Have things been slightly slow at The Top Floor Flat blog? It does seem a bit fluffy around here lately. I haven’t been on any trips lately and a spat of uncharacteristically sunny weekends has meant that my exploration of London has been limited to pretty much exploration of a particular bit of grass in Holland Park from the vantage point of my brand new picnic blanket.

But things are about to get exciting again as I take off for Greece in a few weeks time. Ten days of sun, sea and Greek island hopping will mark my first major trip in quite some time, and my longest to date. A flight into Athens gives me just a few hours to explore the city before an early morning ferry delivers me to Mykonos for two days, then Paros, followed by Santorini then finally two days on Ios before it’s back to Athens and London.

Although I am traveling with a tour group, the trip is actually quite free form with the ‘tour’ organising the transport between islands, providing information on the country, islands and best things to do and some excursions for the group but most of the time available for my own plans. I’m looking for all the Greek advice I can get related to my four island stop off points and would love to hear some recommendations for what to do an see in each place.

Of course, Greek island time will most likely lend itself more to sun bathing, wine sipping, olive oil dipping and the like so I won’t be too ambitious. I am incredibly excited for my trip and well in need of a vacation. This one looks to be absolutely ideal.