Woodham Adventures Part 1

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Hi to all, an eventful and slightly challenging series of hops to get here but we are all now safely and happily escconced in central Athens for a bit of history before headfing for Crete on a ship tonight from Piraeus port.

Ben telling us in the plane via the personal entertainment systems he was surfing on that our first destination (Bangkok) was featuring on BBC world news as a result of the state of emergency declared there was a good introduction to the realities of travel in various parts of the world.

All was calm for us and Deb had scored on line a brand new apartment and pool complex which was excellent. Kids managed well on nil sleep for 24 hrs and we got out on a magical night cruise on the river ( well recommended)

Next stop early morning departure to Dubai, thoroughly modern but way too overcrowded airport where it seems all of arabia, africa and some of Oceania meet to connect planes to somewhere else.
People sleeping or waiting wherever they can find space.

A glorious day flight at last to Athens from there with a magical view of Dubai, middle east Iraq etc in ten different shades of beige, then the contrast of the sky blue mediterranean, turkey and the greek islands en route to Athens.

A near lost luggage event and figured our way by train into city ( thank god for olympics spending on infrastructure - a modern train system !!) Lovely cold local beer meat and Greek salad Dinner for 4 tired Kiwis at local taverna Atark ( highly recommended ) then all had great sleep - even ben 12 hrs !!

Off we head for the acropolis, parliament ruins etc with Ben leading us and Julia a great traveller.
Cheers to all.

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Comments

[Shelley]

glad all is well.
Hey sounds like great fun already. Glad you made it safely to Greece, enjoy the sunshine and the feta! Keep updating us, great to hear your news!

[Kerre and Tom]

Yay!
Good to see you arrived safely and that everybody is still smiling! Hope you're having a wonderful time - the blog is fantastic and great to see the pics. Well done, team! Much love Kerre and Tom

[the Moody's]

Hi there!
Hey guys, great to hear from you. Its sounds like you are having a fabulous time - how exciting!!! We cant wait to hear more - keep it coming! Well, all is well here. Julia, you will be pleased to know that Evee is doing well (sorry if I have spelt her name wrong). I love the fact that she is keeping the grass on the front lawn down, so hopefully soon there won't be a lot left to mow - it's great! She comes in before school and has cuddles (from us all) and then again after school (not a lot of homework is getting done here at the moment!!) She loves to jump on and off Charlottes bed, then go racing around under it, where she likes to dart in and out. She is quite a nosey wee thing, isn't she? Every time someone new comes into the room she races up to them has a good sniff and then decides whether or not they are important enough to hang out with. If you are lucky enough she will stick around and give you a wee lick on the hand, if not, she will just go off and sniff somewhere else. Charlotte is making sure that she is nice and dry in the mornings and brings her in and towels her down then gives her a nice long hair brushing. I know she will be missing you as much as you are missing her, but just know, that while you are away, we will take good care of her for you, and we will fill you in on all the lastest bunny news! Well guys, it is Fathers Day today, so the girls and I are on breakfast duty, so we had better get moving. Happy Fathers Day Tony. Have a wonderful time and we look forward to hearing all about the next exciting adventure!! Take Care, The Moody'sXXX

[Lucy Clarke]

your blog is really cool

[Kay Kidd]

Happy Birthday Julia
I am a bit late....not really up to speed with blogs, but was thinking of you Julia and of course all of you. A great experience. The election date has been announced...8th Nov. so you will miss all the boring carry on. Have a great time love Kay and Harry.

[amanda and ian]

difficult on a french keyboard
hello the travellers! enjoy greece, steady on the ouzo!! wishing u a wonderful adventure, we look forward to the next update. lots of love a and i x

[Deborah]

Hi
Thanks for emailing me. We are having lots of fun and are leaving for Istanbul tomorrow for 5 days. Luv Julia. Hi to Harry

[Deborah]

Hi Clark Family
Where are you, send us an update.! The Woodies