By Lowell | October 31, 2007 | Category Greece
June 2007 22: “Crusin with Alâ€, 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: […]
Read MoreBy 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 – […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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. […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 10, 2006 | Category Greece
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Read MoreBy 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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