Volume II · The Honeymoon · 2022
Two weeks
in Greece.
Athens to the islands and back again. Salt, marble, blue domes, slow dinners, and the occasional ferry where everything got dramatic.
- Trip length
- 14 days
- Islands
- Four
- Ferries
- Five
- Year
- 2022
We started in Athens, ferried out across the Aegean, and worked our way from island to island at the slow pace the sea seemed to insist on. Every stop had its own rhythm — Rafina was a portside breath, Santorini a held one, Mykonos a long exhale at 2am, Milos a place we still talk about. We came back tan, sleepy, and married — properly this time.
The itinerary
Five stops, one ferry pass.
Start at the top, follow the coast, and pretend the boat schedule is a suggestion. Tap any stop for the full set of photos.
Port town · Attica
Ραφήνα
Rafina
Our first stop — a brief night between the airport and the morning ferry. Just enough time to taste salt on the wind and lose our jet legs.
View the Rafina gallery
Cyclades · Caldera
Σαντορίνη
Santorini
Whitewashed villages stacked on the rim of a flooded volcano. Sunsets that earn their reputation. Donkeys, domes, and a horizon that won't quit.
View the Santorini gallery
Cyclades · The party island
Μύκονος
Mykonos
Windmills above the water, bougainvillea against bleached walls, and a town built like a maze on purpose so the pirates would get lost.
View the Mykonos gallery
Cyclades · Volcanic coast
Μήλος
Milos
Pale rock, deep water, and beaches that look engineered. Sarakiniko felt like another planet — quiet, lunar, and ours for an afternoon.
View the Milos gallery
Attica · The capital
Αθήνα
Athens
The Acropolis at golden hour, the Plaka after dark, and a city that holds three thousand years on every corner — comfortably.
View the Athens gallery
The professional shoot
Athens, in frame.
We hired a local photographer for an hour at golden hour. Marble columns, a city in haze below, and the two of us in our least travel-rumpled clothes.
A professional shoot at the Acropolis
“The sea was always doing something — turning silver, turning navy, turning into a place we wanted to stay forever.”
— a note we kept