Life Is A Beach!
August 12, 2007

The cool wet sand squished thru her fingers as she dug deeper in front
of the Manoulas restaurant, at Agios Yiannis beach where the movie,
“Shirley Valentine ”was filmed.

Mykonos Town
August 11, 2007

Pretty girls in full make up, very high heels and micro mini skirts
look odd at 7:30 A.M. in the bright sunlight, next to still drunk boys
also getting home after partying all night and

Ferry To Mykonos
August 10, 2007

I love this quote that I recently stumbled upon and felt it was
appropriate for our travels in Greece and with our many unschool
“field trips” of late to great historical sites which have been

Ferry To Samos, Greece
August 9, 2007

As our van rounded the corner, we were surprised to see such a
beautiful coastline so close to Selcuk and I wished I had taken
Aija up on her invitation to take the kids to the beach one day,

Lindos & Greek Dancing
July 9, 2007

Go Zorba! How could we leave Greece, without seeing traditional
Greek folk dancing? Okay, maybe it was not DaVinci’s favorite cup
of tea, but we girls really enjoyed the show under the stars and I think

Rhode City Old Town
July 8, 2007

It was a shock to meet a family from our little town in California at
our small pension (The Spot Hotel) in Old Town, Rhodes. We run
into so few Americans on our travels, so it is always surprising

Crete to Rhodes
July 6, 2007

The old GA ferry blasted a loud bellowing horn to it’s sister ferry as
we passed by with both going in the opposite direction. These are not
my favorite ferries because they are old so everything is

The Palace of Knossos
July 5, 2007

Inhabited since 7000 B.C. and home of King Minos, famed Minotaur,
Labyrinth and related Greek myths (which Mozart loves) including
Daedalus, Icaris and Thesius, we knew we could not miss

Archeology & Folk Museum
July 4, 2007

Drawing and taking pictures of things that she finds interesting in a
museum has been a way that helps Mozart to learn as she goes and
gives us time and silence to explore more of what we want to look at.

Byzantine Art
June 30, 2007

It was the beautiful terrace that caught our eye, hidden down a long
corridor filled with art. We were just wandering the streets one early
morning when we just stumbled upon it quite by accident.