Happy Wednesday, travel(l)ers old and New!
The Steves Greece Forum is now blossoming with a new bouquet of Greece experts, due to disturbing developments at another long-established travel forum (hereinafter called LATF)-- they've decided to give the RS Operation a try, and they're warmly welcomed, both by contributors AND our helpful webmaster, who explained how this website works, and our "self-policing" philosophy. As a longtime site-hopper myself, I'm delighted at seeing familary sign-ins, bringing experiences that can be SO helpful to first-timers and also to returnees who want to make new discoveries.
The new capabilites come from many UK and European travellers (yes, with a double-L) who can more quickly/economically visit this land we love... and thus go far beyond desitnations llike the Cyclades, Crete and the Peloponnese, to help new visitors to island groups like the Ionians, Dodecanese, Northeast Aegean and upper mainland Germs.
Some of my fellow site-hoppers will recognize familiar names from the aforementioned LATF -- but some are familiar experts who are using another name here. I hope some of these will post here, to let inquirers know of the new expertise we're glad to have aboard. To start things off, I'll contribute a short description of the topics/locations I try to be helpful about.
AKA "travelerjan" on other sites -- I'm a budgeteer, finding equal joy in ancient history and today's exuberant Greek culture, a fervent swimmer, not much of a shopper, a fan of small family-run lodgings & restaurants. During 20 years I've visited more than 25 Islands (some many times) and a dozen mainland destinations, but more often add my bit to threads about Crete, Naxos, Sifnos, & other Cycladic isles, parts of the Peloponnese, Athens ... with a few special finds In Rhodes, Samos, etc. Not experienced with Spas or 4-star hostelries; very experienced at traveling with newcomers and being the "trip mama".