Panselinos Hotel Lésbos
Efthalou Lésbos, Northeast Aegean Islands, Greece
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Day 239 - The Ancient City
... of westerners were easily picked out. Within an hour of arriving we were settled into our ‘Pansiyon’ (basically a B&B). We initially were confronted with dodgy hotels by the water or the ‘ones’ next door that had been renovated and were twice the price.
After chatting with a couple of Aussie couples edging into retirement we followed their general direction up the hill to the older area of town where the narrow streets ...
Spiti mou, sweet spiti mou
Other than the thorough search by drugs police at the port in Mitilini ( :( ), and the massive queue in Lidl ( :(( ), the arrival and drive to Eresos are uneventful. Except, that is, for the constant smile on my face as I recognise, remember and anticipate all the wonderful places along the way like the twists and turns of a well known story. In short they are; the beautiful bay of Mitilini with its elegant old ...
Last Full Day in Assos!
... in my defense, short of asking me to stir the soup, I wasn't allowed to help with anything). Dinner was rice, chicken with veggies, mushroom soup and cold soup. I'm not really sure who was supposed to eat with us since it changed so many times (first Nur was here and then she left and then Ayşegül was here and then she left) but it ended up being Seher, Selin, and, Selen's boyfriend, Ozberk. They ran off right after dinner to go to a poetry reading and Tugay and ...
No Seriously, Everything Really is Beautiful!
Let me start out by saying, today was awesome! We went to Bozcaada, which is the only thing that I had really read about before I came here! All my touristy books mentioned this awesome little island, Bozcaada! So we (and by we, I mean, Tugay and his friends) organized a tour. The only unfortunate part of this whole thing was the tour van picked us up at 8:30am so no sleeping in for us. We met Nur, Ayşegül, Seher and Necip and, after ...
Day 39
Well what a day of events it was today.
First of all we arrived at Anzac Cove about 6am.
There was a Dawn Service for the Veterans as we approached Anzac Cove.
At 10am was the Anzac Cove Memorial Service led by the Captain and senior officers and a wreath laying ceremony.
I was unable to go as I was still not feeling well and would not have been able to cope with the heat and the emotion of it all.
I also ...



