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 […]
Travelling Drapanias to Agia Galini
On the road again! Today we departed Camping Mithimna and headed east along the northern coastline of Crete almost as far as Rethymnon, then turned inland. We stopped for lunch […]
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 […]
The pink sands of Falasarna beach
After Olwen’s hospital check-up in Chaniá Hospital, we had the whole day ahead of us, so we hit the road west and travelled further along this road than we have […]
Last few days in Paleochora 
Well, all good things must come to an end, and our six month rental is up. Actually, we ended up staying quite a few weeks longer than originally planned, as […]
Manolis’s olive grove in Προδρόμι / Prodromi
Today we took a trip up into the hills behind Paleochora to visit the olive groves belonging to Manolis Klironomakis. Manolis is from Paleochora and he has a clothes shop […]
Lockdown lifts after six months
Well, after heading into lockdown on 7th November, today’s the day the restaurants and cafés may reopen, albeit for outside dining. But in Crete in May, outside dining is the […]
A trip outside Paleochora!
Well, this is a strange sensation. Today, we took a spin in the van, for leisure purposes! It is finally permissible to travel within your prefecture for non-essential reasons. This […]
Late April stork and puppy updates
A little bit of news from the Krystal Ship is that it is 25 years today from the date we first met! A quarter of a century…..
where does the […]
Some puppy news!
Two pieces of news: firstly, baby storks are visible, heads peaking above the rim of the nests! Great excitement! Our van neighbours are keeping close watch of several of our […]