Day 11
Magnificent Meteora The Hotel Meteora, a family-owned business since 1954 based in Kalambaka, Greece, put out a lavish breakfast spread this morning: sliced peaches, yogurt, bread,…
Day 10
Magical Meteora Leaving Thessaloniki, I saw an abandoned rail car with graffiti: “no one is illegal” painted on the roof. Such an unexpected remlnder of…
Day 9
Thessaloniki, Greece Had a good night’s sleep and am feeling refreshed. Breakfast was awesome with coffee, peach halves, a type of yogurt/cream, a mini spanakopita…
Day 8
Sofia to Thessaloniki I am in Sofia, Bulgaria after traveling from Halkali all night. After a hard day yesterday with a near melt-down emotional state,…
Day 7
“You can check in any time you like but you can never leave….” It’s a very warm day today and started out well enough: a…
Day 6
Old City Tour Today is May 19, a national holiday in Istanbul and all modes of transportation – bus, subway and ferry – are free…
Day 5
Travel to Istanbul Used my Eurail pass today for the first leg of the Istanbul journey, Wels to the Vienna International Airport. The trains are…
Day 4 Reflections
Last night involved nightmare keyboard challenges where strange characters were showing up instead of the familiar ones, and typing a “y” brought up a “z”…
Day 3, May 16
Mostly a house day today. I am sorting out options for travel to Istanbul to visit Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque which has had a lengthy…
Day 2 Euroblog
Very early start today; had time to do some stretch exercises and meditate before the rest of the household awoke. There are blackbirds here whose…