Day 9 March Break Trip: Athens to Mykonos

(Read about Day 8 here)

(Read about day 10 here)

Day 9 (March 16) we arrived in Mykonos after a long ferry ride that began it's journey early in the morning.  Mykonos really is a beautiful Greek island with its white buildings and stone pavements.  As pretty and serene as it is, it is very much a vacation/tourist island, which for some people is all they need.  But I would recommend going during tourist season (summer) as most of the stores were undergoing yearly renovations in anticipation.  So lots of cafes, restaurants, clothing shops, jewelry shops etc... were inaccessible and roaming the barren streets grew too familiar only after two days.  It seemed as though we had walked all the roads in the main area of the island.  

My favourite part?  The cats.  They were plentiful!

Since we found our soon to be favourite local market called AB Food Market (unbeatable prices and great selection) we bought groceries to make dinner. (I can't seem to remember what we did for lunch hmm... I also can't remember if it was this day, the next day, or both days that we went to the mini beach outside our hotel...)

We made sandwiches and a salad whilst playing music.  Our new favourite song became Ximeromata by Konstantinos Argiros.  I for one learned pretty much all the words and will gladly sing with you anytime of the day.

Then we watched Mama Mia and called it a night.

Thanks for reading,

Sophia aka The Sophia

(Read about Day 8 here)

(Read about day 10 here)

Day 8 March Break Trip: Athens

(Read about Day 7 here)

(Read about Day 9 here) 

Day 8 (March 15) is one of those days that blends in with the days before and after it.  Did I really see all these places in one day or was it actually two?

The Acropolis; a beautiful archaeological site that sits on a hill overlooking the city of Athens.  Looking down on the city reminds me of Toronto except for the skyscrapers and modern edifices.

The Acropolis is an ancient citadel (main fortified center of the city).  The word acropolis itself comes from the Greek meaning "highest point, city" and is actually a generic term, however this particular acropolis in Athens has been deemed The Acropolis of Athens with no other need for qualification.  Man, how cool would it be to have a generic name but still be the one that everyone associates that name to.  It's like my name.  There are plenty of Sophia's in my school but it would be cool the be deemed The Sophia.  I digress...

One of the more significant of ancient buildings is the Parthenon (as shown above).  It is a former temple dedicated to the goddess Athena (goddess of wisdom and regarded as a protectress across Greece).

Above is the Erechtheion.  It is another temple and dedicated to both Athena and Poseidon (god of the sea).

After our gyros lunch in the city, we had time to roam the streets.  There were lots of tourist shops, jewelry shops, and gelato.  My friends bought me a blue opal ring (15 euros) and a crown (4 euros) as an early birthday present.  Compared to my Swarovski crystal ring, my ring from Athens is so much better in quality.  It hasn't changed colours, there are very minimal scratches to the band, and none of the crystals have fallen out (unlike said Swarovski).  I have a picture of the ring in this post.

Since then, I have decided that I only want to wear rings of quality and that have meaning.  I want to be able to look back on past memories when I look at my rings.

 

Night fall came and we as a group hiked our way up Mount Lycabettus.  According to Greek Mythology, Lycabettus was created accidentally by Athena when she dropped a limestone mountain she had been carrying and planning on using on the construction of The Acropolis after the box holding Erichtonius (a Greek hero raised by Athena) was opened.

It was a strenuous climb with tons of steps and a hot sticky weather to pair with it, but the view and breeze at the top was well worth it.  What a good way to tire us all out and make us go to sleep so we could wake up for our early ferry to Mykonos the next morning.

The Sophia

(Read about Day 7 here)

(Read about Day 9 here)

A Rainy Week for Shopping

Last week was filled with shopping (and raining).  On Monday I went sourcing for my Depop store.  I'm building up stock and starting to photograph everything for the 'grand opening'/ relaunch.  I found lots of goodies!  When I went to the store they had a sign up for their Summer Sale on Friday.  So of course I went back on Friday to pick up for gems.  I was ready to head out when suddenly there was this huge down pour of rain.  So, I got stuck n the store for a while.

 

Jumping to Thursday (because I didn't do anything memorable in those days between), there a vintage crawl event going on in downtown Toronto.  I went to Mama Loves You Vintage on Queen Street and a couple others in Kensington Market.  It was a last minute decision because I didn't find out about this until the day before.  I asked around if anyone wanted to join me, but the only person I could get to come with was my mom, cheers.  On the bright side she bought this beautiful faux snake skin bag from the 60s/70s from Mama Loves You Vintage and we both got clogs from Courage My Love.

Blouse: Thrifted from SA

Dress: InternetGirl via Depop

Tights: OU

Clogs: Courage My Love

Purse: Vintage Farnell Purse made in Paris and thrifted from VV

Here I am once again...

It's a Friday morning and I'm at the Salvation Army!

 

Every Saturday morning I volunteer with the Toronto Cat Rescue.  These two guys greeted me when I came in.  Meet Sherman (Top) and Fluffly (Bottom).

I'll conclude this post with a rainy Sunday.  Sena and I went to the St. Lawrence Antiques market in the morning.  We stopped at Tims for breakfast and sit by the window watching the heavy rainfall.  This day was kind of disaster.  The Pride Parade was also scheduled to happen in the afternoon.  We cut our plans sorts and just headed back home.  On my way home the rain cleared up lol.  What do you know...

Anways,

I'm officially on summer vacay!  Your girl graduated!

I'm also typing this up on a library computer and wearing a necklace.  I never wear necklaces, but I guess I just have that much time on my hands now lol.

Sophia

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I cleared out my closet.

My mom's obssessed with her garden.

In preparation for prom, I told my friend Jessica to hold me back if I came across butterfly shoes.  I settled for a punk rock studded ballet flat, but lo and  behold... look what I came across: Jeremy Scott butterfly booties.  Jeremy, my man, you came through.

Orange Top: from volunteering at the Scotia Bank Marathon

Tank Top: Thrifted Zara

Pants: Thrifted Akris Punto

Shoes: InternetGirl via Depop
Bag: Thrifted

My mom and I may check out the Small Pet Carnival.  We are looking to rescue a old lady rat to keep our old lady Ally rat company.

First 10k Marathon!

This past Saturday, June 16 I ran my very first 10k marathon!  It took me an hour and five minutes to complete the course.  Just five minutes over my goal.  Not only was this an important race because it was my first, but I was also running for my baby girl Austin (my rat).  She passed away on June 12th.  I've been putting off writing a post about her because every time I start writing about her I get all teary eyed.

Running the first 5k was a breeze.  Before training for this race, I only ran for 30 mins every so often, but now I love going for hour long jogs.  It's great.  I've been exploring my own neighborhood by jogging through different streets and trails that I never went to before.  I know in my Sorrento post I talked about how everyone should go for a morning run in every new city they visit, but I should have also mentioned the ol' backyard!

Overall, the event was amazing.  Super well organized and lots of support.  We got a Lululemon shirt as part of the goodie bag and after I went with my mom to the Eaton Center to buy a Lululemon jacket since I had a 25% off coupon from doing the race and my mom had a gift card.  I sound like such a Lulu fanatic, which is something I'm terribly ashamed of (sorry not sorry) because my moto is usually ditch the mainstream brands.  It's Lululemon and Comme des Garcons that I have a soft spot for ugh.

After the race, I shared a bento box with my mom and she also had a free Starbucks drink to claim so we ordered a matcha frappachino VENTI style.  This is my second matcha because its' so good.  I only ever go to Starbucks when my mom has a reward (but boy oh boi did I ever go in middle school...yikes).  I think next time I want to try one of their summer refresher drinks, they look all fruitful and delicious.

Thanks for reading!

Sophia