We are in Athena Greece, there is so much history here! We went to the Acropolis and saw temple of Athena, the Parthenon "Temple of Athena Nike", temple of Poseidon, Eretta, the Ancient Agora, Hadrian’s Arch, temple of Zeus, the tomb of the unknown soldier, Roman Agora and so much more …..
Saturday, June 29, 2024
Corfu, our third Greek island
We were in Corfu Greece for a week. It is an island in the Ionian Sea that has two fortresses on the island. It is located at the entrance of the Adriatic Sea. There is a palace to Achille (from the Trojan War). A couple of castles and wonderful, beautiful beaches. We renter a scooter and rode all around the island. It is only 229 square miles.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Tirana Albania, a small place
Three days is Tirana Albania, this was not a coastal city, but it has history. The country of Albania can fit inside Alabama 4.5 times, in other words, its a small place and they have over 170,000 bunkers in the city left over from the communist era. We took a city walking tour and learned; Mother Teresa's family was from there, they have a large piece of the Berlin wall donated to them, the mafia is still live and well.
Back home, Spanish Fort, Alabama for the holidays
We took almost a month on the cruise ship to return to California, then we flew to Alabama. We had so much fun on the ship. Being home for...
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We started planning our retirement lifestyle 5 years ago. Yes, it has changed many times, but the tumbleweed attitude didn't. After 42...
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Our AIRBNB was a one room apartment on the first floor, it was just what we needed with a washer. We were Rome a week and visited: Vatican ...
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While in Buenos Aires we ate at Don Julio's steakhouse, it is ranked as the number one steakhouse in South America, YES it was very goo...