Stoupa (Peloponnese Greece) is Stupendous This sunset has a lot to answer for! We are driving along the coast, and had no idea there was a small tourist town down a little side road. All I knew was there was an incredible sunset, and I wanted a photograph. So here I am in Greece, chasing […]
A boat ride 250 meters underground through Diros Caves – Mani Peloponnese Greece Down the mouth of the cave, we go, donning life jackets and stepping precariously into a very flat small wooden boat. It is a tight squeeze. We must leave backpacks and handbags in the car. And we are told not to move or […]
Deserted ruins of Greece – Ancient Messini Ancient Messini – you will find it about 1 hour out of Kalamata, at the bottom of the Peloponnese set in the Delphi Mountains. It is a bargain price to enter and children are free. As we head through, there is only one other couple wandering around. There […]
I found my HAPPY PLACE in Finikounda Greece As our car squeezed through two buildings with inches to spare, I suddenly find myself driving along a tiny paved Greek village street. And it is right about now I realize this is exactly where I want to stay tonight. It looks like time has stood still […]
The Road Less Travelled in Greece As we leave Olympus, we are armed with a list of places to visit. Peloponnese locals are so friendly. Two shopkeepers last night made lists or told us places to visit. The first is Katakolo, and so we head back on the same road we had come along yesterday. […]
The Explora’s compete at Ancient Olympia Greece We are up early and packed today armed with an Olympic and Greek Flag we had purchased in town the night before. We are ready for our own Olympics, just like the movie ‘My Life in Ruins’ (which we had enjoyed watching here the night before). Breakfast is only […]
Náfpaktos Greece – cute little seaside town Naturally Nice – Nafpaktos Greece ‘Rain, rain go away, come again another day’. We have been saying this since we stayed in Paleokastritsa on the Isle of Corfu four days ago, and yet it continues. We had taken the ferry from Corfu, and I am frozen. I sat […]
Interview with House Sitting World We are interview by, Jodie Smith and Natalie Smith of House Sitting World. This is an interview about ‘buddying up with house sitting’. It talks about our journey around the world with Explorason. I talk about all aspects of our house sitting including the difficulties of applying with a child. […]
Nibble at my toes a bit more, please !! Fish Spa in Old Town Corfu It is bucketing down with rain, and I am pretty wet through, so I thought … “Why not go pop my feet into an aquarium of sucking fish?” And this is exactly what I did! I took myself into Doctor […]
Healthy Travel Tips from an older single Mum So Mum ‘Where do you want to go for your 53rd birthday, and what do you want to do” asks my 9-year-old son? To some of you, this may be a normal ‘birthday’ question, but for us, it usually means a change of country or a “bucket […]
Interview by ‘ The Career Break Site ‘ http://www.thecareerbreaksite.com/blog/world-travel-as-a-single-mum If you want to read a great and motivating blog that will change your life, well this is the one for you. http://www.thecareerbreaksite.com/blog/world-travel-as-a-single-mum Here you will read about a life-changing event of one single Mum and her Australian son. Here you will be motivated, encouraged […]
Atrocious Albanian Driving I am a pretty confident person. I am also a pretty sensible person. And a pretty logical and sometimes over-cautious person. At the same time I am undoubtedly a “go-getter”, and of course an “explorer”. But the next few days in Albania, I am the most stressed, uptight driver as I face […]
