#18 Antío Elláda (farewell Greece)
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...
#17 Athens
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...
#16 Last day on Hydra
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...
#15 Profitis Ilias
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...
#14 quiet day on Hydra
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...
#13 the magic is back
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...
#12 to Palamidas and back
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...
#11 it's all amygdalota to me
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...
#10 Maria
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...
#9 Clean Monday
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...
#8 Carnival Ydra style
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...
#7 Ydra news bulletin
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...
#6 loitering on Hydra
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...
#5. the archives
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....
#4. Hydra
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 -...
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