My solo journey of the heart and World
Travels from Fall of 2022
We did a little more research on beaches this time so that we wouldn’t run into the same problem as the day before. Plus, the wind had died down significantly so we hoped that meant that more beaches would have hospitable conditions. We decided to try Golden Beach and that actually had good signage so we found …
Thank goodness for the AirTag I put in my suitcase. We got excited because upon checking my location app on my phone, it looked like our bags were on the runway in Athens at 9am, just as the agent at the airport had told us the day before. When it hit 10am, I checked again and now …
We had the same driver that picked us up at the airport in Heraklion on Crete pick us up at 8:30am in Rethymno to take us back to the airport. Because of the damage on Crete, some of the runways were closed so it caused a back up again and we were about 1 hour late …
We had another day of clouds and rain so we took it easy and counted on the weather forecast predicting that the following day, our last day, would give way to better weather. In the meantime, I started getting a pretty intense toothache in my far left back bottom molar to the point where I couldn’t …
We spent some of the rainy days just wondering around the old town of Rethymno, with its Venetian port and never-ending maze of cobblestoned pedestrian streets, enjoying some meals out. We decided to book a tour day back to Heraklion to visit the most famous ruins on the island of Crete, Knossos, and the Heraklion Archaeological …
We packed up our things and headed towards the metro station to go back to the airport to catch our flight to Crete. We had noticed that the weather reports were predicting unusual rain and storms during the exact 5 days that we would be on the island. Of course. As we were about halfway between our …
I met Debbie at the same metro station on her day of arrival at about noon. The bed that was left was the sofa bed and although it was in a private room, it left a lot to be desired for comfort. Poor Debbie would not get a decent night’s sleep until we got to Crete. Jodi and …
The day Jodi was set to arrive, I took a taxi from the hotel where I had stayed for 3 nights to the Airbnb apartment we had booked in a different part of the city. Our 5th floor apartment with 2 bedrooms and a sofa bed was right on the border of the Syntagma and Plaka neighborhoods …
My flight was at 6:00am the following morning and I had worked most of the day and thought I would go to bed early in order to get up and walk to the airport (under 10 minutes) to be there at 4am. It was a small airport but I was somewhat concerned that maybe my bags …
The time with Bart and Alice was relaxing and comfortable. Just what I needed. I worked a bit each day and we went for walks and had nice dinners sometimes with just Bart and Alice at the house and one night her mother cooked for all of us. Duck was the popular food and each time I …