May 2026

These pictures almost epitomise what you might think is modern Ithaca. Firstly the girl with the flag depicted against the sunny orange backdrop. I was inspired by the parade for the Ionian island unification on 21st May in Vathy. The picture is

May 11th It was sunny… yippedy do dah. Ross and myself had separate rooms and the balcony looked over an architect-designed small hotel. Everything had been made from scratch to a top-notch standard. Returning to the Barbie world, it was almost as if the

May 8th It occurred to me that any Odyssey needs its crud… Cyclops? In fact it would not be an Odyssey if it didn’t have it. Today we have the evildoers, Trump, Putin etc. and the ever-seeing social media and news feeds. There are

5th May We packed the car and started through the streets of Pamplona, heading for Barcelona on the non-toll roads.Google Maps suggested 5 hours or so. As we headed towards Nuezla… a destination I had no knowledge of, on a road

Read on if you have time! 2nd May 2026 Breakfast on board the Brittany ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao, in the Commodore Lounge, was a mix of the good, the bad and the ugly. The coffee and small croissant were good. The