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After a string of terrible sleep scores, which are par for the course. When we’re on the move, I’m still undecided about whether these Oura rings are a good thing or not. We left our hotel, which sits just above the main city, and made our way down into the heart of San Sebastián. WeContinue reading “Old Friends, New Memories – San Sebastián”

As fate would have it, the weather took a turn. Daytime temperatures dropped from the mid-twenties to the high teens, and with the cooler air came adverse conditions. We had torrential rain, and in a town built on an incline, that quickly became a problem. The roads turned into fast-flowing streams, and I now understandContinue reading “Rain in Monopoli, Stars in Spain.”

After saying our goodbyes to Jon and Jo the night before, we left the apartment just before 7 a.m. the following morning and wheeled our one heavy case the one kilometre through the thankfully empty streets. The day before had been a public holiday, with many of the roads closed to traffic. We arrived atContinue reading “Napoli Drama to Puglia Charm – Monopoli”

We’ve established a routine, where we have a light breakfast at the apartment before heading out. This is usually followed by a stop at a coffee bar along the way, where Jon launches into full “Spanglish” (his mix of Spanish and English…I’m still not sure why), made worse by me trying to recover the situationContinue reading “Notes from the Amalfi Coast”

With the rain starting to fall more regularly, we decided it was time to head off again. After a quick hike up the M11, we once again found ourselves at Stansted Airport, this time travelling with longtime friends Jon and Jo, who would be staying with us for the first week. After an uneventful flightContinue reading “Salerno & Pompeii”

Rachel had her summer team meet-up, so we pointed the car south on Bank Holiday Monday for a late afternoon rendezvous over dinner with our youngest (and blondest), whom we hadn’t seen since his Athens visit in June. Needless to say, we had plenty to catch up on. After traveling for four years, I’ve gottenContinue reading “From the South to the North: Friends and Family”

It’s been hot here along the coast of the Peloponnese. Basically, if the wind blows from the north during the summer months, it keeps the temperature in the low 30s, which is manageable. But if it blows from the south, through the mouth of the Argolic Gulf, up from the Sahara, it pushes the needleContinue reading “Winding Down – Winding On: Greece to Cambridge”

We’ve moved on from the apartment where we’d been staying for over a month. As lovely as it was, we were starting to grow roots and besides, they had new guests coming in. With only a few days before check-out, we found a charming little villa owned by an incredibly warm and welcoming family. It’sContinue reading “Carved in Stone: A Weekend in Monemvasia”

I’ll be honest, I was selectively sociable before starting this chapter of my life. Unlike Rachel, who’s always enjoyed chatting with anyone and everyone, I’d often avoid eye contact if I didn’t feel like interacting, just to sidestep a conversation. Now though, I make a point, both at home and away, to acknowledge people asContinue reading “Olympia & Ancient Mesenne: Echoes Across Time”

We had originally planned to move up and across into Albania, but the pull of the Peloponnese has proven too strong—so here we are. We’ve settled into a beach routine: yoga and some stretching first thing in the morning, followed by a slow amble down the hill to our very welcoming swim spot. I’m aContinue reading “From Mycenae to Mystras”