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Glorious Greece – multi-faceted
Greetings from jaw-droppingly, beautiful Hydra, a small Greek island and adopted home of Leonard Cohen for many years. Our ferry from Pireaus (2 hours, €30 each one way) sailed in gorgeous sunshine into…
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THIS is Greece
This post comes with a warning. STOP. Do not read further unless you want to turn green and feel compelled to jump on a plane (or ferry). Remember that when we first arrived…
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Hello Greece
On our last night in Italy, we stayed in a tiny cute house in the very heart of Ostuni, usually called the White City as its white-washed buildings glow like beacons on a…
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The Adriatic Coast
Travelling through the spine of Italy, we felt dwarfed by the majestic high mountains of the Apennines all about us and awed by the long tunnels that we drove through – some a…
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Adios Spain, Ciao Italy
Our last days in Spain were wet and the temperatures which up to then had rarely dropped below 23 degrees even at night, plummeted to 15 degrees during the day. It rained for…