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Category: Musings

  • Back in the Dodecanese

    Back in the Dodecanese

    It’s been a while since I wrote a postcard home.  Due to many things including a trip to Spain mid-season to see our family and a few land based visitors and a a whole load of computer issues that I have just sorted out (hopefully!). While there is always a mix of busy times and…

  • Postcard Home: Hydra

    Postcard Home: Hydra

    Like a bird on a wire… Anyone else love that song by Leonard Cohen?  Turns out that he wrote it here on the beautiful island of Hydra.  This long, skinny, jagged strip of an island is just a few miles off the Greek mainland and sits strategically between the Argolic and Saronic gulfs. I can…

  • Postcards Home: Old Epidavros

    Postcards Home: Old Epidavros

    I’m starting a shorter series here where I highlight places to showcase what we have loved about them. Last year we visited the town of Old Epidavros a few times and took a few short visits ashore.  It’s a lovely town full of waterfront taverna’s, charming traditional bakeries, cats (of course) and a beautiful church…