Check out HEEL in Athens. Awesome local designer in Greece! Also picked up a backless crab shirt 🙂

Worth making another stopover for that alone!

I’ve done a fair bit of airport bench crashing myself… it only gets worse with time!

Love the flamingo dress by the way!

Three days would definitely have been a better amount of time — twenty four hours was a little short! And thanks for the heads up about the hostel — I guess I should be embarrassed but when I didn’t see any in my guidebook or on HostelWorld (my typical go to) I really thought there were none! Regardless I don’t think I would have been comfortable renting a car, so I probably would have skipped it anyway. But it’s great info for others!

Wow, that must have been such a unique experience. I will absolutely be picking your brain when I return to the Gulf someday… and in the meantime I’d love to see those stories on Grantourismo! Oh and yes, I dined with two managers. I found their expat tales fascinating, but I can certainly understand your avoidance of PR meals 😉

Hey Rachael! Thanks for being such a long time reader and sticking with me. Actually though, I don’t think I agree with your assessment. While I stayed in swank places for my one night in Bahrain and for some of my time in Greece, those followed three weeks of sleeping on couches and in hostels throughout the rest of my Europe trip. I still spend the vast majority of my time in budget accommodation or crashing with friends — I think the occasional luxury locations probably just stand out more 🙂

Ha, really! That’s quite a thing to collect 🙂 I’m glad this one impressed!