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The most asked question during this trip was when I asked my husband, “What time do we have to wake up tomorrow?” He was in charge of the itinerary and all logistics, which were numerous. We had an early alarm to head to the Athens airport to fly to Santorini. Now there are many ways to hop around the islands, and I was fine taking the ferry down to Santorini. But this was our honeymoon, and Jake was intentional about making sure we did as little traveling between islands so we could have the most time on each island. After a short flight, we landed in Santorini, and the hotel arranged a car service to pick us up from the airport. Seriously, this man thought of everything to make sure everything was taken care of.

HOTEL
The Saint Hotel

This was one of our big splurges for the trip, and from the minute we got there, I didn’t want to leave. The staff, amenities, the VIEW — everything was perfect! We had lunch and a cocktail by the pool. I’m now obsessed with the Greek version of a Caesar salad, and nothing will ever compare. We then went to our room to change into bathing suits to enjoy our own private pool on our private patio. The hotel treated us to a free bottle of wine and fresh fruit, which we enjoyed while relaxing on our patio lounger and in the pool. Watching that first sunset while sitting outside is something I will never forget! We eventually showered and changed to head up to dinner at the rooftop bar and restaurant.

The next morning, breakfast was delivered to our room, and we ate outside on the patio. This was the kind of vacation where you view sleep as a waste of time when there is so much to do and see!

We spent the morning in the pool and relaxing before heading to the spa for a couples massage. Jake really thought of every single detail to make sure this trip allowed us to do a lot of sightseeing, but made us slow down and relax as we enjoyed this time together.

outfit details
maxi dress

From there, we headed to the hotel pool and bar to lie in the sun, enjoy the pool, and order a few drinks.

While we wanted to stay in the pool, we had to get changed for dinner to celebrate our official seven years of being together. August has always been a special month for us because it’s our dating anniversary, so every August we like to go on a trip to celebrate our dating anniversary. Now, we hope to keep doing some sort of trip to acknowledge this milestone. As if the trip wasn’t enough, Jake gifted me a diamond necklace with the same diamonds that are in my wedding ring set.

outfit details
anthropologie dress

SO funny story, we were walking to dinner, and there are no sidewalks in Oai besides the painted blue path for pedestrians. A local pointed out that the blue of my dress perfectly matched the blue path and jokingly told me to make sure no one walks over me. I was very intentional about my blue outfits for this trip, just didn’t realize I’d be THIS GOOD!

THE BLUE DOME

Yes, it’s the touristy thing to do in Santorini, but it’s just something you have to do. At sunset and sunrise, there is going to be a long line to get that perfect picture, but the line really does move quickly, and the group behind you will most likely offer to take the picture for you.

DINNER
Ambrosia

There are a lot of options for restaurants in Santorini, and I’m so happy we selected this one for dinner. It had a great view of Oai and the water at sunset. The staff were amazing, the food was delicious, and the view was remarkable. The celebrity of the evening was the cats we saw making their way up the mountain for dinner time. After dinner, we walked around Oia and enjoyed watching the city all lit up.

SAINT YACHTING
Yacht

The hotel we were staying at has a collection of yachts for guests to use for a fee. It’s something we saw as an amenity months ago, and when I saw the price, I just laughed and said maybe in another lifetime. The goal of this trip was to make the most of it, and Jake said that the budget went out the window when he booked the yacht for a sunset cruise. This whole thing was a surprise to me, so we woke up that day knowing we were going somewhere that late afternoon, but I still had no clue what he had planned. Jake finally told me that he booked us the yacht for a sunset cruise, and that explained why he bought me new swimwear and a cover-up.

I think my favorite favorite part is when we were waiting on the dock to get on, and people started pushing their way in front of us to take a picture of the boat. Finally, our crew asked the people politely to step aside so we could get on board and a guy holding up his phone, taking pictures of the boat, turned around and saw Jake and me standing there and said, “This boat is for you??!!” Everyone on that dock was shocked that the guy wearing a Star Wars baseball hat and I were the ones getting on the boat. Jake and I laughed and replied with “Yep! That’s ours!” as we stepped on.

pictures do not give this view justice!

We sailed around Santorini and then stopped around the island to swim before heading to a part of the island you can only access by boat for dinner. Sitting there at dinner, it was a moment where I thought I never wanted this day to end! We then got back on the boat and sped off to sail back to port and get the perfect view of the sun setting.

We went to a lot of islands on this trip, and we only spent a little time on Santorini, but this is an island I would come back to over and over again. We are already talking about coming back again and really exploring the island more.

outfit details
crochet cover up // sarong // similar swim bottoms