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Plaka, the ideal beach
Sunday September 22, 2019 NAXOS, Greece – Time to catch up on a few things. First, I sincerely apologize for not posting pictures. Since I have my laptop back and I’m able to pull up the blog on my iPhone, I’ll post pictures beginning with this entry. For today, Sunday, this was a terrific beach …
Avior Crete, hello Cyclades
Saturday September 21, 2019 NAXOS, Greece – Hello, everyone. It’s been two weeks since the last blog and there are a few reasons. First, daily activity. We spent the last two weeks on Crete and by the time we arrived back to where we stayed, frankly, I was way too tired to start writing around …
Getting to know Jumbo’s
Saturday September 7, 2019 AKROTIRI, Greece – Guess I lost this one. Betting even money that Anna, the car rental lady, would not show up at the appointed hour on Saturday morning, she actually rang our doorbell around 10:30. Explained she called but Waynette said we never received the call. We arranged for Anna to …
Traveling is always an adventure
Thursday September 5, 2019 CHANIA, Greece – To say the day began uneventful would be a gross understatement. Before the sun rose over Athens airport, we were out a quick $200 and there was nothing to prevent this amount. While we plan everything, including transportation, hotels, museums, food stops and the other myriad of conditions …
Day One at the beach
Friday, September 6, 2019 STAVROS, Greece – True to our thoughts, Anna, the rental car lady, did not call nor text at the appointed 8:30 p.m. hour. Instead, we called and was told the exchange of cars would take place Saturday morning. Since we had no input into the matter, we confirmed the time and …
Arrived!
Wednesday September 4, 2019 ATHENS, Greece – With Hurricane Dorian looming over the entire state of Florida, the only concern was simply trying to get out. We had an 8:40 p.m. flight out of Miami Monday September 2, and our eyes were glued to the television for updates. With the final destination as Athens and …
Packing is complete
Thursday August 29, 2019 LAKELAND, Fla. – So, we’re sitting here in a hurricane watch and do not know if we will be able to travel on Monday, Labor Day in the U. S. That’s our departure to Europe and the start of a two-month journey to Greece, Turkey, Jordan, Israel and back to Athens. …
The journey continues ..
Hi everyone … Last year, I wrote a travel blog for our three months in Europe. For 2019, we’re continuing our journey and this time, we’re headed to new places and exciting destinations. We leave in early September for two months. First stop is the island of Crete and island-hopping through the Aegean. Then, a …
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