When we arrived home from our New Zealand Trip we looked at each other and said “What Next?!” . We were still not keen on going back to the USA so when thinking about alternatives we decided to try for Greece and maybe add a return to parts of Italy that we had not seen before. When I discovered I could lock in Business class seats from Tokyo to Milan ( via helsinki) using Qantas Frequent Flyer points.. it locked in our decision. And so that’s the plan, we start in Milan ( after a brief stopover in Tokyo near Narita airport) , spend 8 days in northern Italy and then fly to Athens. We will be visiting Santorini and Crete and see some highlight on the Greek mainland before flying to Stockholm for a few days. From Stockholm we head to Kyoto for another couple of days before finally heading home. The stopovers in Stockholm and Kyoto are the result of “what awards flights I could get!” . It should make for an interesting trip!
- The Long Way to Europe – Part One
- The Long Way to Europe – Part Two
- Marvelous Milan
- Off to Lake Garda
- Over the Lake and Up the Mountain
- James Bond and Limone
- Fruitful Lombardy
- Heading to Bologna
- The Red, The Learned and The Fat
- And So to Greece
- Introduction to Athens
- The Acropolis at Last
- To the Islands
- A Nice Finish to a Tedious Day
- Chania to Panormos
- Over the Cretan Mountains
- Rethymno
- To the Mainland and Erin
- The Peloponnese
- Exploring Nafplion
- Two Fortresses
- Heading to Delphi
- Ancient Delphi and Further North
- Mindboggling Meteora
- Last Day in Greece
- Hej Sweden!
- Museum Day in Stockholm