Posts Tagged ‘Travel’
Windy Island — Day 1: Tradition
Traveling with Cretan friends, we boarded a ferry at the port of Iraklion bound for Karpathos — an island at the eastern corner of the Cretan Sea. After a boring eight-hour voyage, we finally drew near the island. Our impression was of a rugged mountain range thrust up from the sea (which it is), but [Read More]
New Adventure
Air travel can be exhilarating and at times a very tiresome means of transportation. We always hope that an airplane will swiftly deliver us to our destination – no fuss, no bother. Unfortunately, it does not usually work out that way. More often than not air travel difficulties begin on the ground, where human inefficiency [Read More]
Last Day in the Aegean
We have finally come to the end of the adventure. Tomorrow we take the morning ferry from Paroikia to Pireaus and catch the Metro into Athens. This morning, before the sun rises too high, we drive to Naousa Bay to explore Koukounaries (pronounced koo-koo-nahr-yes), perhaps the last of the Mycenaean strongholds. We opt for early [Read More]
Off and Away
Here we are on Wednesday, waiting for the shuttle bus that will take us to SeaTac. We will take British Airways Flight 48 to London. It leaves at 6:10 PM, which means that we will be flying overnight to Europe. With all that happens aboard a commercial airplane (people eating and walking about and watching [Read More]
