Carolina Araujo: Tampa Bay Wedding, Portrait, and Boudoir Photographer: Travels

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The City So Nice, They Named It Twice
Monday, August 18, 2008

This past weekend we had the pleasure of attending a fantabulous family wedding in New York Congrats Carlos & Lorianne!!!. We had a chance to hang out all day Saturday in 'The City'. I *heart* New York. So much fun, so much to see. However, I do think we went on the most popular day of the year. There was a lonnnnnnng line for EVERYTHING. Nonetheless we had an absolute blast hanging out with family and laughing about absolutely everything.

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Athens
Monday, June 2, 2008

Our last day of vacation. Woe is me. Actually, I take that back. Our vacation was timed perfectly. I'm ready to go home tomorrow and see my Baby Bailey, my family..but most importantly, to catch up on LOST and watch the Sex and the City movie! After all, a girl's gotta have her priorities. Today was spent exploring the Acropolis, exploring gyro stands, and trying to shop for souvenir. I think our lack of sleep caught up to us around souvenir shopping time so we didn't get much done. At least we got some pictures!

Putting this collage together was interesting. Alex pretty much told me straight out that he didn't like the big center picture but I felt that it needed to go there. Athens is known for the Acropolis and it's history. What I didn't know about Athens was how much graffiti there was everywhere. It's almost a part of the city.

With the Parthenon behind us!!

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Santorini: Day 4 (Conquering Skaros)

We just arrived in Athens. We took a 10 hour overnight ferry from Santorini where we had a cabin with bunk beds! Fun stuff..I always wanted bunk beds as a kid..as a married adult, not so much. I think we slept a total of 1 hour. Cabin with bed to rest = money not well spent. We did, however, play cards until we passed out.

Our last day in Santorini was a short one and left us time for only one last adventure. Yup, you guessed it, the search for my mystery church. I did some research on the handy internet and found out that Skaros Rock was at some point a thriving fortress and the capital of Santorini. There were actually around 200 houses on the rock. Between the 18th and 19th century, earthquake eruptions cause considerable damage and the only thing left standing on the rock is a small church, the Chapel of Agios Ioannis Apokefalistheis. Try saying that fast 5 times. So that's the history lesson for the day.

So here is our journey in pictures:

I took this picture from right outside our balcony from our hotel.

This was from our ferry on the way to Athens.

We're not playing around here...

And here she is in all her splendor:

This was really cool. To me it looks like a lion guarding over Santorini.

The sweet smell of victory. Thanks Skaros, for reminding me how out of shape I am.

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Santorini: Days 2 & 3
Saturday, May 31, 2008

This trip has been amazing, so far, the next place has been better than the last. I know I said Mykonos was paradise, that would make Santorini SUPER Paradise. Is that even possible?

The last couple of days have been jam packed with things. I will preface this by saying that we are definitely keeping it vacation-style and waking up around 11 AM. The days are super long so we don't feel too bad. Yesterday we rented a car. Driving in Santorini is ~~crazy~~, ~~interesting~~, ~~only for maniacs~~ fun. We drove to the Black Beach, Red Beach and Oia. Last night we had an amazing dinner in Ammoudi Bay which consisted of octopus and stuffed eggplant. We've also had at least one gyro a day. I'm going to miss this place!

Today we did some souvenir shopping and then went in search of a church. Okay that sounds kind of weird since there is a church every 20 steps here. We were looking for the church that is in every picture of Santorini and the most famous church out here. Come to find out that the church is in THE most remote area possible. It's on the side of a cliff on a rock named Skaros, accessible only by a foot path, and not only that, but you can't even really see it until you get there. So, I talked Alex into taking the trek. We started our journey and there was absolutely no one else doing it. This was serious stuff...one wrong step and your swimming with the fishes. Literally. We went around the entire path until it ended..NOTHING. I was so disappointed. We made our way back and saw a couple coming from a tiny tiny narrow path below ours. We got curious and waited from them. In broken English, the German couple comfirmed that we took the wrong path and probably the hardest path. They were at the church so at least we know that it exists. We, and by that I mean me, were beat from the climb and the sun was merciless. So we are going to try again tomorrow. I know, we're crazy, but I can't leave here without a picture of that church! I'm on a mission now. I'll post pictures of Skaros and the church tomorrow (hopefully!)

In the meantime, here's a little of what we've done the last couple of days:

Black "sand" at Black Beach

The view from our balcony tonight:

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Santorini: Day 1
Thursday, May 29, 2008

Heavenly - Blissful - Enchanting - Divine
AHH-MA-ZING!

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Mykonos: Day 2
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Today we went took a ferry to the archaeological island of Delos, the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. We checked out some ruins and then headed to Paradise Beach. The weather here is amazing - sunny, big blue skies with no clouds in sight. Tomorrow afternoon is our last day in Mykonos and then we head to Santorini. Stay tuned for more pictures!

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Mykonos: Day 1
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Our last day in London was spent revisiting some sights, going to park, checking out a museum, and all around taking it easy. On Monday morning, we started our trek to Greece. The weather in London was wonderful up until our travel day. It was so bad in fact, that there were power outages causing our train to the airport to be cancelled. We were rerouted and had to take a bus. The only problem was that 300 other people were also waiting in the pouring rain for a bus that held about 100 people! So we had to take a very expensive cab ride in order to not miss our flight.

Hectic day but it was all worth it. Mykonos is paradise. It really is like a dream. So much so that I couldn't wait to post pictures.

A little slice of heaven...

Our home for the next couple of days - Hotel Tagoo - highly recommended!

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London: Days 1 & 2
Saturday, May 24, 2008

I can't believe 2 days have already come and gone! We've done so much in such little time. London is absolutely amazing, better than anything I hoped for and better than any picture I've ever seen. We've picked up a pretty brilliant English accent...yup...in just 2 days mate. Today we had the chance to met up and sightsee with Simon and Sonya, whom we met while on our honeymoon in Thailand. The weather today was gorgeous! Tomorrow is supposed to rain but we have our fingers crossed that it won't. As far as what we've done so far...here is a little montage of my take on London.

My favorite picture of the day. The train is blurred which is a dead giveaway that Alex took it.

'I hold it, you push the button' shot.

With our English blokes, Simon and Sonya at Wellington Arch, NOT Marble Arch (inside joke)

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Scenic Wonder
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Living in Florida, I don't get to see too many mountains. Our flight from Vegas made a very bumpy and turbulent connection in Denver and the view of the Rocky Mountains was pretty amazing.

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I ♥ Elvis
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Free airfare and hotel to Vegas...I'm so there! At this second I am sitting on the floor at Las Vegas McCarran Airport, awaiting my flight back home, and finally winding down from the weekend. The slot machines next to me are calling my name but being away from my blog for so long is driving me crazy! Saturday morning, myself and 3 girlfriends flew out on said free airfare for an impromptu 'Girls Weekend in Vegas'. Saturday we took in a show and walked the strip at night. We rented a car and drove to the west rim of the Grand Canyon on Sunday. So gorgeous! On Monday we walked the hotels during the day, stopping at each casino and plopping down on the penny slots. We're the definition of high rollers! All in all, it was a blast and a ton of laughs. Girls: we should really make this a yearly thing. While I can't really call what I feel for Elvis 'love', I thought the title was appropriate.

The Grand Canyon West Rim from Eagle Point

From Guano Point

Viva Lost Wages!!

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Bienvenidos A Miami
Saturday, March 22, 2008

It has been a crazy busy week and I've had no time to update the blog. For Valentine's Day, I got Alex tickets to a Jay-Z concert (his favorite artist of all time!). Yesterday we made the drive down to Miami for the show. Even though Miami is only a quick 4 hour drive from home; it couldn't feel further away from Tampa. The nightlife, the beautiful women, the uber-expensive cars..everywhere! I gotta say I kind of love it. We had the absolute BEST time at the concert. We had 5th row seats, but that didn't matter, everyone was standing the entire time. Security made us go back to the car to drop off our point and shoot; they wouldn't allow it inside. However, there was a girl next to us that was able to sneak one in, we gave her our info and hopefully she will send them over so I can post them here. We just got back to our hotel from the show. I plan on sleeping in tomorrow until they kick us out of here. This was the perfect ending of a long week and beginning of the weekend!

South Beach nightlife in full swing.

The concert was at a hall in South Beach. We parked our car in a $1 an hour garage and when we came back, a brand new cherry red convertible Bentley was in the spot next to us...in the $1 an hour garage...I guess times really are tough!

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Time - 7:39 PM
Sunday, March 16, 2008

This is the exact time the sun set today on Pass-A-Grille, Florida. It marked the end of a great weekend with friends at the beach. I'm super tired so I will leave you with what I saw today at around 7:39 PM.

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Guess Who's Back
Sunday, March 9, 2008

Woohoo! Alex is back from Prague with tons of stories and pictures. Feels good not being home alone! As promised, here is a "Best of" of my favorite pictures from his trip. CAUTION: A whole lotta pictures!

Narodni Galerie in Old Town Square - I love the reflection of the blue and white sky on the glass