San Diego - Day 2

Breakfast, the most important meal of the day.

 

 

We spent the morning at the beach but, due to sand and water, the camera stayed in the bag. After a light lunch we went on a walk to get some gelato.

 And here are a couple of videos of Leo's sisters.

And there were soooo many flowers in bloom!

Any guesses about these giant seed pods? A clue is the trunks have round thorns!

Next was ice cream so not many pictures on the way back to the hotel aside from this lowrider, a '64 Bel Air, firme!

And some quiet time working on this entry and watching a BIG TV.

San Diego - Day One

 This is Leo.

He is pretty excited to go on vacation someplace warm. He is also excited to document the trip with this travel blog (with some parental assistance).

Here we are landing in San Diego. Look at the size of those palm trees!

And here is Leo and his mom. And Leo.

The airport is an interesting place and Leo took some more pictures while the family waited for their taxi.

And here is Leo's sister Camille.

 The taxi finally came and here are some shots from inside and outside of the minivan.

We finally made it to the hotel and we went swimming in the pool!

A late lunch, or early dinner, rounded off our first day.

Things We Saw Today

Happy Mother's Day

In the culmination of a years-long dream, my mother whisked me away on a Greek extravaganza celebrating both of our birthdays. After many months of meticulous planning on Mom's part, we found ourselves excited and jet-lagged in Athens!

At the Metro Station, headed to Syntagma Square

The view from Hotel Acropolis House - the Acropolis! Seriously.

From Athens it was on to the adorable village of Kardamili.

So many pleasant moments spent just staring out to sea, chatting, sipping cappuccino.

Dandelions the size of grapefruits!

And of course, beautiful sunsets.

We enjoyed some excursions to nearby sights:

In the courtyard of Monastery Vaidenitsa

Stuck in Stoupa

There was a great bike path that followed the coast from Stoupa to Agios Nikolaos

The host of Maison Viros, Nikos, was so helpful and thoughtful!

This place was perfect. Kitchen, pool, view of the sea. Couldn't have been better.

Nikos waited with us until the bus came to take us back to Athens! Such a nice guy.

Thanks, Mom, for an incredible adventure. I love you so, so much. Happy Mother's Day!