Greece was a bucket list country.  This was one of the most stressful vacations I have ever planned.  What do you see in just two weeks?

There are 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites to see before factoring in the islands, the mountains and the coastline.  There are countless museums spread across the country with diverse themes covering centuries!

My conclusion before I even set foot in the country - I will have to return another time.  I didn't even touch the islands.

So as a Greek beginner, I started with the BIG stuff - Delphi and the Acropolis, threw in some Byzantine sites - Meteora and Mystras and saved the second week for sailing with the "Turkey Girls."

Along the way, I took a Greek cooking class and made tzatziki, roasted lamb, zucchini balls, dolmades and spinach pie.  And in keeping with good food, ate at a two star Michelan restaurant called the Funky Monkey where a speciality of the house is Greek salad reformulated as a shaved ice.