Alright then, I've managed

inside my EgyptAir getaway plane, Toronto to Athens via Cairo

to escape both the wilds of British Columbia

and the concrete jungle of Toronto

although I have to admit one can still get a pretty fine bison burger at a sports bar in the big city

a sports bar near Toronto's waterfront serving fantabulous bison burgers

And make my way to my new home in Loutraki, Greece!

just moving in to my new apartment on the outskirts of Loutraki

The bureaucratic niceities of buying a house

to qualify for my Greek residency permit

plus then renting it out, finding a small apartment for myself, setting up the power connection, isp, wifi, etc. etc. etc. ALL in documents I could not read! Had left me ready for one of my trademark "Long Weekends" (ie. Wednesday to Tuesday!)

Since my sister was going to be in Zagreb, Croatia for a few days because her husband was attending an EU music conference for university types I decided to meet up with them there to have a wee look around.

Unfortunately, as I was about to leave Greece,

we were hit by a massive hail storm, the likes of which @liondani, who had so very kindly offered to drive me to the airport, says he had never seen! A couple of inches of pea-sized hail stones fell in a half an hour. I thought my plane would be canceled.

to the airport in the liondanimobile

But fortunately, the weather cleared up

and I was on my way to Croatia via Vienna.

I arrived in Zagreb just as Autumn

was kicking in big time. You could tell because the leaves were falling like rain.

Zagreb is not only a very modern city

with a sparkling new airport, and efficient trams and transportation but also has a long and interesting, well preserved history. I was very impressed!