Category Europe
Europe 2017 – Paros, Part Two
September 13 – 16 One thing I neglected to mention in the previous post was our first item of business when arriving in Parikia that first full day, that is to book our ferry ride back to Athens on Saturday the 16, two days later. As we entered the shop I thought I caught a […]
Europe 2017 – Paros, Part One
September 13 – 16 The two-hour ferry ride from Naxos (12.40 euros for the two of us) went quickly as we crossed the gulf between the two islands and rounded the northern tip of Paros. After landing in Parikia (the capital of Paros) and locating our luggage, we walked off the boat and were greeted […]
Europe 2017 – Naxos
September 11 – 13 Our ferry to Naxos didn’t leave until early afternoon and the ride would only last a couple of hours, so we dawdled a bit in the morning, enjoying our last breakfast, returning the ATV to Diamantis, packing for the journey and then sitting around the pool as we waited for the […]
Europe 2017 – Santorini, Part Two
September 8 – 11 With a big hike planned for the morning, we were eager to get over to the breakfast room to see what was in store for us; upon arrival we weren’t disappointed, encountering an array of pastries, yoghurt, fruit and different egg based dishes each day of our stay. We loaded […]
Europe 2017 – Santorini, Part One
September 8 – 11 Our ferry ride to Santorini (140 euros for the two of us) would be different from the others we had taken, and would take in the future, in that we would be on a large jet boat (catamaran or hydrofoil) with reserved seats, which would make for guaranteed comfort during a […]
Europe 2017 – Crete, Part Four
September 3-8 With a late morning departure back to Heraklion, we arose after a good night’s sleep, feeling decent, albeit quite stiff, and after some puttering around, walked to breakfast at Loca Cafe, the coffee shop where we had met the bus the morning before. We filled up on a pastry or two and returned […]
Europe 2017 – Crete, Part Three
September 3-8 We arrived in Chania later in the afternoon and after a 10-euro taxi ride arrived at the Athina Beach Hotel, our home for the next two nights. This was a very nice property, again with a swimming pool for the rate of just 45 euros, although breakfast wasn’t included. We checked in and […]
Europe 2017 – Crete, Part Two
September 3-8 After a hearty breakfast at the El Greco, we checked out and with advice from the desk clerk, significantly shortened our walk back down to the harbor and the adjacent Bus Terminal. There we purchased tickets for our hour-long bus ride to Rethimno, our next stop in Crete. We would be following a […]
Europe 2017 – Crete, Part One
September 3-8 We arrived in Heraklion early in the morning, roughly between 6 and 7am and made the long trek from the harbor, quite a bit of it uphill, to the El Greco, our hotel for the night. At just 43 euros with what would be a pretty good breakfast, it established a pattern we’d […]
Europe 2017 – Athens and the Ferry
September 2 We breakfasted at the Phaedra and then did the one chore that is absolutely necessary on any long trip, one not often described in detail in any guidebook and yet requires an outlay of cash and an hour or two of lost time. Yes, that’s right…. the laundry. We’d spotted a place not […]
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