Greek Brides??

Thanks Olgaki! I love the cathedral veil... it's funny cause it had not crossed my mind until the girl mentioned it... and I loved the idea too!

I am so excited again!!!!!!

Did anyone get any good quotes for limos? I want to take care of that this week (or next, if there's a hurricane).

Debbie: CONGRATS!!!! I'm glad it worked out at Macy's, that's GREAT!! I can't see the pic But I'm sure it's BEAUTIFUL!!

Congrats debbie!!! It is really really gorgeous!! I love all demetrios dresses- but yours is so beautiful!! I have a few in mind - but i dont remember seeing that one- LOVE IT!! You will look like a princess!!!

Marcela - go the the properties of the pic and put in in a new window - that is how i saw it!

Girls, i want to go dress shopping now - i was thinking of going on friday but i have so much d@mn school work

Marcella:

Demetrios dress

Thanks Georgia!!!

OMG DEBBIE!! I LOVE it!!! The dress is absolutely gorgeous and going to look BEAUTIFUL on you!!!!!

CONGRATS DEBBIE!!

Thanks Marcella!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, I went to Flowerama also. (Thanks for the referral!) The lady there was so nice (in Elmont). She had some great dresses at great prices- there were two others that I tried on that were gorgeous (and not expensive) but even though they looked incredible, they were not me- not my personality.
They did not have the one I ended up buying, although she said she can give me a quote if I faxed her a picture and order the dress.

You're welcome!! When did you go to Flowerama? Who did you deal with? My friend (and former classmate), Amalia, is not there anymore...She's pregnant Her doc didn't want her standing around and picking up heavy gowns all day.

Girls: I need help with our Greek Honeymoon.

We have our hotel in Crete, now we need a hotel in Santorini and in Athens.

For Athens, I think we're going to go with the Intercontinental--Any other ideas?

For Santorini, we found this one on the web that we like. Have you girls heard of this hotel? Any good/bad feedback. Any other recommendations for hotels in Santorini?

Thanks

The Intercontinental hotel in athens is awesome! I had lunch there a few years ago... and I was very impressed at the time.

Here are some other 5-star hotels:

Park Hotel
Hotel Grande Bretagne
NJV Athens Plaza
Hilton

Your hotel in Santorini looks beautiful!!! But in case you want to see more, here are some that are in the main town:

Aressana
aigialos (de luxe)
dana's villas (they also have a honeymoon sweet)

Marcela - let me know what you find in Sandorini! In Athens FI has a house and apt so we'll be somewhere lol If you don't find anything we can always have a slumber party! lol

Thanks SOO Much Debbie!! I'm going to check them out 2nite! We checked out the Bregtagne hotel and it was way too expensive for us

Olga: LOL!! I'll let you know what I find. The travel agent should be getting back to us in a couple of days with prices. I'll FM the prices to you once she gets back to us.

Peter's mom went to her travel agent today and the travel agent suggested a hotel called 'Plaka Athena' or something like that in Athens. She said it was a luxury hotel and in a great location. Anyone heard of this one?

here's the link:
Plaka hotel

Plaka is the hip place of Greece... kind of like the mix between the village and the upper east side (looks similar to the village and is all artsy and cultural... and a bit snobby like east side). It's close to the acropolis and lots of restaurants. Definitely a neighborhood worth checking out.

I have stayed at the Grande Bretagne in Athens. I didn't think it was anything special.

Athens Plaza looked nice from the lobby.

But I like the St. George in Kolonaki. On my last trip I stayed there. It was lovely and the pool on the roof was perfect.

There was another that I wanted to stay in, but it was undergoing renovations last year for the upcoming games. Also, has pool on the roof. Can't recall its name, oh its the Electra Palace.

Otherwise, I would stay outside of Athens at the Astir Palace in Vouliagmeni.

The hotels in Vouliagmeni are great and they are by the beach, Astir hotel is one of the best... but if I was going to Athens (for the first time) and wanted to do some sight-seeing and to get a real feel for Athens, I would stay in the center of Athens, especially if it's only for a couple of days. JMO

So that's what my decision would be based on- have you been to Athens before and how long are you staying?

The area Lenitsa mentioned, Kolonaki, is a more upscale neighborhood and is still relatively close to everything. Maybe this is not the perfect comparison, but Kolonaki is like the 5th Avenue of Athens.

I am not sure what the Intercontinental neighborhood is like... I think it's very busy during the day ... there are a lot of shops and food and convenient to the acropolis. And if you take a car ride 15 minutes on that road, you can see all the transvestite hookers (Syggrou). But don't let that stop you... it's far away, it's busy where you are... I gues like times square?

Sorry for all the comparisons... do you ladies agree with them?

I've never stayed in any of the hotels in Greece - but, i get the odyssey magazine and i remember one having a review of a whole bunch of hotels - I'll try to find it and let you know Marcela.

Marcela - have you ever been to Greece?

Hey girls! THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your suggestions!!

We would LOVE to stay by the beach in Athens, however, we really don't have a lot of time there (2 days) and I have never been there, so we want to be in the City and be close to everything.

Oh and the hotel the travel agent recommended in Athens is not Plaka, it's Plaza Athenium or Athena Plaza, something like that. FMIL didn't write the name down and I did a search on the internet and can't find it. I'll just ask the travel agent myself when she calls with the prices. Another hotel that we liked was the Divani Caravel, but there are no rooms left According to the travel agent, the government has blocked off hotels for their use for the Olympics.