Dominica and I were up with alarms at nine this morning. That was a bit of a struggle. The jet lag is still kicking our butts. It was painful trying to get out of bed at that time. Dominica ran around the house cleaning for at least half an hour because the owner, who is …
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January 3, 2015: Walking to Rethymno
Dominica got me up around nine thirty this morning. My job today is to get suited up and hike the nine kilometres that it takes to get from our little village to the city where the car rental place that we were told about is located. It was getting close to noon when I finally …
January 2, 2015: Finally a Day on Crete
After all of those trials and tribulations we are very, very thankful and somewhat incredulous that this morning, well really this afternoon, we are waking up in our new home on Crete in the village of Prines. It was three o’clock when we finally got out of bed. We really, really needed the sleep. Thirteen …
January 1, 2015: A Day at Ataturk
We did not have the luxury of sleeping in this morning even though we were so exhausted. We had to be on the nine o’clock shuttle from the hotel to the airport and that meant being awake around eight, getting the troops ready, everything packed up and out the door and down to the lobby …
December 31, 2015: Happy New Year from Istanbul
As always it is very hard to figure out where one post should end and the next begin when you are dealing with things like “up all night” overnight flights and such. We were in the air for three hours when midnight rolled around making it New Year’s Eve. The girls managed to sleep for …
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