Hotel Vicky Lésbos
Saint Isidoros, Plomari Lésbos, Northeast Aegean Islands, Greece
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Are we there yet?
it was a long but good 21 hours of travel! No major incidents - well except for the Turkish guy in the Schiphol Airport who those of us with no medical training whatsoever diagnosed with kidney stones!. This poor man was in serious pain; ,fortunately airport authorities took him off the flight and got him to a hospital; hope all is well with him. Istanbul is a pretty city - by night. We pulled out of port at 7:00pm heading for Dikili and the ...
Day 240 - Sunset in Dikili
... We followed signs, spaced at random intervals for various pansiyons staying at the first one we came upon as it met our criteria.
Mia went grocery shopping and Eli kept blogging trying to catch up from his Africa notes. Mid-afternoon we walked past the football pitch across from our place and down to the water. By simply asking the question, we go 50% off the (inflated) lounge and umbrella rental price. Mia took in ...
Day 239 - The Ancient City
... br> At Troy we walked through the ruins of the fabled city that was originally settled around 3000BC (over 5 millennia)!! There are 10 distinct phases of construction, each built on top of the next that has created a rise of 15 meters of elevation on the site. The archeological history of the site is only rivaled by the influence of the story by the same name. The Ancient Greek bard Homer used Troy as the basis for this fable which is perhaps unparalleled in ...
Trojans, Romans, Ruins and Wrecks
... and were going to charge us 15 Lire to do it for us, so we did it by hand. We have done this a few times, and are getting into a nice tag team practice, with Pat washing and Bill wringing.
There are only two other camper pairs here. One couple arrived just as we did, in a Land Rover heavy duty “Discovery” model with Netherlands plates. Turns out they are about mid-forties or so, and traveling on their way to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon, so we chatted ...
Explorando a Trácia e o Mar de Mármara
... o tem nada barato (para mim pelo menos !).
Demos mais uma volta no “Tophane” para ver a cidade de cima. Muito grande. Enquanto estávamos lá no alto, nos aventuramos no meio de algumas ruelas. Meu Deus, o que é aquilo ? Se respirássemos um pouco mais atolaríamos, de tão estreitas que são ! (rsrsrsr). Parece as ruelas das vilas do sul da Itália e da França. Depois de uns ...


