We have always enjoyed seeing everyone in Dundee, and this short visit was no exception. Thanks to all of you for making us feel so welcome. Looking forward to seeing Alison and Murray in Perth in November, followed by Rory and Sian in April 2018 after the games. Not sure if Aus has a skeet shooter at the games, but we don't care, we'll be cheering for Scotland and Sian! Murray dropped us at the train station on Saturday morning for our train bound for York, E...

The weather has been relatively kind to us in Scotland. Not exactly clear blue sky, but not much rain either. Today, we're heading off for what has become known as the "Friockheim Experience". Friockheim, pronounced "free-come", is a small village about 30 minutes away from Dundee. It is the ancestral home of our side of the clan. Lorna and Alison claim to have been scarred for life after enduring school holidays as children in the very quiet and peaceful Fri...

Another quite day as we prepared to leave Athens. We visited a shopping mall is search of some particular items, before heading off to the airport. Determined not to get caught out running short of time, we planned to arrive an hour ahead of time to ensure we were not hurried. Buying the "correct" ticket to the airport, we clambered aboard the peak hour train loaded to the gunnels. As Murphy's law would have it, we sailed past the ticket inspectors at the airp...

We decided to make Saturday our "designated day off", which may sound a little strange considering we have been on holiday for just over a month, but you do get tired of being on the go every day. We had a pretty laid back day after the train incident yesterday, visiting the Acropolis museum and casually strolling around the area. The queues for tickets to the Acropolis were miles long by the time we arrived. With advice from a local, we will return in the morn...

Fortunately, we did get off to a good start this morning. We managed to grab a cab only seconds after stepping onto the path outside our apartment. Good news is, it was a flashy one ! Interestingly it was also 10 euro cheaper than Bruno in his beaten up Fiat. I think he charges more because his passengers are just desperate to get out.. I say fortunately, because as we walked in the front door to the departure area, we were confronted with a similar queue to th...