Brianne booked us a small group, skip the long lines, tour of the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica. Beautiful collection of artwork, sculptures, mosaics, paintings and weaving. But...sad to see the monstrous Roman Catholic system and its attempts to gain Gods favor by faith PLUS works, money, penance, etc.  As if my … Continue reading Saturday, July 29. Rome →

We flew out of Athens early heading to Rome for four days.  Because Brianne has the airlines believing we are high class, through her credit card schemes, we have obtained passes to a few private business lounges at the airport. While we waited for our flight to board we tried two of them.  Below: The … Continue reading Friday, July 28. Rome.  →

Early flight from Santorini to Athens, 30 minutes compared to 8 hours by boat.  Arrived Athens and headed downtown to the Acropolis for a guided tour. Our tour guide was great, 15 people in the group. Here is a minute of her narration.  https://youtu.be/Ah6myZ7PP9g Found a juice bar that juices fruits and veggies and the … Continue reading Thursday, July 27. Athens.  →

Today was a hot, humid, overcast day and we headed out to see the rest of the island. A few of the beaches were difficult to access because of parking and our unfamiliarity so we headed back to Oia, and relaxed on our porch.  Not many pictures taken today so I'll post some pictures that … Continue reading Wednesday, July 26. Santorini.  →

I was finally able to download the video of Brianne and her friend we met in Filoti, Naxos. We had a great time getting to know about his family and life. He owns the local hardware store.   His dad is 101 years old and his mom is 95, both are still alive. Well, Brianne … Continue reading Tuesday, July 25. Santorini.  →

We left Naxos and ferried to Santorini. My friend Dave Love and I travelled to Santorini approximately thirty-five years ago.  I don't recognize much, just the ocean, cliffs and white buildings.   Below:  View from our porch Above:  We walked down to a Amoudi beach/port to watch the sunset. Our hotel is at the top … Continue reading Monday, July 24. Santorini. →

We rented a car again and toured the island. Naxos is bigger than Mykonos and has a mountain range that gets snow each winter. For Brianne's birthday lunch, thanks mom, we travelled to Lionas and had lunch at a Trip Advisor, highly rated, family run, lunch spot on the beach, Delfinaki. It was great and … Continue reading Sunday, July 23. Naxos, BRIANNE’s birthday. →

Left our five star hotel on Mykonos, by ferry, arriving at a two star hotel on Naxos. Both were paid for by airline and hotel credit card sign up bonuses, thanks to Brianne's hard work and planning.  The Naxos hotel, The Camara, is a little more in our league and comfort zone. Both are great … Continue reading Saturday, July 22. Naxos, Greece.  →