As sometimes happens when travelling, today did not go as planned. As I mentioned yesterday we were booked on a tour today of a few local sights. It was supposed to leave at 8.15 but the tour operator contacted me yesterday to ask if we could please go earlier at…
Changing timezones is a real pain sometimes. We went to bed early as we’d slept badly on the plane and had an early Start in the morning. However that was a mistake! I woke after an hour and a half feeling wide awake. My body has decided I’d had an…
The flight left on time and it was very nice to be in the comfort of long haul Business class ( yay for frequent flyer points!) Neil and I usually opt for seats on the window , one of us behind the other but this time we ended up in…
I had the sort of night I always have when I’ve set the alarm for an early morning wake up, woke up almost every hour during the night. I was a bit surprised that it seemed to be 2 am for more than one time check – until this morning…
Gamla Stan is the oldest part of Stockholm. We set off after breakfast and caught the metro ( or Tunnelbana as it’s called here) down to the Gamla Stan stop. We reached the metro entrance for T-Centralen by walking quite a distance underground , basically as far as we’d walked…
We woke to grey , drizzly skies today so I was pleased that I had planned today as a Museum day. The breakfast buffet was excellent, all the usual things and a few Swedish extras. Neil added a pile of meatballs to his plate before he realised they were soy…
A few days ago Aegean Airlines had sent an email offering the option to bid on an upgrade. We’d received similar emails on our other flights but didn’t think it was worth it on the very short island flights. However , our flight from Athens to Stockholm would be 4…
The sky was pink over the Meteora cliffs this morning. We weren’t awake particularly early, it’s just that the sun doesn’t rise until after 7.30 here now. Erin decided to grab her breakfast at the cafe we had eaten lunch yesterday, so we collected her there after we checked out…
We had a mission at breakfast this morning, to swipe food for Erin. Her guesthouse booking does not include breakfast and as we were all booked on a tour we had promised to provide her with brekky from our buffet! She got biscuits, cheese and spinach pastry, an apple and…
We had early tickets to the Delphi Museum and Site this morning which meant an alarm going off at 7. Neil had to prod me as I slept through it! The view down the mountain was pretty and pink. We coordinated our departure times and picked up Erin at her…
It was a little sad to leave Nafplion, we have all loved the town. The sun was glowing on Bourtzi Fortress with snow on the mountains behind it this morning. However, at 9.30 Erin arrived at our hotel, a little breathless from carrying her bags up the hill! Neil walked…
Erin didn’t end up walking up to the fortress because her leggings were still wet from being laundered yesterday and she didn’t fancy walking in shorts in 13 degrees! Can’t say I blame her So, after breakfast we set out to drive up the steep road to the Palamidi…