Almost there 2016 Turkey and Greece

I'm sitting in bed next to a gently snoring husband, running everything over in my mind for the two thousand five hundred and ninety sixth time and thought, I'll put it in the blog so it's written and can't change.....right?

We are off on another adventure!

Tomorrow morning, early, we head off to Turkey and the Greek Islands via Bangkok and Helsinki. I am excited to be going away, but it is with a measure of trepidation due to all the issues and heartache inflicted by our former tour company.

This trip has been fraught with stress and anxiety in its planning, due for the most part to a company called G Adventures. Their non existent service and condescending, arrogant staff have made our journey so far, nothing short of a nightmare and we haven't left the country yet. In the end we were forced to make expensive changes to the Turkey leg of our tour because they cancelled the one we were booked on. No suitable assistance was offered and the response of "not our problem" sort of sums up the company's attitude.

No doubt more of that later, my jaw again is starting to clench again.......shhh happy thoughts we're on holidays (growl).

So, the first leg of our trip will be in the company of friends, Steve and Karen Mulally. Steve our friendly travel agent has been suffering through our woes with us and offering heaps of assistance and solutions. Whilst we did not plan to travel together it has worked out that we are on the same flight to Bangkok. Therefore we are sharing a cab to the airport staying at the same hotel and going out for dinner all together. We part ways at the airport in Bangkok, they head to France and we head to Helsinki.

Greg and I spend a few days and nights exploring the 1952 Olympic city, Before continuing our journey to Turkey, where we will spend around 3 weeks doing a variety of things. Due to the change in our plans we may not see quite so much of the countryside but an unexpected addition will be a gulet trip on the Turkish riviera for a week. Looking forward to that one!

Then it's off to the ever popular Greek Isles, Sifnos, Naxos, Santorini and Crete. For just on a month.

The plan here is to relax and recharge after a hectic, trying and occasionally emotional 12 months.

Our accommodations, transfers and ferry tickets are all taken care of by the wonderful Litsa at Fantasy Travel ( a Greek travel agency). And our plan is .......no plan! We intend to see some stuff, lay on lots of beaches, hire a car here and there, eat lots of local food and drink lots of local beer and wine. Do our bit to help the Greek economy. Have lots of fun and make some great memories.

So dear reader, will you come along with us again?

Your (trying to be) perpetual travellers

Cath n Greg