We reached downtown Athens in the dark, somewhere around eight o’clock on Wednesday night. We were staying at a hotel called the Grande Bretagne, a lovely, but expensive, hostelry. It is located on the edge of the Plaka, or old Read More …
The new Athens airport is located waaaaaay outside of town. It was built for the 2004 Olympics, so it’s modern and clean. Our plane landed and dumped us out – into a skybridge attached to the terminal, a comforting reminder Read More …
Dining on the Queen Elizabeth was linked to which type of cabin you reserved. Each suite was linked to a specific dining room. The balcony staterooms included early or late seating in the Britannia Restaurant. We chose the later sitting, Read More …
The vegetation in the Eastern Mediterranean fascinated me during our trip. I was expecting the iconic Cypress, tall and straight with the branches growing upwards toward the light in a tight cone. Or the bushy pines with their long, widely Read More …