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Category Archives: Greece


Cruisin with Al in Greece Update list

By Lowell | October 31, 2007 | Category Greece

June 2007 22: “Crusin with Al”, Summer Vacation 2007 July 2007 17: Cruise to Greek Islands begins. 22: On the Road to Greece (In the 4 Corners area.) 26: On the Road to Greece (In Gallatin Missouri) 30: On the Road to Greece (In NYC) August 2007 03: Athens 06: Off to the Islands 08: […]

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Cruisin with Al media page

By Lowell | September 18, 2007 | Category Greece

  Hi, Watch our short slide show from our Greece trip! Thanks to Kenny and Katrina for letting me use their computer to create this show! Cindy & Steve http://photoshow.comcast.net/watch/ne3Rh3NC Murril, Al, John, Carol, Frankie & Lowell in NYC (photo show – 7MB) https://www.gatolocosailing.com/blog/NYC.htm Crew in Athens and the Island of Andros (photo show – […]

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Back to the Heat

By Lowell | September 11, 2007 | Category Greece

Rocky Mountain National Park I’m writing this from our home in Phoenix after arriving yesterday (Monday) morning, driving down from Flagstaff. Wow what a trip.!! Our last update was sent from National Park Retreats RV park at the entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park Co. We made our way through the park last Thursday. The […]

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In the Colorado Mountains

By Lowell | September 6, 2007 | Category Greece

Hello from the Rocky Mountain National Park just above Estes Park Colorado. We’ve been on the move since the last update. We arrived in Denver at my cousin Jamie and Jeff’s mid afternoon last Sunday with clouds and finally rain near sunset allowing us to soak up some cold weather as we make our way […]

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West Bound (a family update)

By Lowell | September 1, 2007 | Category Greece

Heading for Denver Co. (A family update) First order of business, returning to Gallatin, was to spend time with our Golden Neely after leaving her with my mother for 3 weeks. She was extremely happy to be reunited. While we were gone she also had fun hanging out with the neighbor dog Jake. Frankie loves […]

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Rested in Missouri

By Lowell | August 24, 2007 | Category Greece

Gallatin Missouri Yes, we’ve been chilling in Gallatin since flying back from Rome last Monday. We’re both doing well and enjoying the mild weather here while hearing stories about the heat back in Phoenix. We’re in no hurry to return to the heat. Looks like we will be heading west on the 4th of Sept […]

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Western coast of Italy

By Lowell | August 21, 2007 | Category Greece

The Steep Amalfi Coast It’s early Sunday morning and I’m setting on the terrace of our hotel perched on a cliff just finishing watching the sunrise. What a spot for our last night in Italy. Hotel Cetus sets between Vietri and Amalfi known as the Amalfi Coast with early middle age villages sprinkled along the […]

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Heading to the Western Tyrrhenian Sea Coast

By Lowell | August 21, 2007 | Category Greece

Tropea & Pizzo We we were amazed how quickly you can move from the east coast to the west coast taking less than 2 hours to drive over the mountains. The landscape went from arid to green and the presence of a marine layer with more humidity. Our destination Tropea and Pizzo both early middle […]

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Frankie’s Grandfather’s Village

By Lowell | August 17, 2007 | Category Greece

Caulonia .Driving to Caulonia we drove east to the Ionian Sea passing through Crotone and then driving down the Ionian coast first through Catanzaro where the holiday traffic was so bad we moved 1 mile in 1 hour. The landscape is aired, but green. Lots of grass and evidence of recent fires I would say […]

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In Frankie’s Grandmother’s birth place

By Lowell | August 17, 2007 | Category Greece

San Giovanni in Fiore We made way from Rome 9ish Wed an Italian holiday with the streets empty and hit the autoastrada toll road south. Good high speed road especially through the mountains were tunnels and bridges flatten the road for easy driving with out steep hills. We probably went through 50 tunnels to get […]

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Escape from Rome

By Lowell | August 15, 2007 | Category Greece

Driving in Italy The streets of Rome are nearly empty with most Romans on holidays and tomorrow (Wed) a national holiday. It’s a perfect time to begin driving in Rome.. Today we picked up our little Fiat and drove to Tivoli 45 km SE of Rome to visit Vila d’Este with 100’s of fountains in […]

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Rome Update 2

By Lowell | August 14, 2007 | Category Greece

Day2 in Rome .Day two started with a visit to th Vatican with an unusual twist. Al’s cousin who lives and studies here signed us up to tour the ancient tombs and crips that were discovered and excavated in the middle of the 20th century. The tour took us under St. Peter’s Basilica into grave […]

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Rome day one

By Lowell | August 14, 2007 | Category Greece

Our last morning in Greece we said farwell to our cruise mates and made our way to the Athens airport. After our recent luggage experience we all tried to hand carry our bags but due to their weight all had to be checked. Good news after waiting nearly an hour and some anxious moments our […]

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Hiking in Meteora

By Lowell | August 11, 2007 | Category Greece

Brian, Heather & Bill’s trip to the Meteora Monastary By Heather .After hearing that Athens was one of the most dangerous places in Europe to rent a car, Bill, Brian, and Heather decided to go ahead and rent a very fine, little, tiny car to carry us North to Meteora. Meteora is surrounded by incredible […]

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Aegina – Our last Greek island

By Lowell | August 11, 2007 | Category Greece

Hydra II Crew entering Aegine Harbor .It’s Friday our last day of sailing. Wow where did the week go! We’re on the island of Aegina tied to the local yacht seawall. Hydra III is near us so we’re all having a great time together. Back on the island of Poros Al had a special dinner […]

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Spetses – Poros

By Lowell | August 9, 2007 | Category Greece

On to Spetses & Poros Islands . . . . .Problems.. As we started to leave for Spetses, Hydra III had a problem and could not run their motors. She is a new “Green” boat with electric motors for propulsion. They have a battery fault and need a technician to look at it. They’re staying […]

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Party time in Ermioni

By Lowell | August 8, 2007 | Category Greece

Party time in Ermioni (Guest writer Carol Keeber) .I think it would be safe to say that we all fell in love with Hydra. It was perfectly quaint, burros lined up in the marina waiting to be loaded with luggage that would be carried up narrow walkways to a tucked away resort. We passed a […]

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Off to the Islands

By Lowell | August 6, 2007 | Category Greece

In the Soronic Gulf (part 1) . . . . .It’s Monday morning and we’re all sleeping late after celebrating Murril’s birthday last night. We’re on the island of Hydra, Probably the most beautiful spot of the cruise . More on it later in the update. Lets catch up a little.. Our cruise started Saturday […]

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Athens

By Lowell | August 3, 2007 | Category Greece

Athens (sorry, not much time to proof read) Hello from Athens where 10 of our 15 cruise mates have joined to see the city of Athens. The City is spectacular and our hotel location could not be better. Each morning we set and have breakfast with the Acroplolis Theater and the city of Athens as […]

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On the Road to Greece (In NYC)

By Lowell | July 30, 2007 | Category Greece

In New York City We flew through Washington DC to get to New York. After DC ground delays & flying in a holding pattern over NY we arrived to very nice weather Friday. Murril & Al arrived shortly after us and we joined long time friends David & Kate for dinner. They live in the […]

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On the Road to Greece (In Gallatin Missouri)

By Lowell | July 26, 2007 | Category Greece

  Ready for the first leg by air.. It’s Thursday our last day before beginning the first leg of the journey by air. Tomorrow we’re off to New York City leaving out of Kansas City.   We arrived at my Mother’s, an hour north of Kansas City, Monday afternoon. The drive from Buena Vista Co. […]

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On the Road to Greece (In the 4 Corners area.)

By Lowell | July 22, 2007 | Category Greece

Cool, Cool, Cool After boiling as we finished packing to get out of Phoenix we’ve found some very nice weather and life is good in the cool mountains of Colorado. We’re writing this update setting near the town of Buena Vista on the west side of Pikes Peak national park on the Arkansas river. Our […]

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Cruise to Greek Islands begins.

By Lowell | July 17, 2007 | Category Greece

Boy it’s hot in Phoenix (115 today)!! Time to get out of here!! Frankie and I have been doing forced marches to get all our stuff loaded in in our RV “Pee Wee”. It’s going to be a two month cruise and what have we forgotten looms large on our minds. 3 weeks in Europe […]

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“Crusin with Al”, Summer Vacation 2007

By Lowell | June 22, 2007 | Category Greece

Hello to our sailing friends.. Some of the Gato Loco crew will be sailing the Greek Islands early August. This sailing adventure is part of Frankie and My summer vacation. In the past, we’ve reduced our email update distribution for this type of vacation but by popular demand we will be sending updates to the […]

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Greece Facts

By Lowell | June 17, 2007 | Category Greece

Full country name: Hellenic Republic Area: 131,944 sq km Population: 10.3 million Capital city: Athens (pop approx. 3.7 million) People: 98% Greek with minorities of Albanians, Turks and Slavic-Macedonians Language: Greek Religion: 98% Greek Orthodox, 1.3% Muslim, 0.7% other Government: parliamentary republic GDP: US$143 billion GDP per head: US$14,000 Annual growth: 3.5% Inflation: 2.6% Major […]

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Greece History Timeline

By Lowell | June 16, 2007 | Category Greece

7000 B.C. First Stone Age settlements in mainland Greece. 2500 B.C. Bronze Age is effective on mainland and some islands. 1550 B.C. Mycenaean civilization started on mainland Greece. 1450 B.C. Mycenaean culture spreads to islands. 1200 B.C. Disappearance of Mycenaean civilization. 1100 B.C. Dorian movements to the islands and Asia Minor. 776 B.C. First official […]

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Road Warrior Equipment

By Lowell | June 7, 2007 | Category Greece

  Many people are curious what I use and how I send updates from Gato Loco and other remote locations. Pictured right is my RW (RoadWorrior) equipment I will be using for this summer. The heart is a tiny Sony hand held computer with “4 monitor (model VGN-UX280p). It’s a pretty small screen to work […]

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Greece promotional article with lots of information on sailing the islands.

By Lowell | June 10, 2006 | Category Greece

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Frankie’s dentist is from Greece

By Lowell | June 10, 2006 | Category Greece

Frankie’s dentist is from Greece and gave her their recent travel itinerary and tips and reccomendations. Very interesting.      Send article as PDF   

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