Thursday, 25 May Our Uber driver, Ricardo, was a few minutes early and we had an uneventful ride to the airport. Even though the airport does not look that big, after security Dolora and I had to navigate the maze of duty free shops. Dolora and I had the most pleasant officer at passport control….
Month: May 2023
2023 Europe – Day 22 – Relaxing in Lisbon
Wednesday, 24 May Slept in a little bit then had breakfast. Dolora and I then did the town walk to the Bairro Alto and Chiado sections of Lisbon. Bairro Alto means High Town so we started with a climb up to a park with views of Lisbon. Through some narrow cobblestone streets, then a beautiful…
2023 Europe – Day 21 – Lisboa
Tuesday, 23 May Lisboa is the Portuguese name for Lisbon. Even without a schedule, Dolora and I were up early. The two hour time change from Greece in affecting our schedules. I can hardly wait for the five hour change when we return home! Breakfast was a little quieter without the tour group from yesterday….
2023 Europe – Day 20 – Arrival in Lisbon
Monday, 22 May Our flight landed just before midnight. I read that Uber is better than a taxi from the airport to the hotel. I booked the Uber but we had a minor glitch finding the pick up spot based on the directions. Dolora and I walked past the mayhem at the taxi spot to…
2023 Europe – Day 19 – Last Day in Greece
Sunday, 21 May Today was our last day in Greece, Dolora and I had a 9:20 pm flight to Lisbon. We slept in a little and went down to breakfast. We packed our bags and left them at the hotel where we were to be picked up at 6:15 pm for the ride to the…
2023 Europe – Day 18 – Athens’ National Archaeological Museum
Saturday, 20 May Our tour guide, Ioanna, cracked the whip today. Dolora and I were up for breakfast at 6:30. Breakfast was only slightly smaller than yesterday, corn flakes with milk, orange juice, warm vegetable juice, coffee, cinnamon cake, a soft boiled egg and yogurt. If that was not enough, there was a grilled ham…
2023 Europe – Day 17 – Island of Hydra
Friday, 19 May Dolora and I slept in this morning. Breakfast started and eight and there are no group activities scheduled today so we can enjoy our time on the Greek island. It was hard to believe but we had our best breakfast of the tour. Instead of a buffet, we were served peach cake,…
2023 Europe – Day 16 – Ancient Epidavros
Thursday, 18 May Today started for Dolora and I with the usual outdoor breakfast, after I watched sunrise over the mountain from our room. We left our bags outside our rooms and they were loaded before we boarded the bus for a short ride to Epidavros, which was a healing center of ancient Greece, and…
2023 Europe – Day 15 – Mycenae and Nafplio
Wednesday, 17 May After breakfast Dolora and I took a short bus ride to mysterious Mycenae, the fortified city founded by Perseus a thousand years before the Parthenon was built, 3,000 years old. Our tour guide was Patti. The first stop was the Treasury of Atreus, a.k.a. Tomb of Agamemnon, from the 13th century BC….
2023 Europe – Day 14 – Byzantine Mystras
Tuesday, 16 May Dolora and I were awake early and ready for another delicious buffet breakfast. Then it was back to the room to pack. The day was cloudy with the occasional few raindrops. After driving through Sparta, the short bus ride took us to Mystras where we met George, our guide. We visited churches…