“Don’t bother with Athens,” they said. “Skip it and fly straight to the Greek Islands,” they said. “It’s a tourist trap,” they said. “You’ll just spend hours in queues to see ruins, which you can see anywhere,” they said. But I beg to differ. After a sleepless night on a ferry from Kythera, I was … Continue reading
“We are about to arrive in paradise. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark shortly,” is what the captain should have announced as we pulled into the port of Kythera. What he really said was more along the lines of “Welcome to Kythera, please take all your belongings with you,” leaving us … Continue reading
Swimming at sunset, swimming at sunrise, swimming on our own private beach. Washing back melitzanosalata, saganaki, grilled fish and greek salad with a swig of ouzo, watching local families dine at 10pm in the square of this little village near the port of Gytheio. Sometimes it’s the most unplanned, the most unexpected places that take … Continue reading
Statues. That’s what’s up in Skopje. Literally. Continue reading
Most summers I end up at the beach. In New Zealand, I’ll end up at a small house by the sea. When I lived in Italy, it was the lakes up north, Lago Maggiore and Lago di Como. When I lived in Korea, I made a trip to Fukuoka, Japan, to be by the sea. … Continue reading
Sarajevo smells good. It smells like your neighbour’s house that you walk past every day on your way home from work, which makes your stomach rumble. It smells like warm burek, fresh from the oven. It smells like strong Bosnian coffee. It smells like double apple shisha. It smells of the smoke from your freshly … Continue reading
Tali Goes Travelling 