Tomatoes are amazing here not picked too early salads are Greek: tomatoes cukes purple onion green peppers olives(which i detested until i ate them here) feta olive oil it's dangerous eating it this country so much oil something is bound to get stained fish is expensive due to overfishing by the spaniards as they come in the straits off of spain and morrocco according to our captian so they have fish farms which can be seen from high up on the islands big rings of nets in the ocean octopus is big/popular hanging over wires above the fire being squished about/slapped [View Full Entry]

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Well, it's seems forever since my last blog. Last I wrote we were in Meteora which was wonderful. From Meteora we headed back to Athens to finally mail our third bag to the states. Four times we lugged that damn thing to different post offices - Mark was very happy to see it go ;-) Luckily I had purchased a $50.00 (yes...$50.00!!!!) Lonely Planet from a bookstore that was kind enough to give me two big book boxes as the post office had no boxes for mailings. We packed up our tent, sleeping bags and two jackets plus misc. stuff and [View Full Entry]

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Hello to all the Canucks back at home and abroad! It sounds like Vancouver Island had a fantastic long weekend, with great weather to match a great celebration…not a bad way to kick off the summer! Well, even though we’ve been enjoying summer weather for the last 6 months, we still showed our “true north strong and free” pride yesterday and educated the Greeks in Canadiana. No we did not have a war of independence with the British or the French; No we are not American; No we do not all speak French; No we do not sound like Australians; and [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Sailing is a whole other thing here, on this boat, than what i first learned five years ago on the Harvey Gamage doing Ocean Classroom no dock watch no bow watch each cabin has it's own head no hauling on lines no furling sails what's a winch? lines lie on the deck for longer than i'm comfortable with, uncoiled no charting our plot "see that island? that's where we're headed?" fresh water shower dinner on shore every night and although it feels cushy it is so nice to be on the water again so nice to feel like i'm on the [View Full Entry]

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Hello, Wow this place was amazing, and i didnt even know it existed! These pics are of the monasteries on cliff tops! A couple of brothers in the 11th century went up into the cliff tops to escape the conflict happening at the time and to be secluded. The views from this place are amazing! Had a fairly early night and went to bed. byee xxx [View Full Entry]

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We had a free day today. I slept and read most of the day, as I wasn't feeling very well, but that is another story for another time. I will add the story later.....maybe. This evening we went nextdoor (the boat next to us, well yacht actually) to watch the Germany vs. Spain soccer game on their TV. This yacht has five bedrooms, a kitchen, lounge area, etc... It was insane!!! The captain Fred, is from France, butruns the yacht for the Jordanian owner. The only crew member was Philip, who cooked us a lovely meal, I believe he said he [View Full Entry]

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Ya sas (Hello) Friends & Family... 

 So we have been a little pathetic with the blogs lately and the only explanation I can provide is that the Greek lifestyle starts alot later in the day and ends ridiculously early in the morning which means the hangovers are much more frequent which translates to minimal time spent on the computer... and you know me, it's hard to say "no" to a late night glass of wine… so you can see the problem!!!

 Dan and I have been busy settling into Greek island life... which to be honest involves ALOT of socializing [View Full Entry]

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Ancient Corinth sits on a plateau behind the modern Corinth. From the 4th to 2nd centuries BC Corinth earned a reputation for itself of a fast-living city where (in an age of loose living) the inhabitants were notorious for their vices. From this hedonistic age we get the term Corinthian, used in the early 19th century to describe a hard-living sportsman devoted to pugilism, horse racing, and yachting. This morning was a little hectic. We got up, and shortly after eating leftover pizza for breakfast, Randi Jo and I started our chore of washing the deck. It was tedious, but fun. [View Full Entry]

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Hi everybody, we have now reached the sunny shores of Greece. Our overnight ferry from Bari in Italy went off without a hitch and we got a cheaper price by getting "camping on board" tickets. This meant that we were sleeping in the van (again) up on deck with Bert sandwiched in amongst fifty large trucks. We still had the run of the boat upstairs, and 'private' showers and toilets which we only had to share with the two neighbouring campervans. After a surprisingly good nights sleep we disembarked in Patras to find the heat we had experienced in Southern Italy [View Full Entry]

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