Last night the wind was vicious! It whipped down from the mountains to harbour with such a force that I had to get up in the middle of the night to rescue things from the balcony. The drying rack full of my clothes was clattering around on the terrace and I fully expected it to…
Why I’m up at this god forsaken time, I’ve no idea. I’m here in Limnia to rest and relax but instead of having a lie in (not a word – or two words usually in my vocabulary) I’m wide awake and full of beans! I pull up the shutters to my bedroom and see that…
Discover Oinousses, a small Greek island with grand sea-captains’ houses, natural beaches, heartfelt encounters and a landscape scented with fig, fennel and jasmine. A peaceful place that reveals its magic slowly.
Hotel Proteas does a great breakfast and prepares Peter and I for a day of exploration and the GA’s for a day of lounging. The hotel pool is their new favourite thing! I mentioned to our host Andreas the changes we had seen yesterday particularly on Agios Prokopios Beach. Andreas tells me that not only…
Today it’s our turn to take it a bit easier. this doesn’t mean a lie-in – that concept isn’t part of my vocabulary. The three Grandadults are also up early and join us for breakfast in a local cafe. There are a lot of people departing from Ios today and the cafe’s by the port…
I was quite enchanted by Chora last night so we decide to get an early bus up to explore further this morning. Obvs the GA’s (Grandadults as opposed to Grandchildren) are still asleep. Thinking back to the beginning of the trip we were so diligent in making sure that the GA’s were up, fed and…
Peter and I are up and ready by 7.30am and sitting on our terrace enjoying a cup of tea. I give the GA’s (Grandadults) a knock at 8am. Again at 8.30am. The room is still littered with clothing and dishes still need washing. At 9.00am I give them a 30 minute warning and at 9.30…
We all sleep in a little bit today. Peter and I are up first (not surprisingly) and we get the breakfast preparations underway. We lay out a small feast on the table on our terrace and move the chairs from their terrace onto ours. It’s a great set up that we have here and very…
We are awoken by the sound of a loud clattering as the wind batters the chairs on the terrace. The Meltemi is at full pelt at the moment. Margarita had told us that this strong wind that blows across the Aegean has been here for 15 weeks which is very unusual. It wasn’t like this…
I’m really looking forward to my guided tour of Andros – albeit the truncated, half day version. First things first, breakfast. There are so many choices of where to eat in Batsi but I walk into the centre and up the road out of the town. As soon as the road begins to climb, there…
Before I arrived on Andros I realised that 4 days wasn’t really enough to explore the island. I also didn’t know how good (or bad) the bus service would be. With this in mind I made some preliminary enquiries about doing a guided tour of the island as I had done on Tinos. Now if…
Having just one day of doing not much at all was worth it. A day to myself was just enough to help me recoup from the frantic four days in Athens. I find myself always having to fight the temptation to be up early and explore everything within my capabilities – or rather the capabilities…
