Athens….how truly lovely to be back here again…… in some ways it hadn't changed at all, still the crazy traffic and the crowds but in other ways it was a completely different experience from my first time visit. For a start the girls and I stayed in the Monastraki area which I must say is a great area to stay in; not that there is anything wrong with staying in the Plaka vicinity as I had done last time but this did feel more like staying am...

Up for an early start as we have a longish drive to Athens today however before we leave we have to not only have breakfast, which starts at 8, but drive down to Kala Nera first to go to the ATM cos not one of us thought before now that we'd need cash to pay the hotel bill. You'd think after all the time we've been driving around we would have organised to have cash as so many places you go don't have eftpos facilities and ATMs can be few and far ...

The first of our 3 full days on the Pelion was a day trip over to the other side of the peninsula. We drove over to Tsagarada on the most picturesque roads, very windy with lots of mountain climbing and endless flowing corners but gorgeous autumn colours and leaves scattered aplenty. We had seen a photo Cassie had posted of her throwing autumn leaves up so on one of our stops where there were lots of leaves we tried to recreate those shots but don't think we ...

The Pelion region of Greece is our last stop before we end our trip with the cities of Athens and London so we left Kastraki heading in that direction. The roads between were fabulous, wide and new with lots of tunnels so the journey didn't take long at all.....as you drive around and see oh so many abandoned building projects that remind you of Greece's economic crisis you are also driving on these AMAZING roads that make you wonder if that sort of expe...

Returning to Meteora......what a total joy.......I have not travelled extensively; "locally" I've been to New Zealand a couple of times and I've lived in New Guinea of course...As for overseas I've been to Singapore, Egypt, Italy, France and Ireland once each and the UK and Greece now twice.....so yes I am by no means a world weary traveller and perhaps therefore should hold judgement, but on this second visit to Meteora it has been confirmed as my fa...