DelaneyDuo

The RetroMod is about to get serious!! Building is up and Gwendolyn is on the operating table. We are excited to get started albeit a bit intimidated :) First up for Trevor is to take out the existing motor and transmission and then replace it with a motor and transmission from the cadaver vehicle. The good news is the the cadaver motor started up like a charm while Gwendolyn's wouldn't start. Thank goodness for the tractor. We pulled the project vehicle into the building and there she sits, waiting for our tender loving care. Lots of work ahead of us. First we (meaning me and anyone I can drag here to help!!) need to take EVERYTHING apart, mark where it came from and box it up in an organized fashion. Morgan & Seebs will continue to ... read more

Off to Pireaus/Athens today. Lazy morning packing up and then down to the Konaki Cafe for breakfast. Another awesome omelet, cappuccino and greek yoghurt with fruit around 9:45am. Finished the blog for Sifnos and then about 10:15 our taxi driver arrived!! WHAT??? we said 11. He comes up and ask if he can come back between 11:15 & 11:30 as he had another fare. We assured him that we were fine with that and he took off. Maria came and collected the key and we said our goodbyes. After a bit Popi came out with a bag full of rolls & bread. She told us it was for our trip…so we wouldn't be hungry. One loaf had orange and vanilla in it and the rolls had anise. Trev isn't a fan of licorice so we shall ... read more

A few final observations about the area of Crete we were in. There are many abandoned shells of homes as well as many unfinished. You can see the rebar up through the existing floor but nothing more. When we asked Savario about this he said 2 things happen, they build like this so future generations of the family can add on another level or they ran out of money!! There are also miles and miles of exposed black piping which we assumed was water. Many cisterns along the roads with these black pipes traveling to them.Up at 7:30 today to meet at the car rental office for 8:30. They agreed when we rented the car that they would drive us to the port this morning as part of our rental package. ADRENALIN RUSH!!! Our driver was ... read more

Left the apartment about 9 this morning. It is amazing how much faster the walk back to the train station was than the walk to our building!! We knew exactly where to turn. A few days in a city make all the difference in getting your bearings. Had a tasty croissant with ham and cheese and a cappuccino on our way. The train we chose was a high speed one, 2hr 20min from Florence to Venice. Had a bit a trouble with the ticket machine EVEN in English!! Managed though and we had about a 20 minute wait until boarding time. A lot of the trip was in tunnels but did see some very hilly countryside to start with and then it became very flat. Lots of farming. Hay bales as well as the hay rounds ... read more

Interesting start to our last morning in Nice. Left the apartment to find some breakfast. Went the opposite direction of the last couple of days thinking we would explore some new territory. Bad move…..no shops, restaurants or boulangeries! Turn around go back to our old stomping ground and took a new street. Oops….cafe au lait only - best and strongest we've had on this trip and then across the street to the boulangerie. Pain au Chocolat for me, sausage rolls for Trev. Got back to the apartment to eat them and Trev realized that "sausage" was actually "hot dog wiener" HE HATES HOT DOGS!! Wrapped up in pastry though he said they were pretty decent. Spent some time confirming our plan of attack for the trains to Corniglia and found a place to actually book them…tried ... read more