After yesterday’s incident, I was left feeling a little beaten up – mentally that is. My initial instinct was to retreat into the hotel room for the next four days, but that was never really an option. The older I get, the more conscious I am of that big old clock counting down the days…
My proposed trip to the Evros Delta was a washout. I received a call from the organiser in the morning to say that storms had been forecast so the boat trip would not run. Of course, I was disappointed but I was able to retrieve some of the time at the History Museum of Alexandroupolis….
I left Manchester on a typically grey and dark, dank day. Apart from its two football teams, it’s what the city is known for. That’s why cotton weaving mills were once so prevalent in the area – perfect humid and damp conditions. Shortly after boarding the Aegean Airline Airbus A320, we taxied out onto the…
Most keen gardeners, especially if you live in the UK will know of Monty Don. He is a regular fixture on our TVs, where every Friday evening he makes us all green with envy as he potters around his beautiful garden at Longmeadow. He has also made some fantastic programmes about gardens across the globe…
After cooling myself off in the shade of the National Gardens (Evzones have that effect on me!), the next phase of my Athens explorations commence. As I walk through the gardens absorbing the calm and tranquillity, I can hear the sounds of chanting. I know already that a protest march is scheduled for today so…
Today is a day for action. Let’s face it, you don’t come to Athens to lounge around do you? I had to cut a day from my Nafplio stay so that I could be in Athens for the Grand Changing of the Guard and parade from the barracks. This takes place every Sunday at 11am…
Breakfast at the Lotus is a sight to behold. Not only does their breakfast room on the top floor have fantastic views of the Acropolis, the breakfast offering doesn’t disappoint either! Prior to Covid this did open as a bar in the evening too but at this point has not yet re-opened in that capacity….
Today I’ve taken it a bit easy – especially after yesterday’s experience in Anafiotika. I headed down to Gypsy Jungle for breakfast again. Once fully charged I headed off to see the Evzones in Syntagma Square. Who doesn’t love a bit of Evzones action! I never tire of seeing this spectacle and September is…
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…
