Author Gayle
During our travels in western Slovenia we were often so close to the Italian border we could have waved to people living across the way. It was enough to make us realise we missed Italy, so we packed ourselves off… Continue Reading →
A few years ago we spent a couple of days in Slovenia and, though it poured rain the whole time, something about the place made us want to come back. So we did, and this time we took our time…. Continue Reading →
It was almost the last thing we expected. The first person we met in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, was an Italian taxi driver. We emerged from the airport terminal into a cold, wet night to be met with a familiar… Continue Reading →
Before we leave Amorgos, we have one more story to share with you. It’s about food. Many of the meals we’ve eaten here have consisted only of ingredients grown and harvested locally. And on this island, those pickings are rich:… Continue Reading →
What does it say about Amorgos that the island’s most popular tourist attraction is a monastery? It says that the Hozoviotissa Monastery, bright white and pressed flat against a cliff face, is unusual and beautiful. It also says that a visit… Continue Reading →
When we first had the idea of getting out on the Aegean Sea for a couple of hours we didn’t expect to end up on a fishing trawler in choppy water at dawn. And yet that’s what happened. Yannis, a… Continue Reading →
How could we visit Greece without also visiting a Greek island, we asked ourselves. It was a question that begged another – which island should we choose? We’d seen the pictures – Santorini, Crete, Corfu, Mykonos – they all looked… Continue Reading →
For some reason Greece had never been top of our ‘must-see’ list … which is strange because, on paper at least, Greece seemed to have all the things we most enjoyed – ancient history, delicious food, natural beauty, great people…. Continue Reading →
About four hours northwest of Athens, in central Greece, there’s an extraordinary rock formation known as the Meteora. It’s a series of enormous rock pillars that rise up from the edge of the plain to dominate the landscape. But the… Continue Reading →