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New place! Milan, Italy – Urgent escape from Greece
Well…. Santorini didn’t work out so well. We have now learned 2 things: 2. More unexpectedly… we learned that the Sahara dessert which stretches across most of northern Africa can have huge sandstorms that can blow sand and dust far to the north and have a huge impact on the air quality across all of…
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New place! Santorini
After thoroughly enjoying a week in Crete, we were excited to explore additional Greek isles. Santorini is one of the most famous places in the world and only a 2 hour speed ferry away, so that was our first stop. The Ferry leaves at 8am, so we hit our favorite beech restaurant one more time,…
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Some family Q&A – May 17th
We’ve been a lot of places in the last 2 months! We had a 3 hour drive, so decided to survey the family with a bunch questions about our experience so far. Here’s what we learned: Top 3 countries: Emma: 1) England / London, 2) Italy 3) Greece Lincoln: 1) Italy, 2) England / UK,…
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New place! Chania (Western Crete)
We enjoyed our time in Elounda and eastern Crete very much (even if the hotel was a little questionable) and were excited to see more of the island. We drove ~3 hours to Chania in the west of Crete which is a biggish town (~120k people) that comes highly recommended. We are staying in what…
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A tribute to Greek food
It so, so, so good. The kids love it, we love it. It’s healthy, it’s tasty, there is a wide variety of options and usually the restaurant is super fun – they take great pride in presenting the food. So fresh and you feel good after you eat it. We are not sure why this…
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New place! Crete, (eastern side)
When it comes to Grecian islands, there are many to choose from – according to Google, there are 6 major groups with over 6000 islands, 227 of which are populated. As is her way, Jen has researched all of them. As a result, we headed to the large island of Crete and plan to spend…
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Athens is surprisingly great
We had read generally negative things about Athens. Most travel guides suggest spending no more than a day or two here to see the Acropolis and Agora and then get out to the islands. We had read that the city is dirty and covered in graffiti and generally not a nice place to be. After…
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New place! Athens, Greece May 10th
We are excited to go to Greece! We’ve never been before and it seems a bit intimidating with all of the different islands and logistics, but Jen has done lots of research and we are ready for it. Few days in Athens and then off to island vacation in Crete and then we’ll see. We’re…
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