Shelley Dark
- Mar 5, 2018
#18 Antío Elláda (farewell Greece)
I slept like a baby last night under the pink toile bed head. The Grand Bretagne is a gracious old hotel with a huge high-ceilinged foyer...
Shelley Dark
- Mar 4, 2018
#17 Athens
Before I went to sleep last night, I set the alarm for 5am. That would give me plenty of time to have a coffee, maybe two, take the small...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 26, 2018
#16 Last day on Hydra
The forecast said the rain would stop today by 10am. It did. A strong wind blew it away. I called in to say hello as I went past the...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 25, 2018
#15 Profitis Ilias
I am lying in bed listening to the church bells ringing as they have for centuries. When I rose early to make a cup of coffee I seemed to...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 24, 2018
#14 quiet day on Hydra
This was the weather when I opened the shutters this morning. Luckily it's fined up to a blue blue day. Did I tell you I texted Iliana a...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 23, 2018
#13 the magic is back
After yesterday's walk I hobbled to the kitchen to make my morning coffee like an old crone! Nothing permanent that another good ten...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 22, 2018
#12 to Palamidas and back
I love the way the seagulls wheel above the harbour in circles, round and round. Yesterday when it was raining they landed and stayed...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 21, 2018
#11 it's all amygdalota to me
Thankfully the weather held this morning for my visit to the archives and my tour with Maria. This afternoon it rained properly with the...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 20, 2018
#10 Maria
Each night I close the shutters to keep in the warmth. Each morning I open them, never knowing what the day's weather might be! Today I...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 19, 2018
#9 Clean Monday
The temperature today has been 4º-9ºC. Sounds cold doesn't it? It's actually been fairly pleasant with not much wind. My 2am snack last...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 18, 2018
#8 Carnival Ydra style
This is dawn from my window this morning. I keep forgetting that there are pigeons sleeping on the terracotta roof next door. They...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 17, 2018
#7 Ydra news bulletin
I adore this place! It's been such a glorious day - at one stage I wasn't wearing a jumper! Isn't the water beautiful? I've spent most of...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 16, 2018
#6 loitering on Hydra
You know those winds that blow straight through you even though your jacket is zipped up? The ones that make you look down to check that...
Shelley Dark
- Feb 15, 2018
#5. the archives
I woke at 3.30am and opened the bedroom shutters to the sound of rain. Yesterday's wind had dropped and cold air rushed into the room....
Shelley Dark
- Feb 14, 2018
#4. Hydra
Two hours by 'slow' ferry from Athens today, yet I'm now a world away. My taxi driver to the port of Piraeus was called Euazzelis -...