Before I begin today’s journey, a quick video of the upper floor of the cottage I’m staying at. I forgot to add that yesterday. Today was a big day! One of the major sights in Cornwall that I have been waiting to see, Saint Michael’s Mount. This was an island abbey, similar to Mont St….
England 2025, Day 2
It was a long drive today. Moving further west, to my new lodging was always going to be the longest drive of the trip but, oof! More than five hours just to get there, not counting stops along the way. The exciting part today was going to Dartmoor! This is a national park, yet somehow…
England 2025 Day 1
Today began my latest travel, this time to England. I haven’t been back to England, for a trip, since 2000. I’ve passed through the airport on my way elsewhere several times but this time it was the destination. I’ll be traveling around the southwest of England to Cornwall and Devon. Then heading up north to…
Greece 2025, Day 13
We had only one thing planned for the day, the Acropolis. Only a 20-ish minute walk from the hotel we took our time as we had timed tickets. We hoped they would let us in early but that didn’t really pan out. The Acropolis was one of our ‘must see’ items for Greece, kind of…
Greece 2025, Day 12
For our first full day in Athens we walked around 6 miles to see the Acropolis Museum and the Greek Agora. The walk to the Acropolis Museum passes by several Ancient Greek and Roman sights. The Acropolis Museum has a collection of finds from multiple excavations at the site as well as some of the…
Greece 2025, Day 11
We have finally left the car behind. With the final days being spent in Athens the car would be more of a pain to try and park so we ditched it at the end of the day. That being said, we still had a full day of driving today. We started off with a drive…
Greece 2025, Day 10
“Imagine, if you will…” This has been a constant refrain during the entire trip. Many of the sights we have been to are little more that worked stones scattered along the ground. Today was no different as we headed to Ancient Mycenae. This ancient city might be more familiar to you if you know of…
Greece 2025, Day 9
It was all up hill today. We visited the abandoned medieval town of Mystras. It was nice not to do an Ancient Greek site for a change but much of the old town was still in ruins. Only the churches from the monasteries and the old palace have been restored. We ended up at great…
Greece 2025, Day 8
Today was the unluckiest day yet. We didn’t have a massive amount on the agenda for today, just visit the site of the original Olympic Games. This seemed easy enough at the start, until we tried to find the parking. Normally, most major sites have very obvious parking areas with signs guiding you in. We…
Greece 2025, Day 7
Today was a bucket list item for me, we got to visit the Temple at Delphi. According to Greek mythology, Delphi is the center of the world. They even had a rock that they were sure Zeus threw there once he determined the center of the world. We managed to get to the site right…
