We rented a car today for 25 Euros for 24 hours, including full insurance and to-our-door delivery, after making an inquiry at the front desk an hour earlier. That's a great price and a great service! We stopped at a grocery store and grabbed a picnic lunch for the beach including Milko - skimmed chocolate milk- a new favourite of Connor and Tessa's which they are drinking twice a day, everyday. We drove out to the Red Beach, so called because of the incredible r...

We got up early, had a breakfast of bacon, fried potatoes, and eggs, and then headed off for our tour of the islands. It cost 60 Euros for the whole family after our hostel manager discounted the children by 50% (he didn't have to, as the discount is usually for children ten years old or younger), and we definitely got our money's worth. First, was our descent by small bus down to the port. Heart stopping and wild, the trip was a series of hairpin curves down t...

We slept in again this morning. After breakfast, the children went for a swim in the hotel pool, while we bit the bullet and made full payment on our India trip. In the afternoon, Margaret and Barry walked to the Coop to buy more food, and left the kids with the laptop to work on an interactive math unit on the Internet, courtesy of Black Gold School Division and Alberta Learning. That evening, we had a great supper of pork chops and potatoes, again prepared on ...

It seems we were more tired than we thought. We actually slept in until 10:00 am. This morning, the sun shone fully onto our lovely balcony which overlooks palm trees, flowering vines and bushes, two pools, and a snippet view of the sea. From this vantage point, we enjoyed a nice breakfast that Barry had bought the night before at the neighbourhood market, eating in the sun. Later, the kids made their way to the pool and spent the morning, in the deep, nearly des...

5:45 am!!! Ahhh!! We got up and headed for our ferry to Santorini. The sun rose over Athens as we pulled out of the deep blue harbour, the warm wind and early sun luring us out on deck. The ferry was great until the very end when rougher waves made us all feel a touch queasy. As we approached the harbour at Santorini, the view of the shiny white homes perched upon the steep, otherwise barren, volcanic rock was unbelievable. Cruising past the rounded remains of th...