Being There Too

<p><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>In this second tome of travel diaries Jean and John Dillon write about travelling in the latter decade of the twentieth century and into the mid-noughties.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Covering peregrinations from chilly Moscow to the sunnier historic sites of Corsica or taking us from Latvia to Japan and on to Australia the diaries chart everything from academic jaunts to Mediterranean weddings. Jean's keen nature-loving eye provides details of the flora and fauna as John records how the classical times have survived despite the ravages of mass tourism.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>At the heart of the journeys as always is Katounia on the island of Euboea in Greece.</span></p><p></p>