Day Tripping in Greece No. 1 – Santorini
In 2017, Siggy and I went to Santorini, a Greek island I had been dreaming about visiting for years.
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Day Tripping in Greece No. 2 – Nisyros
In 2015, Siggy and I were in Kos and we took a boat trip over to the neighbouring island of Nisyros.
Day Tripping in Greece No. 3 – Skiathos
In 2013 we went to Skaithos – like many others before us, not for the first or last time. We went on ‘around the island’ and ‘Mamma Mia’ boat trips from Skiathos Town on a boat called the Kalypso.
Day Tripping in Greece No. 4 – Chania
Next stop on our 5-day jaunt down memory lane and the islands of Greece is Chania in Crete. Chania is the second largest city in Crete and was the capital of the island before it moved to Heraklion in 1971.
Day Tripping in Greece No. 5 – Kalymnos
Given that we’re not going on holiday to Greece (or probably anywhere overseas) this year, I’ve been reminiscing about places we have been in the past, and I’ve decided to do a top five run-down over the course of the next few days.
2019 Retrospective – top books
I pick out my top five reads of 2019: Railsea, All The Light We Cannot See, The Last Days of New Paris, Bright Shiny Morning, and Mythos.
Crete 2019 Days 14-15: Just desserts
Day 14: Stormy Thursday It was blowy and cloudy today which has been a welcome relief after the heat of
Crete 2019 Days 12-13: Time slips
Day 12: Time slip Tuesday It reaches the point on beach-based holidays that the days seem to pass quickly and
Crete 2019 Days 10-11: Getting my goat
Day 10: No chicken, dead end We were woken early by balcony chair scraping malakas, but as Siggy keeps telling
Crete 2019 Day 9: Day trip to Chania
We were picked up by a double-decker air-conditioned coach with a guide on board at 9:30am. We had booked the
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