Category Greece
2024 Gone, 2025 Beckons
As has become traditional at this time of year I am looking back on my travel year and forward to travels to come. 2024 Innsbruck I started 2024 with a solo short break to the Tyrollean Alps. 36 hours gave me enough time to explore the small city and take the train/cable car high up […]
The Olympics – Athens 2004
Having just watched the brilliant Paris 2024 Olympic Games on TV, my mind wandered back to attending my first ever Games in the flesh. I had always wanted to go to the Olympic Games, so when my wife’s home city was awarded the 2004 Games, plans were hatched. Athens went into a building frenzy to […]
Euro 24 Rest Day Non-Qualifiers Part 2
Finland Having visited Finland a few times, in 2022 I did a Scandinavian train tour taking in Helsinki and Kemi before crossing the border into Sweden. Greece I love Athens but the Greek Islands win in the desirability stakes. Rhodes takes top prize for me. Gibraltar Can’t see myself ever going there so here’s a […]
Travelling By Train Across The Balkans
My train travel book is available from Amazon. Travelling By Train Across The Balkans chronicles my trips over the past twenty years or so in the intoxicating region. It features train travel in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Northern Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and European Turkey. The Balkan Peninsula conjures up images […]
The Volatile History Of The Balkan Peninsular
The Balkans region is a wonderful place to visit, being so full of history and contrasts. You can read about my travels there in my book available on Amazon. A brief history of the region appears in the book and is also shown below, giving you a flavour as to why this is such a […]
Monday Morning Blues – Fishing Boat in Skyros, Greece
Skyros is a lovely unspoilt Greek island in the Sporades group that includes the better known Skiathos, Skopelos & Alonnisos.
Monday Morning Blues – The Acropolis in Athens, Greece
I miss Greece so much and Athens in particular. Here’s a picture of the Acropolis. I would definitely have no blues when I see this beauty again.
Western Balkan Trains
Railway Gazette have reported in September that there is going to be sizeable investment into train infrastructure in the Western Balkans. Agreement has been reached between Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia to improve connections and journey times. Progress is definitely needed of course, but at a cost to the throwback […]
Travelling By Train Across The Balkans
My train travel book is now available from Amazon. Travelling By Train Across The Balkans chronicles my trips over the past twenty years or so in the intoxicating region. It features train travel in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Northern Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and European Turkey. The Balkan Peninsula conjures up […]
Monday Morning Blues – The Corinth Canal in Greece
Ever since I first heard about the Corinth Canal as a kid I wanted to see it. The canal connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea and cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland. The 4 mile […]
