We woke up with an early start to the day because the day before that we went to Karnak Temple and got there at midday only just realising we were not smart as it gets too hot at that time. When we arrived at the Valley of the Kings there
All inclusive resorts are not our usual style of travel but we ended up in Hurghada, full of resort complexes, due to it being the cheapest flight out of Istanbul and took the opportunity to have a couple of days R&R before travelling to Luxor. We chose Grand Waterworld for
From Cannakale we drove to Istanbul, which was largely an easy drive until we reached the mayhem of Istanbul and then the tiny streets of Balat. We stayed in an eclectic colourful tall house in Balat, an area of narrow cobbled streets with a vintage and antique vibe. The colourful
Istanbul was full of fun and new tastes, it had lots of spices and Turkish delight shops! There were also lots of tea shops, which we tried and they tasted delicious, absolutely mouth watering. Ranging from small to big foods we tried them all, here are some of the food
From Lesvos we took a ferry to Ayvalik to begin our adventure in Turkiye. Interesting point to note – in 2022 Turkey officially requested for the world to officially call the country Turkiye. Ayvalik seemed like a nice port town, more upmarket than Newhaven! We were woken with the most
Today we visited a few sites connected to the Gallipoli campaign, especially the associated landing sites of the British and ANZAC (Australian & New Zealand Army Corps) forces. Gallipoli is well known in Australia and New Zealand for the failed attempt to land forces within Turkey during WW1, costing thousands
This is a poem on cats in Greece & Turkiye × Dismiss this alert. Cats have sharp clawsAnd teeth that sometimes biteBut don’t be scared it’s life.From black tailed To green eyesThey come in lots of different sizes.Cats love a small strokeBut not too hardCause they will explode like Coke.They jump
Lesvos was our second stop after taking an overnight ferry from Athens. We collected our hire car and the assigned holiday chauffeur Craig drove us to our lovely guest house in the town of Molyvos. On the way we spotted a salt plain covered in flamingoes which was an amazing
We started of our journey by leaving our Airbnb, then we went to catch the metro which are all amazingly spray painted by unknown artists. When we had arrived at our destination we realised there where still 7 hours until we where actually allowed to board our ferry! so we
Athens was the first stop on our backpacking tour around the world. We chose Athens for the hands on history lessons and to begin a gradual change in scenery, culture and weather from Europe to Asia. We stayed in Kato Patisia, which was in the suburbs and on the metro
I did some drawings with the evil eye, including a Minion, pineapple and an ice cream. We have seen the blue eyes everywhere in Athens!
Today we created a drawing inspired by the Greek evil eye symbol.
We started the day with a nice early morning walk. We did not see as many cats as we expected. The ones we did see were stray but at the same time were being looked after by the people who live in the city! When we finally arrived at the
After our mammoth adventure in Costa Rica we stopped in Montreal on the way home for a few nights. My GCSE French came out of dusty retirement but the Montrealers replied in English! We ate poutine (cheesy gravy chips) and Beavertail pastries, climbed a rope course on a pirate ship