We’ve finally achieved slow. It’s something we’ve tried to do for years. Now on Crete our mileage has dropped and we’re seeing lots more of what’s immediately around us. Fewer miles driven. More time to enjoy. Chania. We have only seen a fraction so far, but I understand that there’s just one town on Crete […]

This post started as the sort of ramble I loved writing when I always carried a journal to capture thoughts and stories. I shaped into this week’s blog. It’s centred on the best part of every day. Dinner (at any time of the day). The Food Issue. A wonderful old (very old) friend talks of […]

Anna and Jay joined us from Birmingham. Abandoning their house to the mercy of their children to absorb a taste of a different life. We rented a flat. Luxury. The old stuff. My question is always – if all this is so impressive now, what impact must it have had back then? As if all […]

Nafplio Beach Seniors Shivering Club. It only takes a hint of sunshine for the seniors to meet at Nafplio’s little town beach. Some spend an age stretching their wrinkly limbs in preparation for the plunge, while others shed layers as they walk and carry on into the deep. They come and go throughout the morning. […]

Symposium. Minty and I spent most of our working lives in marketing roles with banks, insurers and hotels. For us a symposium was something that cost you a fortune to attend and where you listened to over inflated egos quoting wildly exaggerated data regarding their latest fancy pants campaigns. To read the Greek definition of […]

Waking in the shadow of the ancients. For New Year’s Day we woke in a municipal car park that could be anywhere – except that we know what’s over the hill. A mere 100 metres away lie the extensive ruins of ancient Corinth.  Corinth was founded around 700BC and was a large city of 90,000 […]