Getting married in Greece for dummies

My mom e-mailed me yesterday to say "did you know you can't just show up in Greece and get married?" (paraphrasing here) Yes. Yes, we do. There are documents to be procured, stamps to be stamped, translations to be made. As Matt on our favorite Greek travel website says, "Getting married in Greece requires some red tape and in Greece, any red tape is too much." We did have to make two trips to the Division of Vital Records on our two recent vacation days, but other than that it's been fairly painless. Our awesome wedding coordinator at Dana Villas is helping us make sure we have everything we need.

Here's what the U.S. Embassy in Athens has to say about getting married in Greece: http://athens.usembassy.gov/marriage.html

(And, in answer to Carl's dad's question, no, we will not be Greek citizens afterwards...)