Rhodes

We managed to take the looooong way to Rhodes…one of the things about travelling off season in Greece is the ferries don’t run as often or as directly.  Our trip to Rhodes took from 3am until about midnight…quite a long time to be on a ferry, but at least it was a fairly comfortable one….

Exploring Santorini

On Thursday we hired an ATV and set off to explore the island. Reuben did a great job of driving our ATV, which we nicknamed Slow Monk.  Slow Monk struggled with hills…a lot…at one point we went up a big hill at the massive speed of 12km per hour!     First was Red Beach,…

Visiting a volcano in Greece

Another early morning start…this one for a ferry trip to the Greek island of Santorini.  We had booked to stay for five days in Santorini.  Santorini is famous for its villages perched on the top of cliffs formed by a volcano, but we actually stayed at a little black sand beach on the other side…

Delphi and the Temple of Poseidon

On our third day in Athens, we got up early to take a bus to Delphi. We decided not to take a tour but rather take a public bus, which was really straightforward and comfortable, and saved us about 60 Euros each!  We spent the day exploring the Sanctuary of Apollo and the Sanctuary of Athena,…

Athens

We left London on a bleak, cold morning and stepped out into the sun and heat of Athens – it was beautiful!  We had four days in Athens but used one of them to do a day trip to Delphi. On our first day we took the metro from just outside our apartment and emerged…