Europe Detour

We slept late this morning, missed morning stretch, grabbed a quick coffee and were off the ship to find our pre-planned bus to Lindos. Lindos is an absolutely beautiful village with a well preserved acropolis on the hilltop above and bays on both sides. After our break we headed to the shallow bay. The water […]

We are actually nearing the end of our cruise and I have been too busy to write the blog. I’m going to try to catch-up today so you might notice less writing and more pictures. We have been to Mykonos before but we were surprised to see how new building had gone up and was […]

Travel days are usually our most challenging and today was no exception. We needed to return the Centauro rental car to their off- airport location, handle any issues typical of discount car rental agencies, get to the airport and fly to Athens. Then on to the train station for the trip to Piraeus, find the […]

Terri likes to let me make most of the travel arrangements, usually. I enjoy surprising her with unique, fancy or rustic places to stay, sometimes in town and other times in the “sticks.” I found a good deal on an “adults only” spa-resort on the north coast, why not-what could go wrong….. Once I had […]

The history of Crete is overwhelming to me. It has been fought over, occupied and “conquered” for thousands of years. Every village, town, city and wide spot in the road has some significant historical event(s). You can easily spend hours reading about ancient history on placards, walking around the excavations of civilization long gone or […]

I expected to miss sunrise on our first morning in Crete. I love sunrises, Terri-not so much. She would rather sleep right through them and on this day I would have liked that as well. But it wasn’t meant to be. We were so tired from all of the traveling that I had neglected to […]

We are off to Europe, more precisely, the north Mediterranean. This will not be a long trip, but long enough to get us through the incessant political ads flooding our lives at home.First stop: Cameron and Shahida’s house for a stopover before heading to LAX. I know, that’s not Europe but they made us a […]

We caught the ferry for the 2 hour trip across the Baltic from Tallinn to Helsinki. It was the nicest ferry we have ever been on with multiple restaurants, bars, a casino, department store and the largest grocery store we had been in since starting our trip. I thought that I had mastered the art […]

We arrived in Tallinn by bus, another pleasant ride on “LUX” bus. The first afternoon we ventured through town and marveled at the ancient buildings and architecture. Terri had found a well reviewed place for dinner and when in Tallinn you must try the Thai food!?! There was a town guide, listed on the Airbnb […]

The European Union countries, which we have been traveling in since our arrival 4 weeks ago, have instituted the “Green Pass.” It’s an electronic passport with QR code that proves you are vaccinated. It is carried on your phone and you must show it when entering a bar or restaurant. Our problem is that you […]