We could feel the heat when we left the apartment in the morning. We wandered down the hilly streets & found a local place for some breakfast crepes. Then it was in a taxi who dropped us at the Ancient Agora to wander amongst the ruins. It was 32 degs by this time so it was pretty warm to be out & about, but we used the shade from the trees to good effect. When we arrived at one of the temples, the name escapes me, we noticed a tortoise munching on the gr...

30 degrees!!! I haven't had 30 since we left oz, but today that all changed. It's lovely to feel a nice warm day again, actually we were all feeling it. We left our apartment about 11am & wandered down the hill towards Athens. We found a cab & got him to drop us in the main area of Plaka. Here we wandered through the lanes before stopping for a late breakfast/ lunch. Following this we decided to get the big one out of the way & headed for the Partheno...

And so it was that our island adventures had come to an end. It will be hard to say goodbye to this lifestyle, but all good things must end. Not that we are heading off to something boring & mundane, far from it, just doing something different. I think we came at a good time too, before the high temperatures hit & before the droves of tourists arrived. There still were a lot of tourists around though. The amount of foreigners on 4 wheelers zipping around ...

Well that's it. After 102 days and 12 countries our expedition is nearly at an end. Our adventure isn't but the first part is over and we can hardly believe it. We will continue in the UK but we will never get the opportunity to travel for 3.5 months again which is a bit depressing. By the same token we are so looking forward to having a place of our own, although trying to find one is a big fat pain in the butt. Tomorrow we fly back to the UK (Manchester) and ha...

We had a skype call with Jac's parents first up this morning. It was lovely having that touch of home again and sent us out the door in great spirits. The day was overcast and we had a few light showers over the next few hours. We jumped on the metro and headed into the city centre. As we stepped out into daylight my phone rang. It was our friend Jude. We spoke for half an hour which was just perfect catching up on all her news. Then it was off t...