Monthly Archives: October 2023

OCTOBER 22, SUNDAY

WALK THROUGH OIA Just realized that it was Sunday. To Tom that means that he has to enter his fantasy football team for the week, but for me days of the week are all the same except for Friday when

OCTOBER 22, SUNDAY

WALK THROUGH OIA Just realized that it was Sunday. To Tom that means that he has to enter his fantasy football team for the week, but for me days of the week are all the same except for Friday when

OCTOBER 21, SATURDAY

SANTORINI Suddenly we are in fabled Santorini. We went by taxi to the port of Piraeus at the edge of Athens on the sea. I had promised a huge ferry, remembering the Blue Star Ferry, with multiple restaurants and decks

OCTOBER 21, SATURDAY

SANTORINI Suddenly we are in fabled Santorini. We went by taxi to the port of Piraeus at the edge of Athens on the sea. I had promised a huge ferry, remembering the Blue Star Ferry, with multiple restaurants and decks

OCTOBER 20, FRIDAY

ACROPOLIS Today was another clear, sunny, beautiful day in the 70’s, cool in the morning but hot on the way up the Acropolis hill. Our breakfast was marvelous and we are becoming convinced that the food in Athens is the

OCTOBER 20, FRIDAY

ACROPOLIS Today was another clear, sunny, beautiful day in the 70’s, cool in the morning but hot on the way up the Acropolis hill. Our breakfast was marvelous and we are becoming convinced that the food in Athens is the

OCTOBER 19, THURSDAY

ATHENS I’ve already described our trip to Athens and our arrival which took place today and here will include photographs of the streets of Athens on our first evening here.

OCTOBER 19, THURSDAY

ATHENS I’ve already described our trip to Athens and our arrival which took place today and here will include photographs of the streets of Athens on our first evening here.

OCTOBER 18, WEDNESDAY

LEAVING LETOJANNI Our last day in Letojanni I spent the morning having a long breakfast with Rob’s son Benjamin, a bar owner in Portland, Oregon and with Rob and Leslie. Then Tom and I quickly packed up and took the

OCTOBER 18, WEDNESDAY

LEAVING LETOJANNI Our last day in Letojanni I spent the morning having a long breakfast with Rob’s son Benjamin, a bar owner in Portland, Oregon and with Rob and Leslie. Then Tom and I quickly packed up and took the

OCTOBER 17, TUESDAY

SIRACUSA Photographs of the Duomo and more photographs of Siracusa.

OCTOBER 17, TUESDAY

SIRACUSA Photographs of the Duomo and more photographs of Siracusa.

OCTOBER 16, MONDAY

SIRACUSA (SYRACUSE) Actually, on Monday, we rested and I processed photographs and spent some time at the beach. We put off renting a car until Tuesday, and when the red Fiat Panda was delivered to our hotel on Tuesday morning

OCTOBER 16, MONDAY

SIRACUSA (SYRACUSE) Actually, on Monday, we rested and I processed photographs and spent some time at the beach. We put off renting a car until Tuesday, and when the red Fiat Panda was delivered to our hotel on Tuesday morning

OCTOBER 15, SUNDAY

TAORMINA AGAIN After the hotel buffet breakfast Tom and I took the bus to Taormina. We didn‘t have much luck with buses, we had to wait 45 minutes for the bus to Taormina and an hour for the bus on

OCTOBER 15, SUNDAY

TAORMINA AGAIN After the hotel buffet breakfast Tom and I took the bus to Taormina. We didn‘t have much luck with buses, we had to wait 45 minutes for the bus to Taormina and an hour for the bus on

OCTOBER 14, SATURDAY

THE BIG DAY Today was the big day. It was Rob‘s 75th birthday party and also the day that my son Tom arrived after an overnight flight from Asheville to Milan and then a flight from Milan to Catania. In

OCTOBER 14, SATURDAY

THE BIG DAY Today was the big day. It was Rob‘s 75th birthday party and also the day that my son Tom arrived after an overnight flight from Asheville to Milan and then a flight from Milan to Catania. In