Blogs from Tolo, Pelopennese, Greece, Europe

Merry Christmas from Tolo!! or, since it is St Stephens Day in Ireland (day after Christmas), we can celebrate that too! To me, that is an important one as it encourages to be thankful for what we have and those we love. Always a good thing to celebrate. We have been here in Tolo Greece for over a week, which is actually hard to believe as it has gone quite quickly. While the rest of our friends and family were dealing with crazy cold weather, we have been suffering with 65ish and sunny. I do admit to bitching when the sun goes down as it does get chilly...and I know many of you are thinking "shut up!!!. Yeah, I get it. For Christmas Eve, a tradition is for children to go door-to-door, with little triangles and ... read more

24 EYLÜL 2022 CUMARTESİ Bugün istikamet Tolo … Tolo dedikse Tolo ya yakın Bouboulinas ta Angelo Apartments bizi bekliyor… Yolumuz rahat sabah kahvaltısından sonra hazırlandık..Anastazia ile vedalaştık ve yola çıktık .. Öğlene doğru yolun üstünde bulunan Angelo apartments a vardık .. Çok şeker bir kadın bize Allaha yakın bir yerde deniz manzaralı bir oda verdi . Balkon tam safa şeylerinin balkonu .. önümüz plaj… fakat üç buçuk katı valiz sürükleyerek çıkmak yarı ölüm sayılır … Teselli olarak , parkı var araba sağlamda.. Odada biraz döküldükten sonra plaja gitmeye karar verdik .. Kum ve güzel bir plaj .. 10 euro bayıldıktan sonra iki şezlong ve bir şemsiyeye kavuşabiliyorsunuz … Denizi güzel ..hayat güzel…Plaj dönüşü biraz dinlendik … Akşam giyindik... read more

Zeno proved that fleet footed Achilles could never catch a turtle. He observed that each time Achilles halved the distance to overtake the turtle, there would always be another distance, albeit shorter, to be halved. I use a similar trick for making my trips last longer. I don't allow myself to think about my next destination. Instead, I focus on the next half of the duration between now and when I depart. Nancy must be frustrated when I fall silent each time she tries to make a plan for the next stop. I am especially superstitious about allowing myself to think of coming home, home tomorrow, back to work handing out life preservers on that sinking ship of a university. Well... I'm violating my own policy just typing this. Peloponnese I am composing my blog while ... read more

Saturday 28th May 2011 Leaving Metamorfosi North to Epidavros then West across the Argoli peninsular to the resort of Tolo on the opposite coast. NIce drive through hills and dales on a reasonable road. On arrival set up TV for the evening's big match - The final of the European Champions League from Wembley - Manchester United v Barcelona. After lunch beach time and swimming in the sea, which is now reaching a nice temperature, so much so even Max gets in ! Disappointment later when Barca take United apart and win 3 -1. Having watched Barcelona weekly throughout our winter in Spain I wasn't surprised at the result but had hoped Alex might have come up with a solution to thwart their stunning passing game. Oh well maybe next year.... Sunday 29th May 2011 Day ... read more