Our final morning in Santorini. Slow start. Had breakfast in the room, packed up and had about an hour to spare so we went for a walk in a section of the town we hadn’t explored. Found beautiful views. But so pleased that we’ve come now rather than later in the season. Already getting crowded. …
Akrotiri on Santorini
We were able to have a bit slower start this morning as our tour was not scheduled to pick us up until 10:10. As there are no cars in this part of Oia we walked a short way to meet the van. He drove us to Fira where we transferred to a large bus and …
Santorini
We arose quickly and even quicker ate the breakfast which was delivered to our room. We were to meet a van a 20 minute walk away for today’s catamaran cruise. As this part of Oia, where were staying is not open to cars, we would need to hoof it to the meeting point. Fortunately we …
Athens finale
This was our last day in Athens. We had breakfast and Jayne kindly then took some of our clothes to a laundromat just a few minutes away from the hotel. We finished with that just as our check out time neared. We did our room check and made our way to the front desk. We …
Antiquities
We had a lazy start to the day as we had no specific time plans. We breakfasted then headed over to the Acropolis Museum. We managed to get tickets fairly easily even without my usual skip the line early purchase. And what a place it is! A very modern building next to the base of …
Athens attractions
We reluctantly climbed out of bed to be able to be up and breakfasted prior to meeting our Athens tour guide. Georgious met us at the hotel in a nice, comfortable black Mercedes. Nice. Older gentleman who said he had just two years before he could retire. He began by driving us to the Acropolis. …
Off to Athens
The day began hopefully as our hot sir balloon ride was rescheduled from yesterday to today. We awoke very early and were picked up by the balloon company at 4:15 am. Upon arrival at their offices we signed in then saw they had a breakfast spread. It was quite a crowd awaiting flights. And we …
Cave Day
We had a delicious breakfast at the hotel after which we were picked up by our local guide company for a full day's tour of all the sites. We began at the Paşabağlar archaeology site. There were "fairy chimneys" galore. I'll let you look at the pictures to decide what you'd say they resembled. Ha! …
Istanbul!
We headed to the airport in an Uber, arriving in plenty of time. I had checked in online so I had an boarding pass but Jayne and Josie used a kiosk to print out theirs. Off to security and the gate. Got Josie a snack to tide her over in case she couldn't stay awake …
Istanbul day 2
After a wonderful night's sleep in comfy beds, rather than airplane seats, we all awoke refreshed. Today's plan started with a drive to the Bebek area on the European side of the Bosporus. Once the cars were left in the hands of the valet (parking is quite a challenge here) we walked a short way …
Redpath At Ease 