'Home James and don't spare the horses'
As my grandmother used to say
Nice to be home. So happy to have visited new places, places I may never see again.
Very grateful to be travelling with my brother and wife. 5 days in close company. Every day a joyful one
The view from our balcony at our last hotel in Nafpaktos
The Hotel that was up a slope with lots of steps which some person was not happy about.
The balcony was beautiful, shaded by bougainvillia and separated from the next one by a trellis of greenery. It was lovely to sit there after a long journey, drink in the view and enjoy the peace
and have a cigarette
The RioAntirio bridge crossing over the Gulf of Korinth . Joining the Peloponese peninsular with mainland Greece to the north.
Impressive
It cost us a toll of 15.40 euros though. Cheaper if you use the car ferry
The world's longest multi span cable bridge. Opened just in time for the Athens Olympics in 2004
Beware.
Don't drink the water
You'll get a nasty shock, because it's actually Fire Water.
K drank raki when he wasn't driving. Some of the best comes from the colder north of Greece. At Meteora he drank a few glasses he liked at a taverna and persuaded them to sell him some. It wasn't bottled and corked, just the local variety, probably delivered in 5, or maybe 20 litre plastic bottles.
He got 3 half litres in plastic water bottles. One for him and 2 for friends on Poros.
Don't drink the water in our house. You never know....... and yes, it has happened.
Greece is not just the islands. There's so much to see on the mainland. Signs pointing to ruins every few kilometres, piles of ancient stones on hilltops, and small white churches. Loads of Monasteries, not just on perched on stone pillars.
Cypress trees, some tall and pointy, some with outstretched branches. Rows of oleander along roadside. Huge white crosses on hillsides, commemorating what, I do not know. Wartime massacres? Local disasters?
Yellow wattle everywhere in full flower. It wasn't gorse as I thought.
We played Lotto and bought scratch cards. Total winnings 2euros. So I played more. One more Lotto drawing still to check kiddos. You never know.
K drove over 1.000 kilometres. He did well.
The car did well too.
The electric locking system gave us a few moments of stress. The boot either wouldn't close or wouldn't open. The doors locked themselves, locking us inside. Lucky the back windows are hand winding, though I couldn't see myself squeezing out a car window.
But it was all part of the adventure and is being sorted out now.
The weather stayed fine and mainly sunny, though it was blowing a gale at Delphi. Almost blew us off the mountain. Spring weather.
Thank you again P and K.
We wouldn't.. couldn't have done it without you.
💛
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful holiday to bring you so many happy memories.
ReplyDeleteMany memories and all of them memorable lol
DeleteWhat a terrific trip to share with your brother and sister-in-law. We have always enjoyed our adventures in Greece when our sons were young. As you say, so much to see & explore.
ReplyDeleteWe have seen a lot of mainland Greece now. I love the mountains!
DeleteSounds like you had a really enjoyable holiday Linda.
ReplyDeleteMost enjoyable!! So glad we went
DeleteA happy return home after a memorable journey.
ReplyDeleteThanks JC. I'm loving the photos
DeleteTrip of a lifetime for us as well. Another one to cross off the bucket list. Thank you Linda & Kosta. Love you both and loved all the Greek food and the 1000km of banta and sight seeing.
ReplyDeleteOur pleasure!!! There's so much more to write but don't want to bore the listeners 😅 even the fraught moments seem funny!
DeleteWhat a wonderful trip. Now you have Summer to cope with!
ReplyDeleteAnd yet another family visit very soon
DeleteSounds like you had the best time. I have many happy memories of a VERY long bus trip from Athens to London back in the 70's, you are right so much to see.
ReplyDeleteI did that same trip in the 70z! The bus had 2 drivers. One drove while the other slept in the luggage space underneath the bus. Those were the days 😊
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