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 ...

I'm in Nafplio as I write this and it's the morning after the night and the day and the night before which sounds exhausting to read and was to live as well. We left Broadway around 10am after having to strip the beds, empty the bins, wipe out the sinks and vacuum according to the "rules". We thought the vacuuming was really a step too far and quite honestly I don't do that much housework in my own home so to participate in cleaning this three story, ...