#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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 -...
#3 Athens
From Brisbane to Dubai we flew in darkness, backwards in time, with dawn hot on our heels. As the plane landed at 7am, the first rays of...
#2 A light load
Little Cove Noosa Yah-sas buddies! That's phonetic Greek for hello formally to one person or to a group, or yassoo informally for one...
#1 Why Hydra?
Why Hydra? Also spelled Ydra, pronounced hee-dra or ee-dra? Good question. I can understand if you feel like a guinea pig on this one...