I’ve been lucky enough to have a best friend for over 45 years! We met when we were 12 years old in the same town and school, but she moved away a few years later to another state. We were pen pals for many years and tried to see each other every 1-2 years. When we became adults, we made an effort to have annual visits, even after I moved from the U.S. to Switzerland. We started having ‘Girl Trip’ vacations and have been to so many cool places together, like Norway, Scotland, Spain, St. Martin, Prague, Vienna, and Canada!
Girl Trips are the best. They nourish our soul and refuel our batteries. We can step away from the spouses, kids, house, and work to forget it all and just have some plain simple FUN!  We get to be silly, laugh like fools, and talk about anything under the sun.
I will share here just one of my many girl trips I had with my best friend. We went to one of my bucket list locations… SANTORINI, GREECE ! Most people think this is a honeymoon destination but I had a wonderful time spending a few days there with my best girlfriend.
This small droplet of an island in the middle of the Mediterranean is simply amazing. We reserved a cute boutique hotel on the cliffside and were not disappointed one bit. The views were spectacular from the early morning breakfast on our room terrace until the glorious evening sunsets.
We organized a couple tours while on Santorini. One was a full day boat tour which we loved. We were picked up at our hotel and driven to the port where we got on a large catamaran boat. There were 10 other people on the boat with us. The Captain took us all along the inside of the island to see the Red Cliffs, Blue cliffs, and White cliffs. We stopped at one nice spot for a refreshing swim. They served us a delicious lunch on the boat and unlimited white wine. Needless to say, we got very happy and sang to the music they were playing as we drifted along the coastline. I highly recommend a boat tour like this!
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