by Pip Adwin | 04 May, 2023 | 2023, Italy
In Search of Gods – Trani to Termoli The first words are always the hardest. ‘Sorry,’ ‘I love you,’ or the opening sentence of a blog post – they are all the same. Our brains scramble into overdrive. What should we say? How should we say it? Is the moment...
by Pip Adwin | 28 Apr, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ferry time – Italy Ho! It’s 06:30 in the morning – or at least I think it is – as I don’t know for sure if we’re on Italy time or Greek. But I’m guessing Italy because through the ferry window I can see the lights of a town glinting dully through the...
by Pip Adwin | 27 Apr, 2023 | 2023, Greece, Journal
Morning Sun on Igoumenitsa The Greeks rise early and walk briskly by the waterside along Igoumenitsa’s curving bay. The sun follows more slowly, teasing the populace like an old-fashioned Burlesque dancer as it pushes gradually above the high encircling hills...
by Pip Adwin | 26 Apr, 2023 | 2023, Greece, Journal
Seeds – Pack up the van and go It is three days now since my travels resumed, and this is the third day I have begun to write down my journey. Twice I have failed to finish. Today I shall not. The date, according to my iPhone, is Wednesday 26th April 2023, it is...
by Pip Adwin | 26 Feb, 2023 | 2023, Musings
Big Girl Pants – Let’s Dance It’s quarter past six on a Sunday morning in late February, and my eyes are heavy with lack of sleep as I clatter the laptop keys in Iggy the Hymer motorhome. It’s an hour until sunrise; Marley and I have already been for a...