The method (story split)
Notes from the long way round
A personal journal of slow travel, shot on film, written from a small desk in Petralona, Athens, since 2017.
“Eleni's Mani guide was the only thing I packed besides a toothbrush. Her note about the bench above Areopoli at 6:40am — the one with the broken slat — is exactly where I now propose to send anyone who asks me about Greece. Worth every euro of the print I bought afterwards.”
“I've subscribed to The Letter for three years. The piece on Lecce sent me there for ten days last spring, and the bakery she recommends on Via dei Mocenigo (Pasticceria Natale) made me physically email her to say thank you. She replied within a day.”
“Reading TravelBlog is the only travel content I trust now. The Tinos guide is honest about the bus schedule being unreliable in winter, the food being ordinary in some of the famous tavernas, and the wind being genuinely difficult in February. That kind of honesty is so rare online.”
“I bought a signed Tinos print from the second print run last December — number 14 of 25 — and Eleni included a handwritten note about the morning the photo was taken. It hangs in my kitchen. The whole experience felt like buying directly from a friend.”
“I walked the E4 across Crete in March using only Eleni's guide and the official EOS markers. Her stage notes are accurate to the kilometre, the water-source warnings saved me twice between Sougia and Agia Roumeli, and the photo essay at the end made me cry on the ferry home.”