Crete to Ireland, part 3: France
On 7th June, we crossed the border via the Mont Blanc tunnel into France. Here we are arriving through the tunnel: After having our four lovely Irish passports and our […]
Crete to Ireland, part 2: Italy
It’s really time to put the pedal to the floor now, with over 1,600km ahead of us from Ancona, Italy to Cherbourg, France. After a quick pit stop in McDonald’s […]
Crete to Ireland, part 1: Greece
We finally have news that Saul’s passport is in the Irish Consular Office in Iraklio, hooray! This means we can collect it and start our journey back to Ireland. Saul’s […]
Back on the south coast of Crete
28 May – 4 June 2021: We just couldn’t stay away 
We know we have a long journey ahead of us back to Ireland and so, while we are […]
Resting a while in Drapanias
Three nights in this lovely campsite, Camping Mithimna, getting bitten to bits by mosquitoes! But it’s so peaceful under these tamarisk trees; all you can hear is the sound of […]
Γύθειο / Gytheio, a tale of two halves
17th – 26th October 2020: After our short stop in Sparti, we were relieved to reach Gytheio, a gorgeous, rather small coastal town in the middle ‘finger’ of the Peloponnese. […]
Καλαμάτα / Kalamata
On 16th October, we travelled south from Olympia to Kalamata, a trip of 121km. It’s a funny thing; you’d think three weeks in the Peloponnese would give you plenty of […]
Ολυμπία/Ancient Olympia
After the trauma of last night’s midnight-dash through a huge storm in search of cover and higher ground, we decided not to take any chances and to treat ourselves to […]
Πάτρα/Patras, a pitstop tour
On the Peloponnese, hooray! Because of the forecast for storms, we only stayed for a few hours in Patras, as we wanted to travel further south by nightfall. Patras is […]
Western Greece to Πελοπόννησος/the Peloponnese
Departing Lefkada was not the end of our driving for the day, however! In our desire to travel away from the eye of the coming storm, we headed south from […]