Category: greece

Nick and his lady had some errands to run today so they dropped me off at the beautifully peaceful Limossal Marina. I recall feeling slightly unsettled when I woke up and remembered not feeling hungry at breakfast which was unusual. Still, before things got a little hazy, I was able to enjoy the scenery, sunshine and […]

I left Athens with a heavy heart as I was leaving Greece so soon having had such a great week there. In saying that, I happen to have landed on the only other Greek-speaking piece of land in the World. So who is ‘Nick the Greek?’. He is someone that I used to work with at Essential […]

In reverse title order, let me first show you some ancient Cypriot ruins. BTW, did you know that Cyprus is reported as the birthplace for Aphrodite? I didn’t. These ruins are located at Amathous – an ancient royal city here in Cyprus. Below are some water vaults from what I understand, which unsurprisingly, were located […]

Last night I had a my most enjoyable night out so far, although it involved little more than a meal and a couple of beers. It was memorable largely down to heading out with my dorm-buddy Robert     (a teacher) from Ireland. He and I were the only two occupants of room 12 from the torrid […]

I’ve been in Athens now for three full days and I know there are more impressive architectural structures to seek out so that is what today, day four, is all about. But before that, do you remember Mount Lycabettus from a post a couple of days back? If not, it’s the goliath in this image […]

Travel authors tend to propose an optimum amount of time to spend in a city, typically ranging between 1 and 3 days. Whilst this might be  applicable to holiday-makers, it doesn’t really apply to me. As we know, I am not tied by the same time constraints and therefore my approach also offers me a slower pace meaning […]