The kids and I read a book a few years ago called ‘Halo’ by Zizou Corder, about a baby washed ashore on Zakynthos and raised by a family of centaurs. She is later kidnapped and in order to survive, joins the Spartan army disguised as a boy. The descriptions of Read more…
We make the six -hour trip back to mainland Greece on the 28th of August and pile into a tiny car that we have hired. It seems that car-hire is more economical than the bus for the five of us and as we are arriving at 3pm, much easier. We Read more…
In Naxos, we are faced with the problem of how to get the six of us to the village of Filoti in the middle of the island. In the end we hire a car for twenty-four hours. When I visited Naxos in my twenties, we came to Filoti to climb Read more…
After a week in Hydra, we take a ferry back to Piraeus Port near Athens and spend two nights in Plaka, just below the Acropolis. Rachel, needing a bit more space than the little airbnb that I have booked, finds another little apartment and she and Stella stay there together. Athens Read more…
Houston, we have a problem! No, this is not it (although my hair is greying at an impressive rate, which is perhaps an indication of the stresses of travelling). Perhaps someone could have mentioned to us before we left… we’re all bonkers in this family! Our arrival in Greece marks Read more…