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Monthly Archives: August 2007


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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Seawind Cal photos for consideration

By Lowell | August 15, 2007 | Category Uncategorized

Full res photos downloadable by clicking on pictures in this post…. Lowell ================================== ============================================= Gato Loco Anchored Vee Cove near Loreto, Baja 1160 SeaEsta sailing near Loreto, Baja    Send article as PDF   

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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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