Our Greek Revival 2025

Now that we're back home, and our time in Greece is fading just slightly in our memories, we are so happy that we went. It was a little bittersweet. The sweet part was going back to places we longed to return to and savoring our time there again. I think we appreciated everything a little more than in the past, because we realize at our age, this will be our last visit there. The bitter part is the same thing, a slight sadness because we won't be back, as well as a poignant reminder that the Duckworths, the couple who introduced us to Chania in 1984, have surely been gone from this world for a while now, and today we are older than they were when we met them 41 years ago. Life disappears so quickly. I hope this journey will help us continue to focus on  joy whenever and wherever we find it, and to cherish it, not just in the moment, but also to remember it, especially during hard times.  Thank you, Greece, for that reminder.  

  After our first disappointing hike to Loutro when we went over the top of the hill, we later took the other path that goes around the hill. It was much easier! It was also very pretty. We had lots of company. Not just walkers on this route, part of the E4 European trail , but with goats that were ambling everywhere. The first time we took this hike, as I was about to reach the highest point, a group of goats were headed straight down the trail towards me. I was a bit anxious they were going to run right into me. But I needn't have worried. They were quite polite. They scrambled up the hill away from us. Kevin took some photos and didn't discover until after he downloaded them that apparently some goats like to hide. What's the black spot above Kevin's shadow? Ah, yes! It's a goat head! The area was full of white plumed flowers . I tried to research them online, but I was unsuccessful at identifying them. Throughout Greece, you often come across small chapels , a...