Originally published January 19, 2014 Our day started early in Serifos with Julie and I strolling into town for coffee and to catch some early morning sites and photos. The harbor was already vibrant, with fisherman just returning with their morning catches. Cats hung around waiting for scraps and we saw one rewarded with a…
Originally published December 24, 2013 Our first day of sailing brought us to Apokriosis Bay on the island of Kythnos, and everything that could break seemed to break. Our first island adventure started with an anchorage (as opposed to a mooring on a pier in a harbor) in a quiet bay with just a few…
Originally published December 24, 2013 Sunday was our day with Demetra, our private tour guide for the Acropolis and surrounding area, and our final day in Athens before setting sail in the early evening. Sunday also marked our first night sleeping on the Lagoon 400. There are four two-person cabins with four heads as well…
Originally published November 20, 2013 We had converged in NYC at JFK airport and after a mad dash to the duty free shop to buy some whiskey (both Makers and Jameson) we all boarded. Dave and Lisa in first class, Adrienne and Andrew in the back of the bus for their first trans-continental flight, and…
Originally published November 13, 2013 This is the first of several posts I'll write about our trip to Greece last summer. Julie and I (mostly Julie) put in a lot of time planning this trip so we thought others might benefit from our experience. Choosing the Charter and Itinerary Our original plan was to visit…
I made some proclamations back in August about the various technology items we would bring to Ireland and how we planned to use them. Here’s a summary of how things worked out. Computing Devices We carried four “computers” on this trip: two iPhone 6s, an iPad Air, and a MacBook Air. Normally we would leave…
Back in August I wrote about the travel technology I planned to carry with us on our Ireland trip. One of our goals was to minimize our need to use mobile data and hence avoid excessive bandwidth charges. I’ll dive into that more shortly in another post, but one area warrants a separate discussion: how…
Sometimes you just need to trust your instincts and do what all the other tourists are doing. This is the way I felt about the Ring of Kerry, aka the Iveragh Peninsula, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Ireland. I remember staring across the bay from the Dingle Peninsula, wondering if the terrain…
Our first day hiking the Dingle Way started in the heart of Tralee at Ashe Memorial Hall. The trail soon led along the canal, and it was there that a guy stopped his car, rolled down his window and asked “What kind of holiday is this? Strapping things to your back and walking about in…
About three weeks ago I wrote about how we plan to handle spending in Ireland. Now that we are over two weeks into our trip and have traveled in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, I can update you on how things have worked so far. Cash is still king here. We’ve been…