  It was so cute I loved it!

I had so much fun on my birthday! And was really spoiled by my sweet Woody... That morning when I woke him up to get ready he said, "Happy BIrthday the big 2-4!" haha really close babe. I guess we're at the point where your age only really matters at decade numbers.

Day7: Kefalonia

Kefalonia was probably our least exciting stop, but still beautiful :)

We found a nice beach to hang out by.. Woody doing his pre-swim stretch

Woody was the only one who got in this time... it was a little too chilly outside for the rest of us.  Can you find Woody in the waves?

Woody's Baywatch picture.. I married such a BABE

This beach had sand instead of rocks.. me likey

And of course, we had to stop and eat some Greek food!!

Woody loves his Greek salads!!

Woody was pretty sad to leave this day because it was our last Greek spot.  We stayed out for as long as we dared, and tried to be one of the last few to get on the boat.  

Farewell Greece.. until we meet again

Day 6: Athens

Athens was a lot of fun. Woody loved being back home and seeing the sights that he saw for 2 years.  It was way cool to visit all the Ancient Greece stuff and see things that you've learned about. Woody was actually really sad when we got back on the boat, he was not ready to leave his home away from home.

Woody was so excited for this day because it was the only day where we were actually in an area that he served his mission in!

This is Woody's church.  It was in a 3-story building, and they had all levels.  If you didn't read the plaque you would have never known it was a church.

Zeus' Temple

It was FLIPPING hot and bright.  So we had our fancy new glasses to help us out... but on this trip I found out that sunglasses make your nose sweaty

They were dogs everywhere in Athens, and the other Greek cities.  Woody says that people buy them as puppies and then let them go when they are adults.  The dogs don't really mind because everybody pets them and feeds them.

The muses 

The Parthenon 

This is us on top of Mars Hill.. where the Apostle Paul taught about Christ.  During the mission, the missionaries meet here and have a testimony meeting.  It was a cool spot.. but sad because it's definitely mistreated with trash and graffiti.

We bought some Strawberries and they were delicious!! Even better after we went to the boat and put them in the fridge to make them cold.

Of course we ate lunch and got us some gyros... SO GOOD

Capitol Building.. has the unknown Soldier there, and the changing of the guards. It is in the area where Woody would do a lot of street contacting.

To get around Athens we used the public train system.  We felt pretty good and it was fun to see the train system.  Apparently, when the Olympics were held in Greece, they weren't doing anything to get ready and had really bad public transportation so, the EU sent  Germany down to build them a train system.. fun fact