Theofilos Hotel Lesvos Petra

... nk there and they had got a tv out of the back room and set ıt all up wıth the satılıte and put on the football just for Ian so we sat and watched that wıth them Ian had a Rakı whıch ıs the tradıtıonal turkısh mens drınk ıts terrıble lıke Ouzo and Pastıche and he was so drunk after ıt fallıng over and snorıng wıth the party popper noıces agaın.

... are great.

We then went for some food ın thıs local place next door and for our fırst swım ın the sea at the nıght tıme we popped over to the bar agaın and met one of the locals hıs name ıs londıs and he has fıve chıldren all over the world and he asked Ian how many kıds he had and when he saıd none apart from my angel dan dan the man laughed and told hım wıth actıons that he had ...

... off we certainly did - it was Baltic!

Another favourite stop became the covered market where during our stay we bought a 5 lira (£2) bottle of wine (not recommended!), admired the tomato wearing watermelons and enjoyed numerous cups of cay and bakery products - the guys there were so friendly they even gave us figs to accompany our beverages!

We really had to drag ourselves away from Ayvalik but our first ruins were calling...

... time conquering the previous inhabitants. Hot. Did I mention that? Hot. Walked back through town, but every shop was closed for siesta.

According to the poet Homer Lesvos (aka Lesbos or Mytlini) was part of King Makaras Empire and many of the islands ancient cities were names after his daughters.

The people of Lesvos we forced into several wars as Persia, Athens and Sparta later ruled in succession. According to legend, when Lesvos finally succumbed to Athens, the Athenian council voted to castigate islanders ...

Blind luck lead us to Assos (it's in the back assos of nowhere! Boom boom), we'd been planning on travelling quite a bit further but for once our reading of scales on the map let us down and we decided to take our chances down a coast road. Thank God we did, the place is amazing, a ...

... in pages of his Iliad...  isolated on a patch of land inhabited by ruthless snakes and gentle hedgehogs...  Gallipoli was another site of death and destruction where Ottoman Turks fought off the invasion of British, Australian, New Zealand and French forces... a WWI battle where over 500,000 lost their lives and where the iconic Ataturk made his mark on history, to become the first leader of the Turkish Republic... dragging the old Ottoman ...

We had an amazing last day with Sophie yesterday. An early start, and day at our beloved Agya Ergemenou (Green Beach), lunch on the beach, Greek coffees on the beach side terrace on our own...the children had a slushy on the beach while Sof and I chatted. We dropped her off in Mitilini Town at 4:30pm, then did a bit of food dhopping at the "big" Lidl store, bought some fresh mozzarella to make pizza when Daan arrives ...

... Beyond the kitchen is our front terrace. The girls love to play restaurant, and get drinks and food through the window! What a relaxing, and glorious place to be. Everyone is so friendly, kind and warm. Once we were dressed, we intended to go to Petra for supplies, but got very lost and drove around the mountain for an hour! The winding roads make 180 degree turns! We were very scared at first, much better now! Sophie says I drive like the locals, I ...

... det er kun falk L og MyTravel som har guide med. Saa den aften kommer jeg til at koere sammen med svenske Petra, en smadder soed toes, saa det er super. Fredag havde vi saa 'ud i det blaa', som ogsaa koeres med MyTravel, saa her er det danske Thomas der er med, ogsaa en skoen gut! Det er lidt sjovere naa vi er flere guider. Men er nu glad for jeg stadig ...