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Following Apostle Paul in Greece
Corinth Located on a narrow (3.8 mile wide) land bridge between mainland Greece and the Peloponnes Peninsula, Corinth was a powerful city in Paul’s day. With access to two Seas and full control over all overland traffic between the two regions, they had it made. Because sailing around the Peloponnes Peninsula was so difficult, the…
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It’s All Good Til It Isn’t
Simply put, Greece and Turkey have some of the best food in the world. This is of course an opinion, but I am saying it with conviction. We filled our belly’s with tender meats, crisp fries and flaky pastries. I could wax long and flowery on the various cheeses, different ointments (sauces to the average…
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Where Beauty Fills the Eyes and Juice Runs Down Our Chins.
Greece in Spring is breathtaking. The mountains are covered with green grass, blooming trees and thousands of wildflowers. Snow still powders the peaks and in the valleys the almond, peach and cherry orchards are in full bloom. Citrus hangs on the trees and the produce stands sell big bags of oranges that are too juicy…
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We Don’t Have That Car
“Gentleman and lady“, dramatically announces the woman at the Hertz Rental desk in Athens International Airport, “I am about to give you the papers. Which car would you like? I have a,” and here she proceeds to list of a stream of Dacia’s, Renaults, and other foreign somethings that we cannot visualize. No matter, we…
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Destination: Unknown- Where Travel Plans Go To Die
How many itineraries can a person work on at one time? Quite a few, as we have discovered. We have spent most of March in Greece and Turkey, trying to make plans. Plans that kept collapsing. I wanted to blog, but quite literally every spare minute of time was taken up with finding out where…
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New Zealand Day 7
Hip hooray, Zach still can’t harvest cause of rain so we’re off to The Banks! We have been hearing “The Banks” a-lot in this house and are eager to see what they have to offer. Incidentally, we are also still a bit knackered from our big day yesterday, but no matter. One is not always…
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New Zealand Day 6
To offset our perfectly delicious relaxation yesterday, we decided on a marathon day today. We were up and out before the sun, which in this case was about 6:00. The clouds and fog of yesterday had disappeared out to sea and the day was gloriously clear. The mountains had a fresh blanket of snow and…
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New Zealand Day 5
Drizzly rain started last night and continued off and on all day. The mountains were hidden behind thick clouds and the fire in the living room felt like a necessity. We had planned to take it easy all morning, but Heath apparently made other plans in the wee morning hours. He woke me with very…
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New Zealand Day 4
What better way to spend the morning than in the Enchanted Forest? A walking path runs through tall redwoods, fir and other trees lining the banks of a canal on the outskirts of Methven, and it’s been turned into a mile long fairy garden. Little wooden doors are set into trunks of trees, fairies, goblins,…
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New Zealand Day 3
Sunday in this beautiful land. We ate oatmeal, hashed the Sunday School lesson and generally had a relaxing start to the day before heading out to see what local Canterbury had to offer. Mud or poop? That is sometimes a little blurry in a two year olds mind. We were deep in the magical woods…
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New Zealand Day 2
We woke up to a beautiful day and a big breakfast by Camille. Something about the way we flew around the world completely eliminated jet leg, so that’s been a happy surprise. Zach has been working at a farm nearby helping with harvest. It’s usually wet in the mornings so today they didn’t get going…
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New Zealand Day 1
I hate January so much I will literally do anything to make it go away. This year we managed to chop 19 whole hours off of it by flying to New Zealand. Yes, I would eat wretched quinoa and chicken gloop, have swollen ankles, fight restless leg syndrome and endure airplane bathrooms just to shorten…
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Escalante Hike
Author: Richard Tilton No corridor trails. No handrails. No mercy. Excellent scenery. Start: Lipan Point, Tanner Trail Trailhead (7,350 ft) End: Grandview Point (7,400 ft) Trails: Tanner Trail, Escalante Route, Tonto Trail, Grandview Trail Total distance: 31.3 miles Elevation gain: 7,425 ft Elevation loss: 7,608 ft Lowest point: Hance Rapids 2,536 ft Hiked: November 28-30,…
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2025
Year in Review Milestones Travel Daily’s Unusual Events Memories Forever Etched On Our Minds And so ends another Year. Was it good? Yes! Yes, it really was. We have so many good friends, so many reasons to be grateful. Merry Christmas to All! Our love, Heath & Jeanie
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Back to Home Base
This morning the great idea of leaving Chalki port at 4:30am maybe wasn’t such a great idea. Zach and Andrew were gonna ease us out of there while the rest of us slumbered till a reasonable hour like 6am or so. The engines rumbled to life right on time, but when it came time to…
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Swimming and Clinics
4:30 am has become a preferred starting hour. We debate between 4am and 5am and compromise in between. We just have so much we want to see and a week is not long in Greece. Quite a bit shorter than in the USA in fact. Our destination today is the little island of Alimia and…
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The Halcyon Days
The last two days have blurred into one in my head. They were filled with golden sunshine, blue seas, and cookies. The sails were filled with frisk breezes and we bowled along, sleeping when the feeling hit, snacking, drinking tea, or just sitting and doing absolutely nothing. I don’t think we’ve ever had such consistently…
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Fact Checking at Santorini
Santorini. Those surreal blue and white pics you see on calendars, guide books, travel agents and pretty much everywhere you see the word Greece. It’s a major cruise ship destination and apparently the crème de la crème of the Islands. It’s also a fair distance from major boat charter bases, so you need a decent…
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Astypalaia
The first thing I saw when I idled on deck were two goats silhouetted against the sky at the top of the cliff. One had curly horns and the other had none. It appeared they felt terrible smart. In the water Dalen was ripping around in the dinghy and eventually he and Zach went and…
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Embarked
It was nearly midnight and the sea around the boat was churning and splashing with the crew from the Beluga. It had been a fairly easy but long crossing from Kos to Astypalaia and we all felt sticky and stinky. All at once I heard Bonnie’s eager voice urging me to “Come here! The water…
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