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 …
Turkey and Greece!
Faithful readers will know that I promised my grandchildren a trip of their choice anywhere in the world for their tenth birthday. Silas chose Italy, the story of which you can read in this blog. Now it's Josephine's turn! While she turned 10 a year ago, she couldn't decide where she wished to travel. After …
Epilogue
Back home and reflecting on this adventure. What a journey it’s been! Not what I expected after hiking the Primitivo seven years ago. Yes, I’m older but I felt stronger than before. Ah, the hubris will get you every time! Some aspects were fabulous, others not so much. But all rolled together it was a …
Lisboa – Day 3
Sunday, our last full day in Portugal. There was one last thing I wanted to see while here and that was Sintra. It’s about 40 minutes outside of Lisbon so you have to make distinct plans. I began the booking search as soon as we arrived here on Thursday evening and was almost out of …
Redpath At Ease 