Thessaloniki is the second city of Greece. We all ask ourselves how this very lively spot on the Aegean Sea seemed to be off our radars for so long. What brought us here to northern Greece were two archaeological sites not far from Thessaloniki, at Vergina and at Pella. As we soon discover, …
n a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks, monks settled on these ‘columns of the sky’ from the 11th century onwards. We left the cruise this morning. After getting through the morning traffic of Athens, we headed straight up Highway 1 to the east coast town of Lamia, on the Aegean Sea where we stopped …
he Photo Albums below have both pictures and a short story about the highlights of our travels to these touristy but fascinating places, (done the right way, of course). If you click on the map, a slideshow of all the photos in the body of the Silver Wind blog post will commence. In many …
Rome A weekend in Rome with Michael and Frank up the mountain and Juanita and Edmundo in the centre of things makes for a challenging two days in the Eternal City. And Edmundo’s confinement to bed with a cold left the Baroness Juanita alone to covort with Michael and Frank. Vatican Gardens in the heat …
Villa Fontelunga, Tuscany Edmundo waits patiently with our driver Marco at Fiumicino Airport for Juanita and me after our twenty-three hours flying from Sydney. After another three hours driving north, we finally arrive at Villa Fontelunga, abloom with spring flowers. We are welcomed with the first of what is to be many glasses of Prosecco, …