My bag is missing! tear apart the room a dorm room with fake wood furniture and a bunk bed sharing the toilets like the good old days retrace my steps i didn't leave it at the restaraunt Peter made to put it in his own bag "No, no," i said, "I can carry it." I noted the annoying way it slid off my raincoated shoulder walking back In the bathroom I put it down in the bathroom track down the cleaning lady she doesn't speak english when something is missing and not where it's supposed to be a certain space of panic ensues but where could it be under the covers? IT IS NOT HERE front desk people asking stupid questions "maybe you left it outside? did you check your room?" and then as I'm writing ... read more

Peter arrived at 3 in the morning yesterday with only his carryon but grinning and so a new chapter of the trip has begun After the family left and before peter came I set off to find the Herekledion museum and a traveling exhibit of Toulouse Lautrec I found it as well as an archeological museum along the way i mostly stopped in because i was overheating but soon found what a disadvantage it is to NOT have my dad on hand to ask questions "when exactly did the classical greek period start?" "why does that figurine look Egyptian, were they in contact with the Egyptians?" more great graffitti and sprawling wall murals along the way i found the Herekledion Museum Well-known artists seem to lose their cliche value when viewed in an exhibit that spans ... read more

We had the ultimate Greek dining/evening experience. A taxi took us up the other side of Patmos, the island where we were anchored for the night and dropped us off near a concrete-stoneworkers yard, followed the drive down to an authentic greek restaurant with rows and rows of tables we were the first to arrive at 8:30 pm and were guaranteed many locals solicited this very place there was a stage and kitties peering through the window and a wonderful view of the bay up and over there to the right and we started imbibing and eating even though the place was empty the "mezes" started marching in the appetizers tsasiki eggplant spread bread meatballs tomato balls eggplant moussaka(sort of quiche sort of thing) legendary greek salad fried cheese cheese pie pastry and dinner hadn't even ... read more

we boarded the largest boat in the universe to get to one of the smaller ones this ferry boat had escalators bars gift shops restaraunts cafeterias cafes movie theater seating in coach cabins in not coach people camped out on deck dogs and kittens in cages by the engine not the best place to transport them we boarded at 11 pm and got in to Leros around 9:30 the island where we got on the sailboat we are on now we took a fast train from thessaloniki back to athens it was fast but hot no air flow many modes of travel covered on this trip... read more

Tour busses of the size found here in Greece are NOT meant to wend through ancient streets meant for horse and carriages and Peugeots so we rented a car (a Peugeot) and made our way from from the Athens airport (first taking a bus from Napflio, then a taxi to the airport) and went to Delphi which was not an easy day trip away from Kalampaka as our travel agent had insisted Windy, windy roads as in twisty, turny, easily car sick roads up and up and up severe switch backs and cars passing big trucks on iffy turns and the trucks expecting us to do the same "No way! Ya right!" following the road signs in Greek makes for some fast learning "I think that's an L, go right." but the English signs would follow ... read more