Unpacking for Greece: Travel in a Land of Fortresses, Fables, Ferries and Feta

Holly says: After a lengthy travel hiatus following a road accident in Sri Lanka, Sally Jane Smith ventures to Greece in an attempt to rediscover her wandering spirit. Guided by her mother’s 1978 travel diary, she explores Athens, the Peloponnese Peninsula, and several Greek Islands. I appreciated her perspective of traveling as a middle-aged woman on a budget. While several of her destinations overlapped with my own, others didn’t make it into my itinerary, and I enjoyed reading her experiences of both. Travel memoirs can be hit or miss, but I really enjoyed this one, which was also awarded First Prize (Prose in English) in the 2024 Greek-Australian Cultural League Book Awards. A sequel chronicles her visits to additional destinations across Greece.