Saint Barbara

By Sophia

On Monday Dad took us to the village of Plomari. We went to the bus stop but the bus went straight past us so we had to walk. When we got there we went to a cafe and played tavli which is backgammon.

Today we walked to the next bay, Agia Barbara (Saint Barbara). We walked through cobbled streets and saw lots of really old Greek houses. 

Barbara at Saint Barbara!

We also saw the church of Agia Barbara. It was hot walking there!

Lesvos - the beginning

By George

View from our apartment Pano Sto Kyma

So here we are in the Island of Lesvos, in the beautiful seaside village of Agios Isidoros. This is where Dad’s mum is from and we’re staying in a little apartment on the beach just down the road from Dad’s mum’s old house. 

My grandmother's old house

It’s been 18 years since Barb and I were here, when we stayed in the old house. 18 years and things don’t seem to have changed much...just that we pay in euro rather than drachma.

Thankfully the siesta is one of the unchanged traditions, and we had our first yesterday.

The Last Days In Singapore

By Ella

The last couple of days in Singapore were really fun.

At Little India

On the night before we left we went to Little India and we had some really yummy food like murtabuk and some different curries. It was really cool seeing all the Indian things and food.

The Singapore Flyer

A Singapore Sling

On our last day the boys went on the Singapore flyer and the girls went shopping!












We also went to Raffles Hotel and had a drink there

At Raffles Hotel

That night we flew to Athens at one o'clock in the morning.

Jurong Bird Park and River Cruise

by Jay

Yesterday we went to the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore. There were some awesome birds such as the Toucans and Flamingos. 

There were other birds like some amazing owls and Scarlet Ibis. The eagles were really cool I also liked the ostriches and

penguins.

Today we went on the Hippo river cruise. We saw lots of really awesome buildings and scenes. The Marina Bay Sands Hotel was really cool, the Singapore Flyer was also really awesome as well.

Finally in Singapore!

by Sophia

Yesterday we were supposed to get a plane from Blenheim to Wellington but it wasn’t going so we had to get the ferry at 1:00 in the morning! Dad woke us up at 11:30pm and we had half an hour to get ready. Then we got a taxi to Picton.

When we got to Wellington airport we went to the Koru club. We had breakfast and had a shower and it was about 6:00 in the morning.

When Yiayia and Papou got there we got on the plane to Auckland and it was really cool! In Auckland we had to go to the international departures and get on the plane to Singapore. On the plane we had lunch and dinner because we were on it for 11 hours!

It was really exciting when we got to Singapore but it was really, really hot! We got a shuttle to the hotel and went straight to sleep because we had been awake for 24 hours!

This morning we went out for breakfast and had things like pork buns and dumplings.

PACKING!

By Sophia

This weekend we started packing! Here is a picture of all the suitcases on the bed.

It's getting really exciting!

Dolmades

By Luca 

One of my favourite foods is Dolmades. They have rice and mince in them. They're wrapped in cabbage or grape vine leaves. I hope I get to eat lots of these in Greece.