For a start, I have a great travel tip, late September, early October is a great time to travel in the Greek islands. The island are about to close for winter, so hotels are half price, shops are 70% off!, but the temperature is still late 20's until late into the evening. Sure the bars aren't spilling out onto the street full of drunken partygoers......, but, hey, we aren't 20 anymore. Mykonos has tipped our poor suitcases over the edge, and we have had to bu...

The sights, sounds and smells of Europe so far...... 1. In the country towns of England , the smells of fertilizer in the fields 2. In London and Paris, the almost constant sounds of sirens. 3. In France and Greece, the constant whine of two stroke scooters, in Greece, they are often straddled by someone without a helmet, smoking a cigarette , but at least red traffic lights are a social occasion with everybody having a chat. 4. In villages in France, the occ...