Well, well, well. Touchdown Santorini [emoji16]
Enjoy
I don’t think there are any Volcanoes there .
Well, well, well. Touchdown Santorini [emoji16]
This is going too smoothly.
Dropped dogs off - check
Drive to Heathrow - check
Drop off car - check
Check in - check
Buy wife nice pressie at Heathrow - check
Take off an hour late - oh dear
Land on time in Athens - check
Check in with Ryan Air to Santorini - check
Hmm too smooth so far. Bet we won’t take off at 9pm UK time.
Read this. It’ll make you a lot happier during the spate of bad news.
http://lifeonmagrs.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/fancy-believing-in-goblin-king-my.html?m=1
Back last night from Rome....perfect, perfect weather for a city break. T-shirts during day and able to eat outdoors in the evening. Rome is lovely...haven't been there since the 70s, so almost like seeing it for the first time. Anyone planning to go there should get to the most popular places early or perhaps late. We went to the Colosseum....otherwise we just soaked up the beauty and entered more minor churches for free.....I don't really do long queues. The strange thing was that people were queuing at a ticket office prior to the security queue, whereas we just went through security and bought the ticket inside. Much quicker or we were just lucky. I had to go at the weekend, but week days would be better as we found Monday much quieter.
Already thinking of a return visit. Have to be on my own though....not afraid to do it, but not sure what it will be like with no one to enjoy it with.Rome is simply amazing.
Ok, for @secondstain....well me too, a bit of Santorini sunset:
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And the view from the hotel
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Picture postcard everywhere.
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Yep back in May for our 20 year anniversary.[emoji16]Didn't you go there earlier this year no7?
Yep back in May for our 20 year anniversary.[emoji16]
Ok, for @secondstain....well me too, a bit of Santorini sunset:
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And the view from the hotel
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Picture postcard everywhere.
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I was only having a chat with someone today about the difference that living in a relatively cold, damp country, like the UK, and living in a relatively dry, warm environment, like a Mediterranean country [in your case a Greek Island - Santorini, in my recent case the South of France] and it is like chalk and cheese. And I have to admit, the older I am, the overwhelming feeling I keep getting is make it happen permanently.
Good pics. For your information [and anyone else reading this in the UK who might have the heating on], tomorrow in Southampton will be 17°C and partly cloudy. Bournemouth will be the same. That's warmer than most places in the UK.
Pezenas, France it will be unseasonably warm at 29°C and sunny. In Santorini it will be a more typical 23°C and sunny, for this time of the year. I suspect that SoF is getting winds from Africa for the day because it goes back to 23°C the next day. Around the region, Rome will be 26°C, Naples 25°C, Athens 27°C, Heraklion, Crete 24°C and Valletta, Malta 25°C. Basically, the Med is still in late summer, as far as we are concerned. No wonder they all live so sodding long. Who'd want to kick the bucket.!![]()
Yeah, I understand the grump. You can't enjoy the surroundings as much as you could if you were well. I get it. However, just imagine how grumpy you'd be if you had to endure the next couple of weeks in the UK.? Puts a different slant on things, doesn't it.100%
I’ve been (still am) quite ill recently. And incredibly grumpy. Really, really grumpy! Not now. Something about the sun that cheers you up [emoji16]
We're on our way back to Bali after visiting Mrs Jab's family in Surabaya. Busy arranging our lives to spread our time between Indonesia, England and Holland. The Norwegians have a saying "no such thing as bad weather only bad clothes". I should post John Martin's song Bless the Weather on the music thread.100%
I’ve been (still am) quite ill recently. And incredibly grumpy. Really, really grumpy! Not now. Something about the sun that cheers you up [emoji16]
I was only having a chat with someone today about the difference that living in a relatively cold, damp country, like the UK, and living in a relatively dry, warm environment, like a Mediterranean country [in your case a Greek Island - Santorini, in my recent case the South of France] and it is like chalk and cheese. And I have to admit, the older I am, the overwhelming feeling I keep getting is make it happen permanently.
Good pics. For your information [and anyone else reading this in the UK who might have the heating on], tomorrow in Southampton will be 17°C and partly cloudy. Bournemouth will be the same. That's warmer than most places in the UK.
Pezenas, France it will be unseasonably warm at 29°C and sunny. In Santorini it will be a more typical 23°C and sunny, for this time of the year. I suspect that SoF is getting winds from Africa for the day because it goes back to 23°C the next day. Around the region, Rome will be 26°C, Naples 25°C, Athens 27°C, Heraklion, Crete 24°C and Valletta, Malta 25°C. Basically, the Med is still in late summer, as far as we are concerned. No wonder they all live so sodding long. Who'd want to kick the bucket.!![]()