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Preveli Bay

Posted in Places, tagged , , , , on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

My wife decided, as she often does, that we should go to Preveli Bay. It has a good beach and palm trees, we had heard. I had also heard that there was a road that now went close to Preveli which started right by the taverna beside the pond and the beautiful old Venetian bridge [...]

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Visiting Skinakas Observatory

Posted in Places, tagged , , , , , , , on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

We decided to visit the Skinakas Observatory. Here is the blurb info:
“The Skinakas Observatory is located on the peak of Skinakas at an altitude of 1750 m., a few kilometres after Anoyia and 60 km from Heraklion.
The Skinakas Observatory has been built and operates as part of a scientific research collaboration between the University of [...]

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I love Crete very much.

Posted in Life in Crete, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Crete is not a new love, however. I first arrived here around forty years ago on the King Minos ferry travelling deck class. I travelled all over Crete – you can read about it if you go to the ‘Early Days’ links on the right hand side of the page where there is a lot [...]

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Memoir of Athens 1974

Posted in Memories, tagged , , , , , on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I fell in love with Greece the first time I visited the country. I can’t say it was love at first sight as our arrival on Greek soil was a very scary experience. . . .
My family and I had been living in Kenya since 1969. My husband was a fuel injection engineer. Kenya had [...]

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The Olive Tree

Posted in Poetry, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I bought a field in Kriti where grew an olive tree,
I watered it and pruned it with assiduity,
Until I found I owned the ground
But did not own the tree.
So I bought the tree, for weeks I thought
The haggling would not stop.
Now I can pick my olives, and start a little shop.
Oh No, [...]

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Romiosini – The Soul of Greece

Posted in Local Culture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The trouble with Romiosini is that it is what could be called Greek fundamentalism. No two Greeks that I know have ever given the same definition. It is tied up with their identity and their soul, but it is not exclusively either. It is about Greekness, but not the Greek State as such. It is [...]

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Ithaca

Posted in Poetry, tagged , , , , on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

If you decide to go to Ithaca,
Hope that the journey is long,
Full of adventure and experience.
Those Laestrygonians, the Cyclops, angry Poseidon,
Do not be afraid of them
For you will never see them on your way
As long as your thoughts are pure
And passion touches both your spirit and your flesh.
The Laestrygonians, the Cyclops, fierce Poseidon,
You will not [...]

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