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The Temple of Poseidon

Sounion, Greece. This is the Temple of Poseidon. I’ve been fortunate enough to have traveled here a few times. My first introduction to Sounion was with my friend Yioryis who reminded me of the story in Greek Mythology of King Aegeus and his son Theseus. A treaty had been agreed with King Minos of Greece…

The Shengen Boarders Agreement

If you are like me and enjoy traveling for extended periods of time, especially in and around The European countries then it is essential that you are aware of the Shengen Boarders Agreement. The original document was signed into existence on June 14, 1985. In it’s current form it includes travel rules/restrictions for 26 European…

Send My Bag

I have friends all over the world. Some of them move from time to time a lot like Americans might move from Maine to Florida for the winter months. And a lot of them now either have families and/or collections of stuff that they’d rather not part with. So moving from one place to another…

Three Greek Drinks

In my short tenure as a world traveler i have traveled to all kinds of really cool places and seen all kinds of wonderful things as well as been able to taste the foods and enjoy the cultures. One of the things I never do when I am traveling is to eat anything that might…

Travel Tips #1

Hey there – i know it’s been a bit since I posted anything here but I have been inspired lately to get back to the blog and enlighten my readers to the wonderful world of travel. Traveling about the world i have learned a lot about the ins and outs of travel as well as…

Greek Island Destinations

My Greek friend George Katopis recently made some recommendations for future travel in Greece. So I thought I would put that list here for safe keeping and easier reference. Corfu: It is cosmopolitan with nice beaches. On Corfu I should be able to find Ithaca, a place that is less developed but which is nice with…

Athens to Kea

I knew well before arriving in Athens that there was no way I would be able to make the ferry at Lavrio in order to get to Kea Island where I was headed to begin my three month odyssey in Greece by attending the Kea Artisanal cooking vacation. So when the plane was about 40…

It’s a beautiful day in Kea

I love to travel. And often I am looking for some new adventure, some new thing that I haven’t done before. Often all it really takes is thinking about the things I like to do and then add a little travel to that. It’s like cooking..a pinch of this and a pinch of that an…

Champagne & Strawberries

Well I’m off on another adventure and this one will be my longest yet. I have only just arrived on Kea Island in Greece. Kea is devoid of tourists primarily as there is little here for tourists. Actually I am told that this island is the place that a lot of Greeks travel to when…

Adventure 2013

So, I am off on another adventure. Actually I’m a little slowing getting this up on the blog as I am really already here in Greece. My idea is to chronicle my adventure. After all it does make a little sense, right, since this is Travels with Jim. So this video is something I shot…