Once again the Kiwi Bertrams are taking flight away from the southern hemisphere winter. This time we're heading back to some familiar places, looking at a few new and trying to slow the pace down to a relaxing level.
We start with 6 days in Istanbul with a side trip to Gallipoli and Troy, 8 days in Israel, 6 weeks enjoying the food in Greece, 2 weeks in Sicily and 3 weeks in the UK.
Istanbul is a recommendation from our travel agent and there seems a lot of history and the clash of cultures to experience, but I am looking forward to the roof top restaurants and lively markets.
Israel has always been a background to the christian tradition with place names that are part of our heritage. It will be good to put a visual perspective against the tradition.
Greece we last visited in 2005 and loved the food and the people. Again we're retracing the places that Gillian's father touched during WWII, particularly this time the wreck of the Jansen at Methoni. In reality we'll be lazing around in the heat and relearning how to make good Greek coffee. The last 2 weeks in Greece will be on the island of Samos with friends from the UK so we expect to see the beach and the bars of the island.
Sicily we know nothing about so this will be a visit of exploration and lazing around the beaches,
In England we will be seeing the West Country in summer, unlike the last time we were there in the middle of a freezing winter in 1997. We finish up with a week in Kent catching up with friends in Kent.
If you are reading this I hope you will follow our journey over the next 3 months. As I am not taking a laptop photos may not be frequent, but I will try to get some in the blog at some time.
Stephen
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