Last night we had a lovely evening out, strolling along the walk ways mingling with our new friends, Steve,Len (UK) Terissa (new Zealand) and Bob and Sally (UK). It was so nice to find out what each ones interests and work was and learning about each others countries. Today we have been up in the cliffs to visit a monastery and a nunery. in both they all wore black and didn't really speak to anyone. The monastery's were built in the 14 th century, they are Gre...

In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god Apollo after he slew the Python, a deity who lived there and protected the navel of the Earth. The navel of the earth came from Zeus throwing up two eagles at the opposite ends of the earth and the navel is where they met. Python (derived from the verb pythein, "to rot") is claimed by some to be the or...

We enjoyed a lovely walk down old Athens, it was great people watching, children kicking a ball around, lovers holding hands whilst strolling along, old men deep in conversation enjoying a beer and smoke. Lots of out side eateries to choose from, I had a lamb sausage open souvalaki thing it was ok, Boof had carbonarra which he loved. Our garlic bread was that loaded up with garlic that it burnt our mouths whilst eating it lol! Can still taste it today. The buf...

Well we have landed in the amazing city of Dubai where it's a hot 37 degrees at 4.30 in the morning! Just like being back in kununurra. It's a huge airport with lots of duty free goodies, even a chocolate camel lol! The exchange rate is $3.8 DHS dubai dollars to $1 Australian. We are six hours behind Brisbane. I tried a sample of frozen yogurt ( yummy) and trying to walk past all the beautiful pastries and ice cream. We got fed up on the emeritus flight so no n...

Here we are waiting at the airport ready for our 14 hour flight to Dubai. It still doesn't feel real! Can't wait for a red wine and airline tuckka, so exciting!! 