Day 1 Sydney to Berlin
12 мая 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Quick trip to the airport with Uber John and Udi. Singapore airlines upper deck and upgrade to full exit row to myself was perfect. Scoot in silence from Singapore was fine though their insistence onЧитать далее
Day 2 Berlin with jetlag
13 мая 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Arrived 7:30am in Berlin, tired but as the day went on I became more and more interested in this city. Coffee and scrambled eggs in the sun at a french cafe, then Check Point Charlie, GendarmenmarktЧитать далее
Day 3 Berlin
14 мая 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Slept 8 hours last night but only problem was that it was from 7pm till 3am. Had excellent Hotel Select The Wall breakfast at the unheard of hour of 6:30am.
9am appointment for Reistag glass dome withЧитать далее
Day 4 Berlin
15 мая 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Still waking early so 6:30 breakfast in the hotel again. It was the first day of the 3 day museum pass so went over to the Gemeralderie past Potsdammer Platz. Renaissance and middle ages - LucasЧитать далее
Day 5 Berlin
16 мая 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Slept in till just after 6 this morning. Take away coffee and grainy seedy roll with the last of the tomatoes and speck.
It was a rainy half hour walk to my new lodgings at Frederics Hackescher Mkt,Читать далее
Day 6 Berlin
17 мая 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Walked further into the depths of the east to discover friendly bakery and supermarket. “Activ” roll, tomatoes and a white mozarella in my sunny south facing room for breakfast.
It was opening dayЧитать далее
Day 7 Berlin
18 мая 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Another sunny breakfast coffee in my quiet apartment over looking the tree filled jewish cemetry.
It was a sunny warm (low 20’s) Saturday and everyone was out enjoying it in trendy Prenzlauerberg.Читать далее
Day 8 Berlin
19 мая 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Change of pace today with Spree River cruise from East Side Gallery to Charlottenberg, authentic snitzel lunch with glass of Sav Blanc billed as best SB in Germany and probably the world in a beerЧитать далее
Day 9 Berlin
20 мая 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Potatoes, sausage and 3 poached eggs at Factory Girls, then the re-constructed old Berlin area (very twee). Afternoon street art tour chiefly in Kreuzberg was fun though the 30 yo made too manyЧитать далее
Day 10 Berlin
21 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Spent a great day in Potsdam - magnificent palaces galore, goegeous gardens and a nice town with a quaint dutch quarter as well.
Main attraction is the Schloss SansSouci which was well managed withЧитать далее
Day 11 Berlin to Corfu
22 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
From a drizzly morning in Berlin to brilliant sunshine and the blue-est ocean in Corfu! And the people are so much more friendly and relaxed.
Easyjet was smoothe, sat next to the only germanЧитать далее
Day 12 Corfu
23 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Greeks invented the word chaos - the main square in Corfu town where the buses stop defines the word.
Bought a spanakopita and bougatsa from Thessalonikas Bakery as recommended by Angie and GiorgioЧитать далее
Day 13 Corfu
24 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Fun day even though the cruise ships were in. Bought 2 excellent small spanakopitas and walked early up to the new fort and the old fort for spectacular views over the town and sea. Decided againstЧитать далее
Day 14 Corfu to Ioannina
25 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
I was glad to leave the cave behind though only scratched the surface of Corfu. It took me the 3 days to work out how not to get lost in the old town - it was a surprisingly big town and with a carЧитать далее
Day 15 Ioannina
26 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Ioannina is famous for pies and breakfast at Its Kale Hotel was an excellent example - chicken pie, cheese pie, spinach pie, bougatsa plus cooked to order omelette, rice pudding, meats, cheese, coffeeЧитать далее
Day 16 Ioannina to Kalambaka
27 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
After a quick breakfast at the lovely Its Kale the rain forced me to take a taxi to the bus station. The EU funded Egnatia Highway has cut tunnels through the Pindos Ranges so it was just over a 2Читать далее
Day 17 Meteora
28 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Five hour hiking tour from 8:30 this morning was very good despite two loud canadians from Montreal (their french sounds really odd). Also chatty gay Portugese guys, girl from SFO and delightfulЧитать далее
Day 18 Kalambaka - Thessaloniki
29 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Two trains to get to Thessaloniki but what a sensory impact this city has !
Very byzantine feel, chaotic but get off the main Via Egnatia and its quiet but interesting.
The Blue Bottle Hotel staffЧитать далее
Day 19 Thessaloniki to Nikiti
30 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Nikiti is as expected Little Moscow and/or Bulgaria so my plan was to walk 6kms to the nicer but less touristed beach of Vourvouras. The plan failed as after a few kms the road went through theЧитать далее
Day 20 Nikiti
31 мая 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Weather was a bit cloudy and the forecast not great so I had breakfast omelette, toast and jam and nasty filter coffee in the hotel. Lucky Friday is market day in Nikiti back up on the main road. ItЧитать далее
Day 21 Nikiti
1 июня 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
I’m just not into Nikiti - I’ve given it a chance but this is the first time I can recall I am leaving the coast early. 8:30am bus tomorrow morning back for an extra day in Thessaloniki. Feel badЧитать далее
Day 22 Escape from Nikiti
2 июня 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Apart from ktel bus being the usual half an hour late turning up, the trip was easy.
The Blue Bottle Hotel staff are so nice - welcome cappuccino, croissant and a chat. So had such a nice day exceptЧитать далее
2 June Dinner in Thessaloniki
2 июня 2019 г., Греция ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Thought this worthy of its own footprint.
All the streets look a bit dodgey with graffiti, plumbing and motor bike repair shops, junk on side of road yet they hide excellent eating places.
This is EЧитать далее
Day 23 Thessaloniki
3 июня 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Fun day visiting 4 churches, 2 museums and had my nails done.
Enjoyed Blue Bottle breakfast of spanakopita, bougatsa, boiled egg, yoghurt and berries and good cappo.
Agios Demetrious (roman remainsЧитать далее
Day 24 Thessaloniki to Athens
4 июня 2019 г., Греция ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Pleasant 4 hour trip in first class with two paramedics from Hobart (doing the self guided Vikos Gorge walk) and a couple from Thessaloniki going for holiday to Hydra and Spetses. Apparently myЧитать далее





















































































































































