Sailing Greece

I’ve slooowly been going through alll the pictures and videos we took in Greece, and I think i’ve held back on blogging them because it always seems so final. Once it’s done and blogged it means it’s really over, and you wonder if it ever happened at all!

I’ve already posted a mini guide to Santorini, and if you’re interested in taking a peek at the wedding we shot on a nearby island (Folegandros), it’s up on Lad & Lass!

Today, however, i’m posting about the last week of our holiday which was a sailing trip down and around the Saronic coast (click for map).

A couple of friends of ours (Kerri & Tyrell), joined us on the trip, and they made the best travel buds!

We did a Mozambique road trip with them last year, and made a plan this year to go international! We looked at Turkey, Greece and many sailing tours but ended up settling on the 8 day Greece sailing Contiki tour!

I’ve never really loved the idea of Contiki because I love planning my own trip, leaving some plans to chance and having the freedom to do what I want… but i’m so happy we booked this trip.

It was the best way to see Greece as well as being really affordable, and stress free! We considered hiring a yacht and sailing ourselves, but in the end it was really nice not having to worry about being shipwrecked in the mediterranean, paying port tax, and dealing with the admin side of it.

The trip consisted of two yachts, 8 people on each boat, with a captain and skipper.

Our daily schedule was as follows:

Wake up, sail somewhere beautiful for breakfast and swimming, then sail somewhere beautiful for lunch and swimming, and then we would sail to wherever we were docking in for the night, so we had the whole afternoon and evening to explore a new place and have a night on the town.

It was probably the most wonderful and relaxing trip i’ve ever had! We just read, slept on deck, got new freckles, jumped off rocks, explored a lot of cute towns and ate a lot of Greek tapas!

Sailing feels almost meditative, and before we left I felt like a stress ball and like my heart had shrunk down to a raisin size (to reference Tina Fey), but after this trip my heart really felt full and pumping again, and my mind was clear and focused!

I tried to take as many pictures as possible, but ended up with way more video footage. We purchased a good old underwater camera before we left. It wasn’t the best quality but it was the perfect camera for a trip like this.

The video below is a mix of this camera, my iphone and our Nikon D750’s.

It starts in Athens (which I still need to blog!), but quickly moves onto the sailing leg of the trip. Enjoy!