bought a new phone in soho yesterday. with this, i will make monthly photo albums. photo no. 1: tam at brookwood garden, our new favourite coffee shop that's open till late.

tam at the brookwood pt. ii.

back at the brookwood, testing the selfie cam with carrot cake, iced cappuccino, mocha and, of course, tam.

here, i learned that there are cake forks: three-pronged, wide and, hence, perfectly shaped for slow and indulgent cake eating.

tired of styling my hair to mask my receding hairline, i'm embracing my masculinity and entering a new era: the bald king.

in the morning before heading to the airport for santorini. inwardly cursing the children for making me ill while coming to terms with my newfangled baldness.

tam's "love eyes."

candid of tam at the dinner table on night one in perissa. grateful to be eating after a sandstorm forced the plane to stop in athens to refuel after multiple failed attempts to land at thira. we touched down three hours late, drained but relieved.

here, i ate moussaka and tam ate vegetable pasta. we drank smoothies. much needed for my throat.

tam in perissa, giving rihanna vibes. we stopped at a beach front bar & restaurant called "zen," enticed by the fat sunbeds. more smoothies were ordered.

candid of tam in the sea. no pictures of her getting tossed about by the waves, beached & drowning in the shallows.

more rihanna vibes.

me getting deep into portrait mode on my £219 android phone. cheap era.

a room with a view pt. i.

a room with a view pt. ii.

"princess." the yacht we took for our island cruise.

tam by "princess" on nea kameni.

the "cruise" element was oversold. the vibe on the boat was more calais-to-dover migrant crossing. highlights included swimming to a thermal spring; uncle christos singing "hotel california"; and stealing a place towards the boat's bough after lunch at thirasía.

a view from the volcanic island, nea kameni.

a view from a restaurant on thirasía. met a dog here that looked like a bella-chip cross. this photo doesn't do the view justice. truly, it was stunning. i swam here as well, striking "swim on a picturesque greek island" from my bucket list. n.b. cackles were had with tam in the bay thanks to a wardrobe malfunction.

tam chilling by the pool at the margarenia. i gave her a swimming lesson. she learned to float on her back and swim the width of the pool. yay!

i became enamoured with santorini's little birds. they were curious and bold, always flitting over to the sun loungers to check out the humans.

santorini's little birds pt. ii.

obligatory shot of the room at the margarenia for memory's sake.

we ended the trip with a pint back at zen. we got chatting to the owner, a liverpudlian primary teacher who met his wife during parents' evening at an athens private school. together, they opened the bar. it was our last night and the holiday blues were in deep, so we indulged in a little sheesha while watching the sun set. santorini's a 10/10. would go back.