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Archive for September, 2008

K is for Kaiki

Posted in History, Local Culture, Places, tagged , , , , on September 30, 2008 | 27 Comments »

ABC Wednesday
K is a wonderful letter for anyone who lives in Crete. In Greek the word for Crete is Kphth (pronounced Kriti). There are so many places that begin with the Greek letter Kappa or K that it is unbelievable. But for me one of the most memorable things about Crete, and of course the [...]

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Kalamaki Sunset

Posted in Memories, Places, tagged , , on September 25, 2008 | 28 Comments »

Skywatch Friday
Kalamaki, a village just north of Matala on the Messara coastline of Crete is a place that we have known for many years. Just over twenty years ago we, my wife and I, were there visiting one of the two very small tavernas that were on the beach. There were a few other buildings, [...]

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J is for Jalopy

Posted in History, Life in Crete, tagged , , on September 23, 2008 | 19 Comments »

ABC Wednesday
Here in Crete we have a fairly large collection of jalopies – most of them still on the road. Some of them go back forty years and consist basically of a rotovator without the blades with a seat and trailer on the back. Later they joined the front engine to the trailer and then [...]

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Rebetiko, the Source of Modern Greek Music

Posted in History, Memories, Places, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Rebetika is one of those Greek words that has no translation in English. It has been referred to as ‘Greek blues music’ except that it is very different to what we call blues music in English. Today we can go into a Greek record shop and see rebetika music  either in its own section or [...]

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