#33

The pace of this week has been intense. Ports of call every day. Two travel days just to reach our next destination. The unpacking, the grocery run, stocking up for an eight-night stay — and then realizing, after only three nights, that we’ll be moving again. This first stop in Sardinia turned out to be a little too remote and quiet for where our energy is right now and what we’re wanting to experience.

#32

There’s a theme quietly emerging as we continue this adventure — not one I set out to name, but one that keeps revealing itself anyway.

Rainbows.

Not on every island. Not every day. But often enough that I’ve begun to recognize them as markers — gentle arcs reminding me where I am on the journey. Our final days on Crete gifted us one stretching across the vast Mediterranean, soft and luminous against the sky.

#31

Well, I guess there had to be a destination of epic fail during this adventure, and we certainly hit it this week.

The travel off of Naxos to the island of Crete went smoothly. We had the opportunity to travel on many different-sized ferries over the past month — from a large-type speedboat to a mini cruise ship — and there was space and room to roam on every one.

#30

This week has brought countless gifts. Tim had traveled to Naxos a few years ago and was excited to return, so I booked us nine nights here to fully enjoy and explore. It was a quick one-hour ferry from Paros, and when we landed in the port town, it felt familiar in that off-season Greek-island way — most restaurants closed, but the shops beginning to glow with early holiday spirit.