Days 49 and 50 (Dan’s comments are italicized) Today, we said goodbye to Sarande and our wonderful patio. And we were surprised when we opened the bedroom curtains as there was a huge ship parked outside… There was good and bad news with the bus. The good news is that they turned people away so…

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Days 47 and 48 Rhia’s comments are italicized We started our day by hopping on an overcrowded bus for Monastery Beach. This location appealed to us because of its remote location and because it had an old monastery. The monastery was locked, so we just looked about the outside, and the absolutely wonderful view from…

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Days 45 and 46 (Dan’s comments are italicized) And so, our last day on Corfu had arrived. We struggled with what to do for at least 10 seconds then decided to try a different beach before wandering around Old Town one last time. This time, we caught a bus to Benitses which had green mountains…

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Days 43 and 44 (Dan’s comments are italicized) We decided to have a different experience today as we were starting to feel withdrawals, having not been on a boat for a while! Corfu has ties to the age of piracy so you can sail along part of the island on a ‘pirate ship’ Typically, I’m…

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Days 41 and 42 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) Sticking with the theme of staying in the “old town” portion of the cities we visit, we booked our room in Kerkyra. The charm of this old city has been reinforced with LOTS of great restaurants, shops, and dessert places, all set up in the narrow streets,…

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Days 39 and 40 (Dan’s comments are italicized) What a day! It took 24 hours from leaving our Airbnb in Naples to getting to our Airbnb in Corfu! But we’re in Greece, one of my favorite places and where I always went to heal from what life threw at me. Saying goodbye to Naples was…

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Days 37 and 38 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) Continuing with the theme of places destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, we visited a little known place called Pompeii. 🤔 It was built starting from about the 8th century BC until August 24, 79 AD. About 90% of Pompeii (that we know about today) was…

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Days 35 and 36 (Dan’s comments are italicized) And so, it was time to go to Rome. We’d booked a tour of the Colosseum that included the Colosseum floor and underground so I was very excited as I’d been wanting to do this for 38 years. Sadly, it was cancelled the day before (supposedly because…

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Days 33 and 34 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) First off, Naples is bigger than I expected. And the motor cycle drivers here are absolutely crazy. There is barely enough room on these medieval lanes for cars to drive. Yet the motorbikes will pass on the left or right (often at the same time) at double…

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Days 31 and 32 (Dan’s comments are italicized) Our time in beautiful Porto Venere with my lifelong friend is coming to an end. But, intent on not wasting a minute, we spent our last day doing something you’d never expect us to. We went on a ferry (this time to Lerici) and climbed up loads…

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