**From Hostels to Five Stars!***

 While booking this trip and researching costs, we I decided it'd be best to stay in hostels.
We've stayed in a hostel before, in South Korea, and it wasn't a HORRIBLE experience... but we also weren't married...
So, we booked this hostel in Athens, The Student and Travelers Inn, right in the heart of Plaka (major area in Athens where basically everything is) and we were on our merry way!

We arrive at the airport in Athens around 9:00pm and find our way to the subway (it wasn't that easy, but you get the jist!).
We're lost.
We can't find the hostel.
These directions are HORRIBLE.
Who WROTE THESE?!?! 
oh and... we're carrying all our stuff in packs, so our backs hurt, its 130 degrees outside and its freaking midnight (no, no it's not...).

Finally! We find the hostel after a kind, taxi man shows us the way, free of charge!


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We didn't take many (2) pictures of the hostel. It was bad. We vowed, never again. We cherish privacy far too much to do hostels again.
We had our own room, it really wasn't THAT bad, but the bathroom deal was what killed it.
We didn't bring shower shoes, so we had to use our flip flops, which...mine are leather...so, that sucked!
The bed was rock hard, like most places in Europe, but still! We're spoiled by our pillow top at home!
Baby AC that barely worked.
Our room was right off the courtyard...aka BAR.
Now that last one could be awesome... to some! But we are over the 'get wasted, party hard' life and want to sleep. So bass at 2 am for us was bad. Just...bad. 

We stayed three nights and it was like $150, not the GREATEST but reasonably cheap.

Then we got to Santorini!
We agreed to cancel the hostel booking and book an actual hotel. Cayman was in charge, since I failed with the hostel idea...

Splendour Resort.

Need I say more... (just check out our pictures... we were geeking out hardcore!)

Big smiles from us!!

Holy Crap. SO NICE! And SO CLEAN! (and that wall, totally marble...)

Our view from the balcony!

These two pictures (above/below) are the reception area. WHAT!? It's styled like a traditional Santorini cave house... a cave house.

Cayman did good, don't you think so???

This was the perfect way to close out our one year anniversary! Relaxing in our own room. With our own bathroom. A high pressure shower. No shower shoes. A comfy bed.

...you get it, right?!

****disclaimer: No, it isn't our 'one year anniversary' yet!
It's in August.
But we won't be together since we live thousands of miles apart.
So, we are celebrating early.
Don't hate.****

--Also, these pictures are unedited, so this is the REAL beauty. Sorry, I'm too lazy to edit pictures lately!--