We woke up to a windy day again. After breakfast we shared hiring a car with Jeff and Tsachi so we could see more of the island. We went off to the town in the centre of the island Ioulis that is the capital of Kea. After leaving our town of Korissia we were on…

After a very nice hotel breakfast we needed to go for a walk to work it off. First we checked out the church on the hill just opposite the hotel. We couldn’t get in but the views were good. We then continued along the road seeing one of the many old windmills that are apparently…

We got up very early and were picked up with Paulette and Mike at 6.15am arriving at Lavrion Port around 7.30am. We had to wait for our ferry in the shed – it was all very casual – like waiting for the bus. Once it arrived, it was then a matter of queuing up to…

This is our last full day in Athens so we had to mop up anything we hadn’t seen yet. We left the Plaka for the first time and saw this little church preserved under this large hotel – a little odd. We walked up to Syntagma Square and had a wander around the National Gardens…

We started very early as we were in the first tour in the Acropolis. We had a quick breakfast at 6.30am enjoying the acropolis view. We then had to pack up and put our suitcases in the luggage room as we were moving hotels. We got it all done and then walked up the hill…

We couldn’t come to Athens without seeing the massive National Museum of Archeology containing finds from archeological digs all over Greece. The first room is full of gold from various locations. The first item is the so called famous Mask of Agamemnon. Modern archaeological research indicates the mask was made around 1550 BC, which pre-dates…

We were happy we managed to have a good sleep to get into the time zone after the big day of flying. We woke around 7am and went up to the roof terrace for breakfast. It was an amazing sight to see the Parthenon just above us. The roof terrace is a lovely spot with…

We have a varied trip this year starting with 2 weeks in Greece celebrating Paulette’s 60th birthday followed by UK, Germany and 8 weeks in Poland, the main destination. I hope you can check in on us occasionally as we are going along. We said goodbye to Sydney for 5 months. We then stopped briefly…

We had a few days emptying and cleaning Gus the motorhome. We did get out for the occasional walk. The trees are turning lovely colours. We had a walk around RSPB Swell Wood bird reserve – an ancient wood. But we didn’t see a bird. We did however see some lovely autumn nature. It is…

We headed off to Somerset and stopped for lunch at another National Trust property Durham Park. It’s a bit of a walk to the house from the carpark – and we took the long way via the lookout over the countryside with the Severn Bridge in the distance. We then walked down to the house…