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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
