Author Archives: BarryH

Tilos: compare and contrast

Posted on June 23, 2011 by BarryH

Breakfast doesn’t begin until 08.30 in the hotel I’m staying in but I got up at 07.00 as usual and pottered around a bit.  I was first one down in the breakfast area by a good margin.  Breakfast is very … Continue reading →

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Nisyros to Tilos: and featuring The Shortest Me

Posted on June 22, 2011 by BarryH

Last year I spent the whole of June on Tilos, an island with a much smaller population than Nisyros  to the south.  Had a good time here, lots of good walks and met a lot of local people.  But I … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: still walking through everyday ancient life

Posted on June 21, 2011 by BarryH

Never trust a word I say again!!  The Greek word for computer is NOT υπουργείο  as I brashly said in the blog for Saturday.  It is υπολογιστής.  My excuse is that, as the blog says, Greeks use the word ‘computer’ … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: the bells, the dog , and the case of the disappearing snake

Posted on June 20, 2011 by BarryH

The usual start to the day with breakfast on the terrace was not quite the same on Sunday.  Normally the only issue of any moment is whether to choose to sit in the sun or the shade depending on the … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: the eagle and the snake

Posted on June 20, 2011 by BarryH

Saturday I thought I would have an easy day but, when it came to the crunch (whatever ‘coming to the crunch’ is), I decided not to.  I have been conscious of the fact that by this time, and therefore this … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: going to the top

Posted on June 20, 2011 by BarryH

On Friday I decided after breakfast to go to the top of the island.  The highest mountain on Nisyros, Oros (Mount) Diavatis, is 700 metres and with a generally very good path because there is a chapel on top, as … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: Guest blog by Ruth

Posted on June 19, 2011 by BarryH

I am currently sitting by the pool outside our hotel on the last evening we have here on Nisyros and realising that I am running out of time to write my Guest Blog… The week has shot past at an … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: pushing along in ancient landscapes

Posted on June 18, 2011 by BarryH

Thursday and on my own again.  I felt the need to do something a bit more extreme than usual, push the limits a bit, prove I’m still alive and not just vegetating.  One of the effects of being on my … Continue reading →

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From hot rocks to old rocks

Posted on June 17, 2011 by BarryH

Wednesday is the major change-over day for hotels round here, with charter flights between Kos, Rhodes and Athens (and probably other Greek airports) and the UK.  And so it was for me: Ruth and Tim were going home. The 07.30 … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: even hotter rocks

Posted on June 17, 2011 by BarryH

Tuesday was to be a Big Day, the day that we went into the caldera and onto the crater floor.  Nisyros is classed as a ‘potentially active volcano’ and is much visited as  such by tourists from nearby Kos.  No … Continue reading →

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