On the ferry to Paros and Athena and Callum are eatiung bread and playing the Callum/Athena express. Two days into our Greek Odyssey and we have packed in so much already.
It almost feels like we are on holiday already…
July 17th, 2009 by chris · 9 Comments · Greece
…that was Callum’s comment when we arrived in Paris last night. Breakfast this morning at the Place du Tertre in Montmartre, next to the Sacre Couer, in a phenomenally expensive tourist cafe. You pay for the ambience… Last night we ate felafel and pommes frites on the banks of the Seine and then experienced the most […]
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Resources
July 13th, 2009 by chris · 1 Comment · Greece, resources, trains, travel
I’m going to note here some of the resources we’ve found useful in planning the trip. Firstly I have to mention the remarkable Man in Seat Sixty-One website. This is run by Mark Smith, an individual rail travel enthusiast, who has collected together an enormous amount of helpful information about travelling by rail in Europe (and […]
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Travel update
July 12th, 2009 by chris · 6 Comments · Greece, islands, travel
Only four days to go! Packing has started, camping stuff is being gone through, Chris is getting fractious… Our latest itinerary is on the site — but have no doubt that this will continue to evolve as we progress. The latest plan is that we will leave Athens for Paros on Wednesday 22nd, and we’ll camp on […]
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Is it really greener to fly?
June 28th, 2009 by chris · 2 Comments · climate change, flights, trains
Until the other week, I’d assumed that it was completely clear that flying (particularly long-haul, but all flying to some extent) was a really Bad Thing in terms of its contribution to climate change. I’ve not studied the climate change science in much detail, but I constantly hear from those who have that flying is […]
How it started
June 17th, 2009 by chris · 1 Comment · Greece, Uncategorized
For the past few years we’ve had our summer holidays on the idyllic Isle of Muck in the Small Isles off the west of Scotland (map). The sea may look like the Mediterranean but, believe me, it’s much more bracing. With our dear friends Kerry and Athena (and our other dear friends Chris, Angeni, Michele, […]
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New header photo
May 21st, 2009 by chris · No Comments · Greece, photos
The pic in the header is a view of Agios Dimitrios on Alonissos (photo by Rupert Brun, from Flickr).
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