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Home Sweet Home: Washington, DC 🇺🇸
This was an epic trip! I’m pretty much Greek now. We saw Greece from the sea, the land, and the air. We learned about Greek history, culture, customs, food, drink, and language (I know 10 words of Greek now, and only one of them is bad). But we didn’t just learn about Greece, we experienced…
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Laconia, Greece 🇬🇷
HOT HOT HOT Drove a bit north to a working olive tree farm in the Peloponnese this morning. The farm has olive trees older than 2,000 years. Impressive operation, but just oppressively HOT. Hard to absorb info when you are actively melting. Was hiding in any sliver of shade I could find. Didn’t help much.…
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Monemvasia, Greece 🇬🇷
Had my castle-storming’ shoes (sneakers) on today because Ken thinks there’s a high probability I will slip and fall walking on 1,400 year old cobblestones. I have cat-like balance. I don’t know what he’s talking about. Still HOT. Visited the medieval fortress town of Monemvasia. It’s built on a tiny island off the east coast…
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Agios Stefanos, Greece 🇬🇷
We are in the southern Peloponnesus region today, near the coastal town of Monemvasia. Update: it’s HOT here. The hotel where we are staying was once a Byzantine manor house. Absolutely stunning. It’s surrounded by centuries old olive trees and groves of orange and eucalyptus trees. It smells better than LUSH. It also has a…
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Delphi, Greece 🇬🇷
It’s a ridiculous floppy hat day! Will probably retire rfh at the end of our trip. It’s been a good soldier, but I’ve mashed it into my bag so many times, it won’t hold a shape anymore. Confirmed there are no straight roads in Greece. Almost died in a Greek taxi today. To set the…
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Meteora, Greece 🇬🇷
Said goodbye to the cool mountain air (and my reprieve from sweating) and drove to the Meteora, a towering series of rock formations in central Greece. They’re enormous. Like taller than the Empire State Building enormous.The rock towers are home to six Greek Orthodox monasteries. They are unusual because the monasteries were built on the…
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Valia Calda National Park, Greece 🇬🇷
Big change of scenery today as we moved into northwestern Greece to an area near Pindus National Park. Our local guides are Visilis and Achilles, which is the single greatest Greek tour guide name ever. Visilis teaches physics at the local university, and Achilles is a former Greek national rowing champion. We’re only about 30…
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Pindus, Greece 🇬🇷
Big change of scenery today as we moved into northwestern Greece to an area near Pindus National Park. Our local guides are Visilis and Achilles, which is the single greatest Greek tour guide name ever. Visilis teaches physics at the local university, and Achilles is a former Greek national rowing champion. We’re only about 30…
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Mykonos, Greece 🇬🇷
Remember what I said about not wanting to drive in Santorini? Forget all that. Santorini is little league. Mykonos is the big leagues. I’d post a pic, but I’m intentionally riding backwards in the van so I can’t see the traffic situation. Impossibly narrow roads with lines of cars wanting to go in both directions.…
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Santorini & Mykonos, Greece 🇬🇷
Slept in this morning while Ken went to climb a volcano. A pack of island dogs decided to join him for the hike. Missing Duckie. Took my first ever helicopter ride this afternoon — Santorini to Mykonos. Helicopter pilot was from Sweden. My people! I will admit to being a little anxious, but I did…
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Santorini, Greece 🇬🇷
Places I would not like to get my driving permit: Santorini. Had an exciting van tour of Santorini today with Kostas the Bold. Kostas is a Santorini local who navigates the traffic chaos on the island like some kind of wizard. Stop signs? Optional. Tailgating? Mandatory. One-way roads? Not today. One-lane road facing down a…
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Santorini, Greece 🇬🇷
Santorini, redeemed! Another ridiculous-floppy-hat day in Greece today. Though I spent a lot of time holding said ridiculous-floppy-hat on my head because of the wind! Sidebar: Greek yogurt hits different in Greece. It doesn’t have that weird bite that Greek yogurt can have in the US. This morning’s Santorini version was served with apples, walnuts,…