I had booked the Archaeological Bus Tour for today, so after a Baklava breakfast (and today there was also tiramisu that was also bizarrely added to my breakfast selection) I left my wife and daughter for the day. They had already planned their day without me on the beach, by the pool and getting a massage each. It turned out that even the tour buses leave early yet, so luckily I've learned now and always get to bus stops at least 15 minutes before I need to. It was a small shuttle type bus to take us (there were three of us) to the main meeting point. We were dropped in the middle of nowhere with just an instruction to wait for Bus 19. After three quarters of an hour and lots of other busses coming ... read more

It didn't seem quite so busy first thing in the morning, but there would a lot of very well dressed couples out, with the professional local Greek photographers. There was no messing around with them, they went straight to where they wanted to regardless of the influencers or the photographers that might already be there. There were particularly a lot of wedding couples, presumably as it's Sunday today. I would guess that they are actually getting married here, but it's also possible that they have just come for the photographs. Everyone was arguing with a Japanese couple who were monopolising one location and refusing to let anyone else have a turn. After relaxing by the windmill and reading my book for a while it was turning into a beautiful day, with a deep blue sky and ... read more

I woke up again at 5.00am for the sunrise, but that was most definitely not going to happen. I opened the door to discover that it was pouring with rain. I closed the door and went back to bed. We all surfaced when it was time for breakfast, which we order the night before and then it's delivered to us. It was a bit of a rush to get ready as we didn't want it to arrive when we were looking like complete slobs. We needn't have worried though as a rep on a previous holiday had told us that the Greek islands all run according to GMT or rather Greek Maybe Time. I should have just slept in as the rain had actually been forecasted, so our plan for today was to get the bus ... read more

The news headlines this morning are all about Artificial Intelligence and how it's going to mean the end of civilisation. It's all something that I haven't really paid much attention to, so whilst we were in the airport terminal my daughter explained it all to me, but she made it quite clear that she would never even contemplate the idea of using it to help with any of her essays. I asked it if it could write me a short blog about our flight from Heathrow: "Thrills and Tranquillity: Our Heathrow Flight - Amidst the hustle and bustle of Heathrow, our spirits soared as we boarded the plane. Ascending through the clouds, we left behind the worries of life, embracing the excitement of a new adventure." It sounds fantastic and I'm really looking forward to the ... read more

Needless to say, it was cakes and homemade marmalade on toast for breakfast. There was a bottle of Prosecco, which I thought it would be rude not to try, albeit mixed with orange juice as I'm not a complete alcoholic. The plan for today was to go to the island of Capri, so we headed off for the harbour. It was a surprisingly long way down, so it involved a long set of steps. Down was easy, although we're not looking forward to the climb back up later. Of course, we bypassed all the touts selling boat tickets and tours, and found what looked like the official ticket office. All the windows were closed, which was worrying as it looked like we were going to have to go back, with our tails between our legs and ... read more