alilou's Adventures in Wonderland 2 - all over the map

I've just published a new blog post: a half-day sunset cruise around the caldera of Santorini.

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Water. Catching Fire. Santorini Sunset.

I like to move it, move it I like to move it, move it I like to move it, move it We like to move it This “song” from the early aughts (US)/naughties (Brit) was screaming at me at full volume. I’m c…
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Time for a new blog post. This one is about the lovely island of Naxos. I call it heavenly, but honestly I think the whole of the Cyclades is heavenly. I want to go back!

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Homer Called It Heavenly; I agree. Naxos Island, Greece

We’ve been climbing and climbing, up stairs, along narrow passageways, through archways and tunnels, until finally we get to the top, an open space, and the big Catholic Cathedral. We think this is…
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A new blog is ready. this one is about the inland villages of Naxos, Greece. We loved Greece :swoon: :inavoid:

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Lost in the Hills of Naxos

We decide to go inland away from the beaches and the usual haunts of visitors. We want to see the villages that have existed for hundreds or even thousands of years. We decide to go inland because …
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Well, when I said I would definitely get back there, I guess I was more serious than I knew at the time- I booked the flight yesterday for a couple of weeks in August! :D Now I'm off to re-read your postings!
 
kedrin said:
Well, when I said I would definitely get back there, I guess I was more serious than I knew at the time- I booked the flight yesterday for a couple of weeks in August! :D Now I'm off to re-read your postings!
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Yay! That's awesome! Where are you planning on going?

Meanwhile - a new blog post - the beaches of Naxos :swoon: :inavoid:
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Just Beachy – a photo essay. Naxos Island, Greece

From my notes: 12 June 2022. A day at the beach. We take the bus from Chora to Agios Prokopios Beach. We search along the endless row of sun beds, all perfectly lined-up like soldiers:15 Euros and …
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I want to focus on the mainland- I want to see Delphi, and I'm deciding between the peloponnese, or seeing Meteora and Mt. Olympus. I'm kind of saving Santorini- a friend and I have been talking about going to Greece for years, and that is on both of our lists.
 
kedrin said:
I want to focus on the mainland- I want to see Delphi, and I'm deciding between the peloponnese, or seeing Meteora and Mt. Olympus. I'm kind of saving Santorini- a friend and I have been talking about going to Greece for years, and that is on both of our lists.
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Have not been to any of those places. Must get back to Greece . . . . .
Have a fabulous time! :encore:
 
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A new blog post is ready: Milos, our favourite Greek island :swoon: :inavoid:

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The Island Of Love And Beauty – Milos, Greece

14 June 2022. We’re getting a bit concerned waiting for the ferry in Naxos. We wait and wait, wondering if we have the time wrong. Or the day. Where is it? We don’t know what else to do but to keep…
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Beautiful photos! The sea looks so clean and inviting and the rock formations are amazing.
 
nlloyd said:
Beautiful photos! The sea looks so clean and inviting and the rock formations are amazing.
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Thank you so much; such an extraordinary place to photograph. The water there and everywhere we went in the Aegean was so clean. It was really beautiful.
 
I've just published a new blog post. This one is about two of the villages on the Greek island of Milos - one a village fairly typical of the Cyclades, the other a unique fishermans' village, a song of colour - and the hike we did between the two.

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A Tale Of Two Villages – hiking from Plaka to Klima, Milos Island, Greece

15 June 2022. We travel by local bus. The driver has the sun visor down, and it reveals the love in his tender heart: his grandchildren are arrayed before him.The bus takes us from Adamantas to the…
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Those are lovely! I sometimes think about getting a macro lens. Looking forward to the last Greece post.
 
Alilou said:
I published a new blog post a few days ago. It's an update about Don, who's doing remarkably well :encore:

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Living On A Knife Edge: still ticking

From Alison: Don had a stroke May 18th. We wrote about it here. We’re not complaining. What follows is our observations, a reckoning, a truth-telling, but it is not a complaint; it’s just the story…
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Thank you for the very thoughtful, reflective update. I'm glad Don is doing so well.
 
Thinking of you both as you continue in this new phase of your lives. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about it.
 
Thanks so much @kedrin and @nlloyd. We're both doing pretty well now, almost back to normal. The most obvious changes are me having to do all the driving, and no travel. These are not great hardships ? though they're an adjustment from what we were used to. For now anyway we're definitely through the worst of it, and are pretty contented. Lucky!
 
A new blog post - big family reunion in Australia. Fun!

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Family Matters – a photo essay

Canberra December 3 to February 15, 2023. Including all the halfs and steps, but not including Don’s family, I have, I think, (sometimes it’s hard to keep track): three sisters, one brother-in-law,…
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