ATHENS: Friday/Saturday 9th and 10th September 2022 DAY 1: Friday 9th Disembarking the ship in Lavrio early on Friday morning was super easy, and we picked up our suitcases at the portside terminal and then easily negotiated a taxi to take us the one-hour drive into Athens. Often negotiating taxi fares or routes is problematic…

Greek Islands: Monday to Friday, 5-9 September 2022 The promise of a four-night, six-island journey around the South Aegean on a cruise liner with some of our closest friends had been keeping me awake at night with anticipation and is the perfect final phase of our European vacation. To take up where we left off…

HYDRA (YDRA) 2/3/4 SEPTEMBER 2022 (part 3) It was just what we needed… rest, sunshine, warmth, good food. Hydra was all we had hoped it would be and perfectly timed after a couple of tiring weeks on the road, traversing central and eastern Europe. As you know, we started our five night sojourn on Hydra…

HDRA (IDRA): THURSDAY 1st September. ‘Hold your horses’ It’s the saying Harriet (of Harriet’s Hydra Horses) used, with a wry smile, each time she wanted us to stop on our four hour guided horse trek from Idra town to Palamidas beach, about five kilometres south-west along the coast. The day started early, as the agreed…

HYDRA (IDRA): 30/31st August (VERSION 2) Blah Blah Blah… Yesterday (when I was in my philosophical mood) I wrote a long post about how I’ve worked hard all my life and how as a result of some significant health and well-being issues earlier this year, I’m learning to put my well-being first… I have decided…