A relaxing train ride takes us from Monaco to Marseille, where we stumble into a city history museum and a christmas market.
travel day
TRAVEL DAY: TRAIN FROM MARSEILLE TO BARCELONA
A very pleasant day on the train from Marseilles to Barcelona, watching the landscape change.
TIRANE, ALBANIA TO OHRID, MACEDONIA: ON THE ROAD AGAIN
A “private” van drives us across the border from Albania to Macedonia, and we end up by a huge lake in Ohrid.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: OHRID, NORTHERN MACEDONIA TO THESSALONIKI, GREECE
Igor, our Northern Macedonian Airbnb host, drives us, quickly!, from Ohrid to Thessaloniki and tells us his ideas about politics, culture and history along the way.
FERRY AWAY : ATHENS TO SYROS
An early morning and four-hour ferry ride transports us from busy, hot Athens to Syros, an island with a secret.
TRAVEL TIME AGAIN: SYROS TO PIRAEUS, GREECE
We travel from Syros to Piraeus, sad to leave the island. But happy to have had the time there that we did.
ALWAYS DREAD A FLIGHT — ATHENS TO BARI, ITALY
The dreaded travel day — flying Athens to Bari. All went smoothly, if too hot, until we came to our dump of a room. Saved by Italian food, though!