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My Family and Other Animals is one of my favorite books, so I knew we had to fit a stay in a Corfu village into our itinerary. Corfu has a special place in the hearts of Greeks – every host we mentioned it to couldn’t stop fawning about how lucky we would be to see…

After Holy Week and Good Friday processions in Athens, Rob and I flew to Corfu on Saturday morning. Aegean Airlines is always so nice about giving you candy, drinks and snacks on their short flights. For this jaunt to Corfu they also gave us clay pots and candles! The clay pots are traditionally filled with…

It was fun to be in Athens for Holy Week from Palm Sunday to Good Friday!  Easter is the biggest holiday of the year in the Greek Orthodox Church and the city celebrates will all kinds of events. To start, you’ll find red and green decorations (the colors of Easter here) all over the place.…

One more post before we get to a recap of the over-the-top Easter weekend celebrations in Greece!  Rob and I hit the halfway point on our Mediterranean trip in Athens. We started to feel a little worn out, but the vibrancy of the city refreshed us. Basics We couldn’t have asked for a better apartment…

Before we launch into Easter weekend festivities (and there is plenty to report), let’s cover one of the least-planned, best days we had in Athens! On Good Friday, the weather was clear after a morning thunderstorm and the city was quiet, with most residents headed out to their villages for the holiday weekend. Rob and I…

We went to the Acropolis Museum yesterday and learned that we’ve been deceived about ancient Greek design our whole lives…but first things first.  On the walk there, Rob and I stopped into the National Library. A beautiful building, even prettier on the inside. The librarian greeted us and showed us a book from the 16th…

The main tourist sites in Athens are ancient, but there’s a lot to see in this city that blends the modern and the more recently old. Rob and I set out yesterday on a wandering adventure that seemed to give us a look at the “real” Greek capital. Our destination was the Museum of Contemporary…

I had an extra amount of work to take care of this morning. We decided to do something low key with our late start in Athens. Rob and I went for a run from our neighborhood, up through steep hills and urban staircases that look straight out of San Francisco. Everyday city life here seems…

It’s great to be back in a city for a week. The bustle, shopping and museums are a fun change of pace from the sleepy Turkish/Dodecanese coast. On Monday, Rob and I walked to the National Archeology Museum a few blocks down from our apartment.  On the way, we grabbed a koulouria from a street…

Rob and I flew from Kos to Athens on Sunday night. It’s only a 30 minute flight and Aegean still manages to serve you free cups of coffee and soft cookies during it…that’s service! Our airbnb hosts picked us up at the airport and took us on a tour of their favorite sights by car…