{"id":2075,"date":"2010-09-07T14:51:53","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T14:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2010-09-12T15:07:45","modified_gmt":"2010-09-12T15:07:45","slug":"mcdonagh-greek-tour-2010-sunday-5th-monday-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/?p=2075","title":{"rendered":"Greek tour 2010 Sunday 5th Monday 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a point in any holiday where hopefully you reach the bliss out point.<\/p>\n<p>Val and I hit that around Sunday<\/p>\n<p>I suppose that needs some explanation .The bliss out point is where the normal work vs life tipping point is replaced by a balance between relaxation and being asleep&#8230; this is bliss out.<\/p>\n<p>It is testament to the restoration power of our friends on Alonissos and the island itself that we get so relaxed so quickly. I as a professional geek live in constant state of communication with the rest of the world don&#8217;t get me wrong I enjoy it &#8230; most if the time , but it does make you a bit frazzled. I chill at home walking by myself on the shore or in the country but this is very transitory and true bliss out is seldom found. <\/p>\n<p>It is the same for Val. Keeping Niall and I on the straight and narrow is hard enough but there is ample stress and stain in her day to day doings for an entire team of geeks!\u00a0 Well done Dote! \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p>The hardest decision of the is what to eat for supper .Work although creative is constrained by rules and specifications but when I paint here I paint what I want in the way I want there is more relaxation in that alone than in a year of walking. Kudos to Bessie and Kosta the owners of The Paradise Hotel for letting me paint unmolested in the bar day after day it REALLY is appreciated!<\/p>\n<p>As I sit here blogging in the Anais taverna by the harbour sipping hot strong sweet Greek coffee the world I live in for the other 50 weeks of the year is a two island ferry ride and 2 flights away do I miss it? &#8230;.. not at all!<\/p>\n<p>More later gentle readers and we hope you reach bliss out yourselves at least once a year \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a point in any holiday where hopefully you reach the bliss out point. Val and I hit that around Sunday I suppose that needs some explanation .The bliss out point is where the normal work vs life tipping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/?p=2075\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-2075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-steve","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2075"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2109,"href":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075\/revisions\/2109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slightlydoolally.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}