Showing posts with label Places I Have Seen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Places I Have Seen. Show all posts

Thursday, 27 November 2014

10 Things I learnt In Greece...

α. Evia, the second largest Greek island, is not on the mass tourism radar, so getting there involves a bit of journey.... an early flight to Athens, a fairly white-knuckled taxi ride to Rafina port, then a ferry to Marmari, followed by another white-knuckled taxi ride to our base in Karystos.





β. Greek taxi drivers have a rather cavalier attitude to a) speed restrictions, b) overtaking into oncoming traffic, and c) the luggage limitations imposed by the size of their car boots.


That's our luggage precariously balanced in the back of an Athens taxi


γ. Eating Greek salad in Greece may sound like a culinary cliche... but I have never tasted any salad that good before! Ditto thick, creamy Greek yogurt drizzled with dark, natural honey... delicious!





δ. It's worth being up early enough to catch the sunrise, when you're greeted with this.....




ε. And Greek sunsets are not bad either.....







ς. It's also worth a long, hot hike, along a steep path to get to a deserted beach like this....










ζ. I don't always see things in black and white. In Greece, things are often blue and white though....


 Karystos Church








η. I have a bit of a fascination for dilapidation....















θ. Chivalry is far from dead - point in case, my darling husband building a make-shift bridge so that I did not have to get my feet wet crossing a stream...





ι.  'Aquaholic' is a fabulous name for a boat!







Friday, 27 June 2014

Walk The (High) Line

The High Line is a mile-long, elevated linear park built on the site of the former New York Central Railroad. A fantastic place for a stroll with views down onto the Meatpacking District and Chelsea.











































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You probably did not notice - given my sporadic posting of late - that I sneaked away to Iceland the past couple of weeks. WOW! That is one BEAUTIFUL country! I have almost 2500 photos to sort through from my trip and loads from New York to still show you.... so watch this space!

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

A Day In Brooklyn

After the beautiful Brooklyn Botanic Garden of my previous post, we explored the surrounding Prospect Park, Park Slope, Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights areas, before taking a must-do evening walk back to Manhattan over the famous Brooklyn Bridge.....

 Grand Army Plaza



 Park Slope


Beautiful Brownstones

















 Brooklyn Flea


 The Pratt Institute


 The Pratt Institute


 The Pratt Institute





Junior's - The Place for Cheesecake


Chocolate mousse cheesecake with choc chip crust!


 Brooklyn Heights





 A poignant original memorial to 9/11 along the Promenade


 Brooklyn Heights Promenade








Brooklyn Bridge


 Manhattan Bridge


 DUMBO





 Walking the Brooklyn Bridge back to Manhattan