The wedding is just around the corner at 10 days! We are getting pretty excited, especially to see everyone! We are incredibly lucky to have such wonderful friends and family take time out of their lives to help us celebrate our special day. After a year and a half of planning it’s hard to believe that the wedding is just next weekend. Our entire family has been hard at work finishing the final details that will hopefully create a memorable weekend for everyone. We hope everyone attending the ceremony and reception have a marvelous time.

A lot of people have been asking us where we will be heading after the wedding for our honeymoon. Thanks to Anthony’s parents gift of a week at a time-share resort we were able to choose any location we wanted. After searching the globe for a location that wasn’t in hurricane territory, was relaxing but had plenty of activities nearby we decided on the island of Crete! We are super excited about this trip. Neither of us have been to Greece and this will actually be Anthony’s first trip outside of the US. We will be leaving on the red-eye Sunday evening and after 3 flights we will arrive in Crete at 5 pm on Monday. We are looking forward to visiting all the historical sites, wineries and basking in the sun on the Mediterranean. We will also be spending one day/night in Athens on our return trip where we will get to visit the Acropolis, which has been on my must see list since childhood. For all those inquiring minds here are a few facts about Crete!

Crete is Greece’s largest and southernmost island

Crete is the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.

The people of Crete refer to themselves as Cretan, not Greek.

Crete is believed to be the birthplace of Zeus.

Crete has been ruled by the Romans, Arabs, Venetians, Turks and was even occupied by the Germans during WWII.

Crete is home to Samaria Gorge, the longest gorge in Europe.

There are more than 3000 caves in Crete.

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