The Broughtby's European Adventures

After our trip to Athens and Spetses, Ryan and Sam headed back to Amsterdam for work and school. I headed to Corfu to meet up with US friends Dawn and Shannon for a girls week - a little time in Corfu and mostly in Albania.   More Corfu and Albania photos here:   https://photos.app.goo.gl/x35w8eetwHZvxbqH8 Sun, 6/1 - Corfu Dawn and I arrived first and checked out the balcony of our lodging. Thankfully I have my private  photographer with me now. 📷 Mon, 6/2 - Corfu Shannon doesn't arrive until the evening so Dawn and I explored Corfu. Fortress here: And we found a random sightseeing tour that included rescue puppies. Very unique and I learned very little about Corfu since there were puppies. 🐶 Dawn was beside herself: Tue, 6/3 - Corfu --> Albania Shannon is now with us and we are taking the ferry over to Albania - staying in Saranda.  We scheduled a wine tasting plus a visit to Lekursi Castle to see the view. The tour was  private (in that no one...

  Greece has been a long time coming for us. I had considered this as a trip in 2020 but we know what happened that year.  The anticipation of all that is Greece has built up and in some ways it exceeded my expectations, and my expectations were high! More Greece photos here:   https://photos.app.goo.gl/kp2JNyV5EGYT9Mjk6 Sat, 5/24 - AMS --> Athens We arrived in Athens and explored the area around our lodging. My first impression of Athens is that it is very aesthetically pleasing. Many of the restaurants and streets had flowers and other decor . A tour guide told us that the restaurants in Athens tend to compete on ambiance since the food is all equally good (for the most part). This part of Athens was impressive and unexpected. Sun, 5/25 - Athens If you read this blog you can bet that we did a food tour in Athens. Despite it being a little rainy that day, it was a great tour, mostly because Greek food is delicious. Here is an awkward picture I took of Rya...