Apparently our decision to stay forever is pretty common. While chatting with the proprietor of the Mistral before leaving this afternoon, she mentioned that most of her business is repeating guests year after year. (And thanks for your patience in these first posts. I’ll be adding links for everything when WiFi is good and time […]
Trips
A Full Day In Hydra
I know that I have a tendency to fall in love with the places we visit, but this time I really mean it. I can not recall a single place in the last forty years that reminds me of this one. Before then, I do remember some time spent on a very quiet ranch my […]
Greece – Athens to Hydra
These posts will be rough, but I’m going to try to get to them everyday, and then clean them up in the end. —Cindy The flight was miserable. Ten hours in total, the surprise was that the ten hours was from about 2pm to Midnight. It’s pretty tough to be tired enough to sleep properly […]
Florida: Tampa Bay area and Tarpon Springs
A trip to Florida in February? Yes, please!
Big Bend National Park
Three nights and two days at Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, turned out to be just right. Far West Texas continued to delight. We were careful to watch the weather as some activities such as visiting the Hot Springs would be more fun with a little sunshine, while others, like hiking, could be managed […]
Far West Texas
The end of January and start of February was a road trip to Far West Texas. The itinerary from the Dallas area: Midland/Odessa for one night, the far-out community of Marfa for one night, Willow House near Terlingua to explore Big Bend National Park for three nights, and then a long drive home. The weather, […]