Greece Stories


Vacationed on island of Corfu, Greece

My wife and I took a one week vacation on the beautiful island of Corfu. We flew in from Belgium on Ryan Air to Corfu City airport. We took a taxi to our hotel in the little town of Glyfada beach. During our stay we enjoyed the food and drink at the family ran hotel and taverna right on the beach. I snorkeled most of the first day and got too much sun. ...


Corfu Town

The last time I visited Corfu Town must have been around 15 years ago. I remember arriving on a boat from Kassiopi on a calm, beautiful evening in June. I had been there one time before, arriving early in the morning by car and spending the day doing an exhausting whirlwind tour which included a visit to the castle. This time we travelled on a bus f...


Aegina island

So we went to the island with the Ferry at 13:00 O`clock. The ticket was around 8 euro, approximately 90 min. The Ferry wasn`t something special - 1 bar inside. When we arrived first we book a tickets to the way back - very important! After that we took a taxi to Agia Marina - if you ask me the best beach bar with Dj, big Cocktails and nice beach to rel...


Iraklion or Heraklion, everyplace here seems to have 2+ spellings

Saturday, June 26 Relaxing, after a hot trip, in our 5 star Hotel Galaxy in Heraklion before departing for Athens and home due to Judy’s good planning and bargain shopping- a perfect way to end our trip. Apparently tourism is down in Greece which resulted in a deal. I’m sure enjoying the pool and the lavish buffet breakfasts that are included. Her...