Today we hired a little buzzbox to do a colour-coded beach tour. Black beach white beach and red beach. I have invented a game with the kids, called "mimic the Japanese tourist pose in the background of their photo" it's great fun!.

Well, we have been away long enough that we walk on the right side of the footpath, and the kids are saying all their basic words in French. Bonjour, oui, merci. They have even adapted their French now we are in Greece, "Greek oui. Greek merci". Mental note, buy a Greek phrasebook. Today we wandered down to the old port and did a boat trip to the mouth of the volcano and the hotsprings. We have renamed them the brown lukewarm springs. The kids then took the don...

After a small unscheduled "Greek adventure" yesterday, where Aegean airlines had us landing in Athens at 7pm but catching the next flight at 6.15pm after changing the flight time. They put us up in a hotel as all taxis and buses were on strike (the hotel was like a Greek weekend at bernies) Anyway today we flew into santorini 14 later than planned ..... Wow, Greece you are forgiven.

Yesterday we wandered aimlessly around the shops in the st Germaine area where we are staying, and into the Latin quarter. We love paris's sidestreets, the kids aren't so sure. We wandered back along the river, and stopped at the Pont des arts bridge , adorned with lovers padlocks. Isaac then cracked the code on 6 of them, much to his delight! I assume this means he has a future as either a safebreaker or a heartbreaker. Today we fly to the Greek islands and a...

Yesterday we wandered aimlessly around the shops in the st Germaine area where we are staying, and into the Latin quarter. We love paris's sidestreets, the kids aren't so sure. We wandered back along the river, and stopped at the Pont des arts bridge , adorned with lovers padlocks. Isaac then cracked the code on 6 of them, much to his delight! I assume this means he has a future as either a safebreaker or a heartbreaker. Today we fly to the Greek islands and a...