Shelley Dark
- Sep 4, 2018
#6 Victoria loves Albert ♡
I've always wanted to go to the Victoria and Albert Museum. It's only a five minute walk from here, so I left home early and wandered the...
Shelley Dark
- Sep 3, 2018
#5 Riding the tube
I knew from my trip prep that the tube line I'd be using most in London is the circle line - it goes round and round the centre of...
Shelley Dark
- Sep 2, 2018
#4 city of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics
I love London society! I think it has immensely improved. It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just...
Shelley Dark
- Sep 1, 2018
#3 Guess where?
With hanging flower baskets like this? I've suddenly been transported into a game of Monopoly! Mayfair and Pall Mall, The Strand and...
Shelley Dark
- Aug 27, 2018
#2 Where to go and what to wear?
There's a lot to be said for the ease of having a travel agent put together an itinerary for you. On the other hand, from my perspective,...
Shelley Dark
- Aug 19, 2018
#1 London and Cork September 2018
dying to see the Kensington apartment! The last time I went to England was so long ago I can't even remember the year. And I only spent a...
Shelley Dark
- Mar 6, 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 5, 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 27, 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 26, 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 25, 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 24, 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 23, 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 22, 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 21, 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...