So – where do you seek the wisdom of the Oracle of Delphi? We have seen this in the movie “My Life In Ruins”, and we thought it was a stone. But as we set out on our hunt, we discover we are wrong – very wrong! We have left Athens (sadly ) and as […]
TBEX Athens through a 9-year-old child’s eyes A kid at a conference? You might think ‘how boring’, but not for Explorason at TBEX Athens. “Hello, Explorason – I follow your blog and read all about you traveling the world”. A stranger comes up to us on our first day in Athens and gives us a […]
Walking Food Tour Athens Greece Kids want to eat; Adults want to eat: We all want to eat! So seeing food is a major part of our lives, it is also a major part of our learning. And as we world-school and travel around the world, we try to learn all sorts of fun and interesting […]
Visiting Cape Sounio Greece with Key Tours We are in Athens for a TBEX conference. And while we were in Athens we chose to take a Tour to Cape Sounio with Key Tours Athens. As we take a breathtaking drive along the scenic coastal road of the Athens Riviera, our guide fills us with such […]
Amazing Acropolis Athens When a nine-year-old boy has a desire to see a city, then I think that is exciting. Explorason’s “Bucket List” had Sydney, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Athens on it. He wants to go to Thailand, Egypt, and China in the future. And the list is growing. So when we found […]
We have arrived in Athens. I drive around (and no – Athens traffic is not that crazy either), with a list of hotels to look at, and they all look pretty bad. We head to an area where we are due to have a conference, and the prices are sky high for hotels, or they […]
Yay – we explore Athens on a Segway How excited is this nine-year-old? On our world journey, we have tried several times to ride a Segway, but due to Explorason’s age, we never found a company that allowed it. But Athens Segway Tours were different. They have special smaller Segway that short adults and older […]
Hotel Cokkinis – Million dollar view on the coast of Greece We have left Corinth and then been to see the famous Greek Canal and we decide to take the old road toward Athens, hugging the coast. We call into about 3 different hotels and apartments, but nothing feels right. It is getting dark and […]
Travel – What places are on your Bucket List? Visiting Ancient Corinth and the Isthmus Canal Greece – world-schooling For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to go to Corinth. I wanted to go to places where history came alive. Maybe because I read about as a child and was taught about in Sunday […]
999 steps to the top of Palamidi Fortress Nafplio Greece Nafplio in the Peloponnese region of Greece seems to be a town that comes alive at night. We wanted to only take the basic things into the hotel, and so we had selected one where we could see the car from our room. But little […]
Learning to weave in Tsakonia Greece Many of you may have thought we crashed our car…. Or given up blogging…. Or fallen off the face of the earth…. Or quit traveling…. Or …… But no – it has been over a month since my last blog was posted, and only because my Apple Mac laptop […]
Living like a King and Queen Staying in a castle on an island – Monemvasia Woah – what is that over there, Explorason asks as we drive along the Peloponnese Coast of Greece? There before us, it appears to be a fort and castle, attached to the mainland by a causeway. Beautiful cacti lined the […]
