Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Fuel Strike Brings Us Home :o(

I'm back for the next week due to a fuel strike. We feared me might be stranded without any left in the tank! We got down to half a tank of fuel - just enough to get us back to Athens. So that's what we had to do. Boo.

Because of our plans to travel around the mainland this week, we have been hotel hopping, and a place to stay on Ithaca again isn't available until at least the 5th August. Can't stay with my parents right now, as there's some shit going down at their humble abode, but luckily, due to my mother's real estate agent status, we can get a cottage for free. Thanks, Mum!

So it looks like we'll have to make the most of home until we can return, but you know what that means, don't you? I'm back to blogging this week! Yay! Always squeeze a positive out of a negative. It prevents lasting disappointment.

So, on that positive note, I'll leave you with some snaps of our trip so far to ooh and ahh over :o)

Ithaca, view from where we were staying
Klitoria - clouds on the ground?

Lake Ladonas - again :o)

Xyropigaro - seaside village in the Peloponnese
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26 comments:

  1. DL Hammons27 July 2010 at 16:58

    I'm sorry your trip was cut short, but I am enjoying your photo's. What a vista of beauty!! Thanks for the eye candy. :)

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  2. Avo27 July 2010 at 17:03

    Sorry to hear about your unexpectedly truncated trip. Digging the pictures!
    Welcome back, if only for a week!

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  3. Hart Johnson27 July 2010 at 17:45

    Sorry you had to cut your vacation time short! The pics are gorgeous--Greece is VERY high on my list of places I want to visit--especially those steep, sloping beach villages. I am glad to see you back though.

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  4. Creepy Query Girl27 July 2010 at 17:47

    beeeaaauutiful photos! You are SO lucky. The closest I got the ocean this summer was our one day rainy stint in normandy. Good to have you back!

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  5. Stephen T. McCarthy27 July 2010 at 18:09

    Some very cool photos there, AlliAllo!

    ~ "Lonesome Dogg" McBluesboy

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  6. Candyland27 July 2010 at 18:59

    "ooh" "ahh" !!!
    Seriously, beautiful pics. I want to go!

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  7. Alex J. Cavanaugh27 July 2010 at 20:48

    What a bummer! But glad you're back online.

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  8. Raquel Byrnes27 July 2010 at 20:51

    Glad you didn't get stranded. That would have been a terrible finish to what looks like a wonderful vacation. Beautiful pictures. I hope you get to go back.

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  9. Lindsay27 July 2010 at 20:55

    Glad you made it back home okay. The photos are gorgeous btw. So not fiar since it been raining on and off in the UK. I miss the sun!

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  10. Karen Jones Gowen27 July 2010 at 21:25

    It's nice to see you back here but sorry your trip got cut short, that's too bad. And I didn't know anything about a fuel strike. Love the photos, what a beautiful country.

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  11. Vicki Rocho27 July 2010 at 21:46

    stunning pics. Love Lake Ladonas.

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  12. Aubrie27 July 2010 at 22:19

    Beautiful pictures! They look so exotic to me!

    I've never really heard of a fuel strike. What is it due to exactly?

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  13. Jessica Bell27 July 2010 at 22:26

    Aubrie: Petrol tanker drivers are on strike so the gas stations have run dry! Ugh. Looks like they won't start up again until Friday. Major city crisis, I tell ya!

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  14. Jemi Fraser27 July 2010 at 22:34

    THe photos are gorgeous - what an incredible place to live/visit :)

    Hope the fuel strike is resolved soon!

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  15. Jess27 July 2010 at 23:04

    Um, can I come visit you in Greece? Like, right now? GREAT pictures!

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  16. Talli Roland27 July 2010 at 23:11

    Fuel strike - crazy! Sorry you had to cut your trip short. :( BUT I'm happy you're back!

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  17. RHYTHM AND RHYME27 July 2010 at 23:12

    Hope the fuel strike will soon be over,
    The pics are lovely.

    Yvonne.

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  18. dolorah28 July 2010 at 02:24

    Wish I was there instead of here!

    ......dhole

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  19. Ann Best28 July 2010 at 04:09

    Such beautiful photographs! Such beautiful country! So sorry you had trouble with fuel. Trouble everywhere, it seems. But hopefully you'll soon be back on vacation track.

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  20. Will Burke28 July 2010 at 05:01

    Sorry about your gas, but Super-Yay on the cottage! You've got a beautiful place to be "stranded".

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  21. Tracy28 July 2010 at 05:13

    I'm confused...getting stranded in paradise would have been a bad thing?!?

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  22. Lenny Lee28 July 2010 at 05:27

    thanks for sharing out your pictures. wow! theyre sooooo cool. sorry about the fuel thing but im glad you get to go back to having fun in a few days.
    ...smiles from lenny

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  23. Jaydee Morgan28 July 2010 at 06:28

    Sorry to hear your news of the vacation being somewhat cut short. However, that means good news for us as we get you back :)

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  24. Shannon O'Donnell28 July 2010 at 09:11

    Ooooohhh......Aaaaaahhhhh.... seriously! I wish I was there. :-)

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  25. Glynis Peters 28 July 2010 at 14:47

    Oh, what a shame. I think I had better go and top my tank up, the Greek Cypriots usually come out in sympathy. Anything for a day off. LOL

    Love the pics, looks a like Cyprus in places. Enjoy your 'home break' and chill. :)

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  26. Dawn Ius28 July 2010 at 17:41

    OMG, I want to go here!

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