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Archive for April, 2008

Welcome to Holy Week and Pasxa, the Greek Easter.

Posted in Life in Crete, Local Culture, tagged , , on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

This week, the week before the Easter celebrations is known in Greece as Megali Evdomada, Holy Week or Great Week. Today is Megali Pempti, Holy Thursday, the day that traditionally the people of Greece hard boil and die their eggs the colour of the blood of Christ – red.
Tomorrow is Good Friday, a day of [...]

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More Spring Splendour

Posted in Life in Crete, tagged , , , , , on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I guess that you all know by now that the Island of Crete has a huge number of wild flowers. Many are found only in Crete. It is in the springtime that these flowers mostly burst out into their individual beauty. And that is when I’m on the prowl with my trusty camera. These pictures [...]

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Shine on Plakias

Posted in Places, tagged , , , , , on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Plakias is a nice fairly small beach resort in the south of Crete. All summer long there people sunbathing and a plethora of beach umbrellas. In the early spring, in March, I took this extraordinary picture of the sun shining on Plakias whilst the sky above was black and about to break out into a [...]

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