Irini Filoxenia Apartments
Travel Blogs from Peloponnese
Confined to ship
... in the middle of deck 9 is indoor with two spas, but the roof retracts and they pull it back every morning about 10 o'clock unless it's raining. I'm sitting by the midship pool typing this blog listening to a band playing behind me watching the ocean go by. Midship is bit better for those of us who have motion sickness issues. There are deck chairs and tables and chairs all around the pool and windows around the perimeter. There are also about six wonky ...
Athens
... the restaurants and wait patiently at the tables for any food that might come their way. Very hard to resist them. On the negative side, there is a lot of graffiti, most of which there has been no attempt to remove. With the current exchange rate we have found everything to be very reasonably priced. Flying to Dubai this morning for some relaxing on Jumeria Beach, Turkish coffee and a little retail ...
Cruise Part 2
... the ship sailed to our first and only port of call in Turkey, Kusadasi. Our excursion in Kusadasi took us to Ephesus, one of the best preserved ancient cities in the world. It was a quite magnificent example of Roman ruins where excavation ad exploration of the site continues today. We spent the afternoon negotiating the Grand Bazzar where many signs advertising “genuine fakes” could be found. Finished the day off with a ...
Project Update and Reflection on Self
... living, really. Do I need that much space? Do I need all the things I have? Ive been withut any of that for almost two months, now, and I couldnt even tell you what Im missing. I have all I need out there in my tent, and am perfectly content. I wrote a few intentions and threw them in the fire. It felt good, but brought up some emotions and I let out some tears as I took a walk down the shore. Just as the sun was setting, we all went skinny dipping in the sea. (Sorry, ...
Islands and mainland Greece
... looked like an absolute dump. In the morning we were able to check out most of the ruins before getting on a bus to head north- pretty much saw it all in about 4 hour so it worked out good.
Meteora: Bus ride took about 5 hours. This place is known for monasteries which are perched atop steep pinnacles- used to be 22 now only 6 after WW2. Stayed at a caravan park in this dump of a caravan, and hired shonky scooter to check ...