santorini

hi all,
tonight i'm writing to you from the island of santorini. it has been interesting coming here with kids.
the romance and stunning views are constantly disturbed by the word "mum" being repeated 1000 times a minute. the beautiful little cobbled streets and views as you walk down them get tarnished by one of my children needing a piggy back ride because they cant walk any further. GET THE PICTURE SO FAR!
This is what my first day in santorini has been like. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank god the weather and our rooms are amazing. we have a private pool and a stunning view! the beds are ultra comfy too! especially after sleeping on mattresses on the floor and hard as rock pillows for a couple of weeks. lol lol.
today i had a hilarious moment with zoe. she wanted to go up the steps with the donkeys. she was so excited until they put her on it! i ended up sitting on the donkey with her. the whole way up stunk of donkey manure. we were dry reaching every step of the way up! then one of the donkeys stopped and did his business right in front of her. lol lol. she was absolutely disgusted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was definately  a once in a life time experiences but not in a good way. lol.
tomorrow we will go to a more child friendly beach, or maybe even the water park.

we have had a great time in athens staying with arthurs Aunty Marigoula. his cousins Saki and Dimitri have been amazing ! they have been so fantastic with the kids and making sure there is always something fun for them to do when we go out. there is a massive park near them where i have had a couple of runs, and the kids playgrounds are like luna park, so it has been handy having it at walking distance from where we are staying.

the food has been amazing everywhere we go, little taverns by the beach up in sounio had delicious fresh octopus , calamari and fish of the day, kokinisto stifatho with rabbit and of course souvlakia  are available every 100 meters. it is almost impossible to get a bad coffee here. the frappe is now out of fashion and everyone orders a freddo cappuccino which is 1 shot of coffee, milk and ice. yum!!!! and of course we have to have the bougatsa to go with it.

next week going to my side of the family in larissa and look forward to catching up with them.

miss you all heaps,
until next time,
take care
kt xxxxxx

hi all,
finally got a moment to sit and blog about our first week in greece.
the flight from melbourne was fantastic. zoe got a bit of travel sickness the last four hours but she was a trooper and got through it.
we reached athens where hertz had a 9 seater mercedes van waiting for us. it was a tank. arthur drove it like he had lived in athens all his life. we had our international tom tom gps which was fantastic with directions to palouki beach.
we have been going to the beach every day , the weather has been around 28*c . we have been drinking and eating at cafes by the beach with gorgeous straw umbrellas.
i have been running, walking or bike riding most mornings as the house is only 1k from the beach. i go a bit further where there is free wi fi and great cafes . its about 2 ks out, arthur meets me after my run and we have our coffee kids free every morning.
zoe has been a classic! she throws her tantrums once (or twice) a day and the greeks just stare at her and ask her if she wants something , she just answers back "ohi" in her little aussie accent ready to kill them! lol lol lol. but the most part she is loving it. her and nic have collected the most beautiful shells and silky smooth pebbles from the beaches here. the beach is sandy with a few pebbles. great for kids to swim in.
the food has been great, but i have eaten way to much fresh bread with butter and honey.
we have gone out to little local taverns and eaten lovely fresh fish, and souvlakia.
we went on a road trip up the mountains to a little town called lagkadia where the buildings are heritage listed and dated back from the 1800s. we had a great meal there too.
we are now contemplating going to santorini if weather is still good.
signing off and will update when i get wi fi again.
miss you all
kt
xxxxx