Travel

So… this was one of the days I’d been looking forward to. We’d visited Paestum in 2019, and if we were going to be in the area again then it’s somewhere I wouldn’t want to miss. The morning started with a cacophony though! Cockerels from 6:30 and church bells from about 7:30. At one point…

It’s another (mostly) travel day today. We’re leaving the fabulous town of Matera and heading for Greek Paestum. But first we had to check out the “other” view of Matera, from the other side of the valley looking back at the town. We couldn’t check out of the campsite until 9:30 (probably should have checked…

Well… it’s another one of those WOW! days. You can see why Matera got used in the latest No Time To Die, Bond film. It was a reasonably leisurely start as we opted to take one of the two complimentary shuttles into town from the campsite. Which dropped us off at the end of the…

Another travel day… the relentless pull of the road never ceases! Not much to report today, and the Dashcam was playing silly buggers (needed the SD card reformatting) and so there’s not much from there either. Camping Torre Sabea was a nice little site. Very tired, quirky, but we enjoyed it. Sue didn’t enjoy her…

After making our way yesterday from Brindisi to just outside Gallipoli, through Lecce, we were destined to head into Gallipoli today. It was a sunny start to the day, but way too early. We’re right next to the loos at this site and the cleaners were chatting loudly to each other and even having phone…

If you’ve been following along so far then you’ll know we started today on the outskirts of Brindisi, being woken by the dogs that sent us to sleep last night. We have 2449 km on the SatNav to get us home. But today we’re going to be heading away from that route and heading south.…

We had a 2PM ferry from Igoumenitsa to Brindisi today, so we were afforded another leisurely start. And of course what better way to start than a long chat with Helen and Jeremy. That’s when we found out their van had been flooded in the port they had left the boat in. Hopefully I shall…

End of the seventh week and it’s another travel day. After 10 days on Corfu (thoughts on Corfu at the end), we’re on the homeward stretch now. It was an early start for Phil and Linda with a 5:45 taxi to Corfu airport. They had two flights today, one to Athens and the next to…

Last full day on Corfu and the weather has been much kinder – 27C, a refreshing breeze and no rain! We’ve been told, by Yeota, the villa owner, that this sort of weather is very unusual. They might get a day of rain in September, but not this many days in a row. So to…

Today started rather mutedly. Too much Gin the night before. So by the time we were all up and about and watered the weather was closing in again. We had a huge thunderstorm roll through from about 2 to 4. And because it was a slow day, we finally got ready to walk down into…

A bit of a quiet day today. We had a wet morning so hung around the villa until 3. Linda discovered what seems to be the only jigsaw in the property, Friends… in black and white… tricky! Linda and Sue then walked into Avlaki Beach with Phil and I following in the van a bit…

After a cracking overnight thunderstorm the weather settled enough for us to head over to the West side of the island again and to visit Palaiokastritsa. We were all woken up around 1am for a lightning and thunder show. It lasted an hour or so, but unlike the last one in Dubrovnik, we didn’t lose…

It’s a rain day, so a mooch around the coast and see if we can get Sue’s phone fixed. A slow start to the day but we were out of the villa by 11-ish. It had rained heavily over night and into the morning… The next town around the coast is Acharavi, which is less…

Well… as well as the weather turning on us, we have another IT disaster. The day started off well with a leisurely coffee and Brecky on the veranda. We then headed into Kassiopi town, Phil and I in Ollie and the ladies taking a walk. Phil had to check out the scooter hire, €35 a…

Another travel day, to the final destination. It’s all down hill from here. Six weeks! We’re moving from the west coast Corfu apartment in Agios Gordios to a villa in the northern town of Kassiopi, about 40km away. But first it was breakfast time, after we’d packed the van ready for a get away once…

A quiet day today, in town and by the pool. Sue and Linda took a walk along the coast and were joined by Phil for breakfast. Slim and light. After they got back we had a quiet afternoon and hit the pool for an hour or two. Then off to find something to eat in…