17 years ago, my partner and I kept a travel journal during our trip around the Dodecanese. This was back in the day when a travel journal meant a notebook and pen rather than a piece of tech. Each day we took turns to write a summary of our travel experiences. This particular trip took…
Retracing my steps on Tilos of 17 year ago has been long enough for me to see the island through fresh eyes yet short enough to evoke memories of my first trip. It is one of the very few island that I have re-visited after many years that has actually changed significantly – on first…
Today I decide to stay in Livadia whilst my compadres decide to hike up to one of the watchtowers on the hill above Livadia. My mission today is to try and find the little taverna that I visited with my partner 17 years ago. The owner was certainly a character and I was keen to…
We had no idea about where or when breakfast was to be served at Sevas Studios. As we step foot onto the blazing hot terrace, Sevas catches our eye from the little outbuilding. She shouts ‘breakfast’ and shrugs her shoulders which we interpret as asking us what time we would like breakfast. I reply ‘now?’…
The trusty Blue Star Patmos brings us into Tilos before 9am. From the deck I can already see that Livadia looks very different to how it was 17 years ago. At the time, work on the pier extension was in mid flow. We were surprised to see a man at the port holding a sign…
Matoula has raised the bar with the breakfast again today! We decide to go out straight after breakfast and catch the bus directly to the Chora. There is no let up with the wind. We had met a couple of Dutch tourists at the bus stop who were travelling around the islands as part of…