Why is Easter usually celebrated on a different date in Greece?
Did you know that Easter is celebrated in Greece on a different date to that which is marked by the Christian churches of western Europe? The short explanation for why […]
Museum of the Olive and Olive Oil, Sparti
There’s no avoiding the importance of the olive in Greece. The trees are all around you, large and small, and it seems that every family has their own source of […]
The museums at Ancient Olympia
This is for those with an interest in seeing some of the incredible finds at the site of Ancient Olympia. Not everything here relates to the Olympic Games, not by […]
Νικόπολις/Nicopolis, on the road from Ηγουμενίτσα/Igoumenitsa to Πρέβεζα/Préveza
On Wednesday 7th October, we headed off from Igoumenitsa. It sure was a good feeling to be hitting the road on our travels through Greece. We are surprised at how […]
Saul’s intro to the history of Greece
Saul’s high-level summary timeline of Ancient Greece might provide some context as we hop back and forth through centuries and millennia in our blogposts, with pictures of ancient piles of […]
Castelo de Silves
Today we finally made it to see Silves Castle – no lockdown and no puppy. Castelo de Silves dates so far back, it is difficult to trace with accuracy. It […]
Lagos
From Sagres, we took a spin 40km east again to Lagos. This is another town which had its heyday during the Portuguese Age of Discovery, although there have been settlements […]
Ronda & the El Tajo Gorge
8th – 16th January 2020: Caitríona: Ronda is my favourite place so far ❤ but I was glad that Saul volunteered for the drive to get there! It took many […]
Gibraltar
7th January 2020: After our few days in Torremolinos and Málaga, we drove 140km south to see the monolith of Gibraltar and to spend some Xmas sterling. We parked up up […]
Málaga in January – with friends!
4th – 6th January: Málaga (again) Caitríona: Our second trip to Málaga was in order to meet up with our fab friends, Aoife and Helen, from Bray, and Aoife’s grandmother […]