My host for the rest of the week had arranged to meet me at 9.30am. I hadn’t unpacked anything but had managed to pull some clean clothes to wear from the top of my suitcase until I’d got settled in the other house. Unbeknown to me my host had other plans. After thanking and paying…
The ferry journey from Heraklion to Kasos is just over 6 hours with one stop at Sitia further down the East coast of Crete. The ferry ticket on the Prevelis costs 20 euros. I had been in two minds whether to travel to Sitia by bus as an opportunity to visit there but because of…
I must admit I have been more than a little blasé with regard to planning this trip – no real attention to detail with the timing of the ferries etc. Anyway, I realised that I would have to leave Heraklion a day earlier than envisaged to catch the ferry to Kasos which really is a…
Despite the high heat and humidity in Heraklion, I’ve spent very little time on the beach cooling off in the sea. There isn’t really a beach in walking distance of Heraklion city – one of the nearest being Ammoudara abut 20 minutes on the bus to the west. I did visit this beach one day…
Although I have a week in Heraklion and it’s a big city, I want to get out and explore. Today I’ve decided to go to Rethymnon just an hour and half away by public bus. The first thing that I must say is how impressed I am with Heraklion’s KTEL bus station. It is clean…
Knossos was top of my list of things to do in Heraklion and the reason I based myself here. I know Knossos is a very busy place so decided to get an early bus to beat the queues. The bus stop is two minutes from my apartment and has a small ticket hut that is…
This journey begins in Heraklion. I have a one-way ticket and a limited budget that I hope will last me for at least 6 weeks though longer if possible. The vague plan I have is to spend one week in each of Heraklion, Kasos and Karpathos before meeting up with family on Rhodes on the…
It has taken a long time for me to pick up from where I left off writing up about this trip. There are several reasons for that. I had travelled to Athens and then on to Patras with my daughter as we had just been accepted as volunteers – myself with FoodKind and my daughter…
After my last trip to Greece in April (a wonderful 18 day trip around the Peloponnese) I returned home and on my first day back at work, I handed in my letter of resignation. I hadn’t been happy in my corporate job for a long time and to go from one end of the happiness…
Rightieho! We are up and raring to kill this one day in Athens! Having been many times over the last thirty or so years I always try to see or do something different on each visit to Athens. Our main aim today is to go to the top of Mount Lycabettus and also visit the…
Leaving the islands is always full of mixed feelings. Disappointment in the knowledge that the trip is coming to an end and tinged with a bit of sadness (sometimes a lot of sadness). At the same time, I always have a certain bit of excitement about arriving in Athens. I never tire of visiting this…
I didn’t feel sad leaving Poros as I knew I would be back. Because I am writing this three years after the event I know that I DO return to Poros just two months later. Anyhoo it is time to leave and head to Aegina. The Apollon Hellas appears from somewhere near Kimomeni’s shoulder and…