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Finding Venice in Greece: Chania and Rethymno, Crete.

March 28, 2023

Way back in May/June 2022 we were in Crete. Don’s notes from May 29th in Athens: a day where neither …

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Nails On The Soles Of Their Shoes – the iconic and the mundane in Athens.

March 11, 2023

Someone pushes Don from behind, determined to get past him to the barricade; Don stands his ground, right behind me. …

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Agoraphobia? Not me! Exploring ancient Athens

March 4, 2023

Athens May/June 2022. Sometimes sleep is not important; sometimes the reward for getting up really early is worth it. We …

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In The Shadow Of The Acropolis: the neighbourhood of the Gods. The Plaka, Athens

November 17, 2022

26-29 May and 18-20 June 2022. It’s not an auspicious beginning. The taxi driver from the airport starts taking us …

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Weird All Round. In a good way. Well adequate anyway.

November 8, 2022

It was the stairs that did it . . . . . During the planning stages it doesn’t occur to …

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Visual Storytelling – street photography in Croatia

October 21, 2022

5-26 May 2022. All of these photos – chance encounters and random incidents – were taken in Croatia, but this …

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Vis Island, Croatia. Lazy lay days doing not much.

October 13, 2022

21-24 May 2022. I’m stressed about getting to the ferry on time. Thank God I get through to book a …

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Song of the Wild Water. Plitvice Lakes National Park

October 2, 2022

17-20 May 2022. We get to the bus stop really early. We know it’s going to be a double-decker bus …

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Hvar Island, Croatia. Serendipity rules!

September 23, 2022

15 May 2022. I look with a niggling dismay at the vehicle. It’s old and large, a bulky 1980’s minivan …

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Seduced By Zlatni Rat. The island of Brač and Zlatni Rat Beach.

September 13, 2022

16 May 2022. I love being in a boat on the water, and I’m always happy when it’s a ferry. …

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Split’s Beauty Queen – the Riva waterfront

September 2, 2022

11-16 May 2022. If the historic core is Split’s venerable matriarch, then the waterfront pedestrian boulevard, known as the Riva, …

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Diocletian’s Cabbage Patch – Split’s ancient centre

August 24, 2022

As usual we know almost nothing about it. We know is it’s called Diocletian’s Palace, which tells us that it’s …

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Ordinary People. Split, Croatia

August 13, 2022

11-16 May 2022. So to continue the story from the last instalment, on May 11th we stumble around getting packed …

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Coulda Woulda Shoulda – Ston and the Pelješac Peninsula, Croatia

August 4, 2022

It all begins with the car rental in Dubrovnik. One of us had found a deal online and booked a …

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