Saturday, August 21, 2010

Planes, Cruise ships, and Automobiles

This would accurately describe the last 10 days for Darel and I. When my roommates' little sister came up with the idea to go to Greece, we selflessly volunteered to chaperone. Not wanting to be without a sister, I decided to invite Darel, my only sister with nothing to do and (the ‘rents) money to burn. We decided a Mediterranean cruise would be the perfect setting for our own “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”. We started in Italy and headed to Croatia, Turkey, the Greek Isles, and back to Italy.

While on our adventure we used a lot of different forms of transportation everything from cable cars to donkeys.

Here are some pics of us utilizing the various kinds of transportation.

The Splendour of the Seas--our home for 7 days

We climbed 600 stairs....Well actually it was more like 20 stairs--we rode the donkeys most of the way to the top of Santorini Island!



We danced...if you could call it that.



We took water taxis


We took gondolas which just happened to have an attractive gondolier:)

Meet Clementine, the best little rented car in Corfu, Greece. As usual, I drove and Meliss navigated.



We took ski boats

We swam in the Adriatic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

We rode camels

We drove ATVs. One may have broken down and caused us to almost miss our cruise ship. Luckily, we had a minor with us and they won't leave a minor behind. I am so glad Darel came with us!

While we weren't gallivanting in port cities, we also spent time getting dressed up for amazing dinners and drinking pina colodas by the pool!



Basically it was one of the greatest vacations full of all my favorite things: sun, stamps in my passport, and my favorite girls. I only wish the other sistas and Shelly could have been with us! Darel will be sharing more deats of our adventures soon!

6 comments:

Rachel Elder said...

Oh my beautiful cousins! Looks like you guys had a blast! Im so jealous. Miss you guys!

Sydney said...

Total hotties. What a fun trip!
The last shot of Darel with the Pina Colada is perfect - Did she make it to 50 on the cruise?

MaryJane said...

Once again, Chelsea, I want to hire you as my tour guide. My sisters and I want to take that same trip in 2012. Are you available?

sheila said...

Darn, now Chels I am even MORE jealous! What fantastic pics especially of all your different ways of transportation. Pics of donkeys and camels?? Way over the top!! I'm glad all went well and sort of glad you took the minor. It is my turn to go with Mary Jane in 2012!

Darrell said...

Thank goodness you didn't include any serious pics of "Julian" the cute gondolier, otherwise I would have been really freaked out. The cutest tour group I think I have ever seen. Great post!

Darcee said...

I can't even go into details of how jealous I am of your trip!!! It looks Amazing as I knew it would!!! Can't wait to see you soon!