Exploring BEAUTIFUL Santorini Greece! Info on Using Local Transportation!

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  • Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2022
  • Europe Trip Day 8
    Date Filmed: September 23, 2022
    Hello Happy Travelers!!
    Welcome to our grand 10th anniversary trip! For the first time, we are traveling to Europe, and we are checking several bucket list items along the way! We are starting in Rome Italy, followed by a 9 night Mediterranean/Greek Isles Cruise onboard Odyssey of the Seas, and finishing in France to visit Disneyland Paris!
    Today’s port of call is Santorini Greece! Known for their beautiful white buildings with blue domed roofs sitting on top of the cliffs, this was one of the ports we were most excited for! After a ride on the North Star to get the birds eye view, we hopped on a tender boat, and then rode the cable car to the top of the cliff! From there, we explored on our own finding cats, spotting landmarks, utilizing the bus system, and taking in all the beauty of Santorini!
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Комментарии • 73

  • @raeahthewriter8082
    @raeahthewriter8082 Год назад +4

    You and AK adventures are posting Italy blogs right now and it’s such a treat 😍

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Yes!!! We were on the same sailing and it was such a happy surprise! Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @katrinac469
    @katrinac469 Год назад +5

    BEAUTIFUL!!! You both are such a sweet couple, always happy, Chelsey is so cute!!

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад +1

      Hi Katrina C! Aww shucks, thank your 🥰 We appreciate you watching and for your kindness! 🤗🇬🇷💙

  • @pamkemmerer5720
    @pamkemmerer5720 Год назад +2

    Wow! Santorini is so beautiful - no wonder this was a favorite place to visit! I can’t believe how white and clean everything is. Stunning!!!

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi Pam! It was amazing! Pictures and video definitely does not do it justice! We loved it! Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @CruisingWithJT
    @CruisingWithJT Год назад +4

    Love this and thank you for sharing your experience! One of my favorite places on our planet and one of our best vacations EVER! Santorini is special and a place that definitely deserves multiple nights in the future for you guys :) Gotta go back!

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi JT! ❤️ We DEFINITELY want to go back! So much to explore and we would love to be there late enough to see the sunset! We’re so glad you have happy memories there too! Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @michellelareau7078
    @michellelareau7078 Год назад +2

    Absolutely beautiful!!! Glad you get your glasses back!!!!

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi Michelle! Haha thank you! ❤️ It was very lucky we got them back! 😆🕶 Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @brittanyc7572
    @brittanyc7572 Год назад +1

    Oh no not the sunglassesssss! I said nooooo at my tv lol glad you got them back ❤ the hearts live on!!!

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад +1

      Haha! 😆 That was a close one! We probably wouldn’t have gone through all the hoops to get them back if it wasn’t the hearts lol 😂 Thanks for watching Brittany C! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @yo-soy-anita
    @yo-soy-anita Год назад +1

    Thanks for the video, so helpful, we did not pay the tour and I did not kwnow what to do

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi Ana! Awesome! So glad this was helpful! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

  • @dawnrusso3278
    @dawnrusso3278 Год назад +1

    Beautiful Santorini. It was a lovely stop. And I remember those cable cars The line does move very swiftly FYI they weighed us for the North Star on the anthem. Glad you enjoyed it and were able to see some kitties 😍. Also glad you were able to retrieve your 🕶️

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi Dawn! ❤️ Thanks for the info on the North Star! 👍 We loved Santorini! We could have definitely spent more time there, especially with all of the cats! 😻 Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @alej8902
    @alej8902 Год назад +1

    Hi Chelsy and Matt!
    Santorini looks absolutely beautiful 😍
    Thank you so much for taking us along!
    🛳🌅🌊

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад +1

      Hi Ale J! ❤️ It was even better than the pictures! So unique and special! 😍 Thanks for watching! 🤗🇬🇷💙

  • @parryshduva6087
    @parryshduva6087 Год назад +1

    Wow! This place is beautiful and I love seeing all the kitties 🐱

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi Parrysh! ❤️ It was amazing! We couldn't believe how clean and pristine it was! So different than anything else we had seen before! And all the cats were the cherry on top! 😻 Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @luv_to_cruise
    @luv_to_cruise Год назад +1

    Loved this video. I hope to visit Santorini one day, it truly looks beautiful. I liked how you both wore blue and white! The hairband too! 💙🤍

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi Luv_to_Cruise! ❤️ Santorini really is spectacular! I wondered if photoshopped pictures painted a different beauty than the reality but it is even more magnificent in person! 😍 Thank you! We normally don't coordinate outfits but we definitely wanted to wear Santorini blue this day! 😁💙 Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @kat64470
    @kat64470 Год назад +1

    Loving the hair cut. The cats were so cute.

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Thank you so much!!! ❤️🥰❤️ We love cats, especially Matt! 😻 Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @Mah_fb
    @Mah_fb Год назад +1

    I'm binging your greek videos and loving it

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад +1

      Hi Maria! Yayyyyy! So glad you're enjoying this series! Greece was so beautiful! We loved every minute of it! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

  • @dipatrivedi9009
    @dipatrivedi9009 2 месяца назад

    #Replay Binge watching playlist to get some ideas and tips on my upcoming Italy/Greece/Turkey/Cypress cruise on Odyssey with momma-T.

  • @TotesMAGoats69
    @TotesMAGoats69 Год назад +1

    Best calamari was in 2010 on top of the cliff after riding the donkey up. Golden brown and perfectly battered.

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi WCH! That sounds delicious! 😋 Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🛳

  • @debbiekeller7383
    @debbiekeller7383 3 месяца назад +1

    Great video!! I wanted to know how long you spent in Fira and Oia did you feel you had enough time to see everything with taking the bus and cable car back and forth. I am traveling 2024 Odyssey of the seas in September and we dock I think 8 am to 8pm. Thank you.

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  3 месяца назад

      Hi Debbie! Yes, I feel we had enough time. If I had to do it again I would have planned to get off the ship earlier to maximize the time. Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

  • @speroconstantine9957
    @speroconstantine9957 Год назад +1

    So happy for you.

  • @PS_Travels
    @PS_Travels Год назад +1

    Great video with incredible colours, would love to visit. So many cats though 😅

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад +1

      Thanks PS Travels! It was so beautiful and the cats were an awesome bonus! 😆😻❤️ Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @cynthiatravelingqueen9095
    @cynthiatravelingqueen9095 Год назад +1

    nice video thank for sharing

  • @yemnycastillocordero5004
    @yemnycastillocordero5004 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you so much for the video... we are going next year in oct... any advice?

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Месяц назад +1

      Hi! So glad you enjoyed it! We hope you have a great time! I would say just keep researching to have an idea of what you want to do in port and have a wonderful time! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

  • @acefox1
    @acefox1 Год назад +1

    Loved the video! That destination looked absolutely amazing and more than lived up to the hype! Thank you for sharing, especially all the little things like visiting with the local cats, especially that mama cat and her 5 kittens! ❤ ❤❤
    The only thing we missed was your video didn’t show your meals that day. Did you eat on the island at all? What did you have on the ship? I know it’s silly but my wife and I really enjoy the videos of your meals.
    Keep up the great work!

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад +1

      Hi acefox1! Aww thank you so much! ❤️ It really was a beautiful port and we thoroughly enjoyed it! 😍 We didn’t eat in the port that day and I think that evening we went back to Playmakers and got the exact same food we got earlier in the cruise! We ate at Playmakers like 4 times this sailing 🤣 Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @jenniferjohnston8390
    @jenniferjohnston8390 11 месяцев назад +1

    Hey there, I am a first time cruiser and going to Santorini as well. A few other spots in the Mediterranean. What time of year did you go on your trip to Greece?

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  11 месяцев назад

      Hi Jennifer! We were there in mid September! We hope you have a great time! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

  • @harrietwalker9064
    @harrietwalker9064 Год назад +1

    Wow Santorini is beautiful all that white I need to put that on my bucket list and guys that was a frog not a cat

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi Harriet! Santorini is definitely worth having on the bucket list! It was so pretty! 😍 Haha! The way the cat was kicking it certainly looked like a frog! 😆 Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @alexandramaric6040
    @alexandramaric6040 11 месяцев назад +1

    Santorini and Mzkonos are beautiful but they have been over hyped by TV and cruise ships...a little bit like you can-t even move in say a place like Dubrovnik because of the cruise ship traffic. I seriously recommend that zou experience Northern Greece (Chalkidiki and the three fingers). It is viewed as a cheaper tourist spot, but it is seriouslz one of the most beautiful places in the world. Mt. Athos and the monastic state within Greece is there. It is the third finger (peninsula). The second and first fingers have much more developed tourism and NO CRUISE SHIPS! The city of Thessalonika has a number of interesting sites. You need to see the real Greece!

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the recommendations and thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🇬🇷

  • @AsifKhan-jq3vw
    @AsifKhan-jq3vw Год назад +1

    Nice Video, taking a 33 day cruise on Voyager OTS on May 01,2024. Galveston>>>>> Barcelona >>>>>Athens>>>>Venice, same room same ship.

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Wow that's awesome! We hope you have a great time! Thanks for watching and Happy Travels! 🤗❤️🚢

  • @darshana5895
    @darshana5895 5 месяцев назад

    Hello, beautiful video we are family of 8 traveling In aug 2024, is it okay to buy excursion from RCB cruise and we can do like what you did is it easy with kids?

  • @AsifKhan-jq3vw
    @AsifKhan-jq3vw Год назад +1

    Nice Video, your opionon Book a cruise with RC or do it on your own? looks like too much hassle doing it on your own. which excursion you recommend

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  11 месяцев назад

      Hi! It really depends on what kind of vacation you would like. If you want to stay in one location and explore particular areas over several days than a cruise wouldn't be the best option, but if you want to see a vast amount of locations in a set amount of time a cruise is the best option! I hope this helps! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

    • @AsifKhan-jq3vw
      @AsifKhan-jq3vw 11 месяцев назад

      @@HoffmanHappyTravels We are on RC Voyager just for one day

  • @Mrcruisefever1
    @Mrcruisefever1 Год назад +3

    I’m Italian and Greek / I been to this place , Mykonos , Athens , Dubrovnik ( Out of Venice Italy - Back in 2009 on costa Victoria - Was Not a good ship )

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад +1

      Hi Mrcruisefever1! So sorry you didn’t enjoy the ship but we hope you loved the ports! Thanks for watching! 🤗🇬🇷💙

    • @Mrcruisefever1
      @Mrcruisefever1 Год назад +1

      @@HoffmanHappyTravels , thanks & I’m glad they sold that ship to junk yard

  • @Toogoodtobetrue458
    @Toogoodtobetrue458 Год назад +1

    I’ve been up and down those steps and there’s plenty of donkey manure and donkey piss on the way… glad you took the alternate transportation.

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад +1

      Yes! We heard that the steps were verrrrrry smelly! The $6 cable car was definitely worth it! Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @susanshingler4102
    @susanshingler4102 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for sharing. How did you get the free tixs on the North Star? Did you have to prebook?

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi Susan! We booked the North Star free session using the Royal Caribbean app when we boarded! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🛳

  • @DJ_afroASH
    @DJ_afroASH Год назад +2

    8:08 translated to what’s up hoffmans!!

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hey DJ! ❤️ Haha! YES! Only cool people can speak cat! 😜😻❤️

  • @robertwilliams6605
    @robertwilliams6605 6 месяцев назад +1

    What time did you have to board back on ship?

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  6 месяцев назад +1

      I'm so sorry I don't remember the times of this port. I believe it was late afternoon ish, around 3-4? Sorry to not be more help! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

    • @robertwilliams6605
      @robertwilliams6605 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@HoffmanHappyTravels thanks for the reply 👍

  • @matthewpershing748
    @matthewpershing748 Год назад

    No sisterhood of the traveling pants references!?!????😊

  • @elizabethlayman4353
    @elizabethlayman4353 3 месяца назад +1

    In which month did you go?

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  3 месяца назад

      Hi! We traveled in September! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

  • @cathywaters6233
    @cathywaters6233 3 месяца назад +1

    What month did you go

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  3 месяца назад

      Hi Cathy! We traveled in September! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

  • @GrandmaandMrRon
    @GrandmaandMrRon Год назад +1

    with such long lines, does anyone ever miss getting back in time to ship?

    • @HoffmanHappyTravels
      @HoffmanHappyTravels  Год назад

      Hi Grandma and Mr. Ron! I am not sure but I would assume so. I would defiantly give yourself plenty of time to get back just to make sure! Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

  • @ron2757
    @ron2757 Месяц назад

    huge wheel duh