Tag Archives: Greece

Kalymnos: Easter with a bang … or two

Posted on May 6, 2013 by BarryH

Clean Friday Pothia, the main town and harbour of Kalymnos on Good Friday, ‘Big Friday’ or ‘Clean Friday’ as it is known in Greek gave a faint inkling of what it must be like in a besieged city like Sarajevo … Continue reading →

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Kalymnos: rock and more rock

Posted on May 3, 2013 by BarryH

The main thing which strikes you about Kalymnos is …. rock.  Craggy mountains rise steeply above the harbour and are the dominant backbone the whole length of the island.  Much of the rock is precipitous and this plus warm, sunny … Continue reading →

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From Symi to Kalymnos: from peace and quiet to tranquility

Posted on May 1, 2013 by BarryH

On my one full day on Symi I walked across the island to Agios Vasilios, a bay on the far side with a tiny monastery nestled into the cliffs.  It was always a favourite with my late wife and I … Continue reading →

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From Rhodes to Symi: new beginnings and a whiff of death.

Posted on April 29, 2013 by BarryH

No problem getting to Rhodes’ Colonna harbour for the 08.30 high speed cat to Symi , nor in buying a ticket (more about which in a later blog …. maybe).  On the way it was heart warming to see a … Continue reading →

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Greece: a beginning in Rhodes.

Posted on April 27, 2013 by BarryH

I left the cold and April showers of Manchester and landed in Rhodes in temperatures still above 20oC at near midnight.  Very pleasant. It is still pre-season over here and the Old Town, which in the summer makes Blackpool at … Continue reading →

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Greece: on the edge

Posted on April 27, 2013 by BarryH

Apologies. The last week or so I have been rushing around like the proverbial, if biologically unidentified, blue arsed fly.  Constantly under time pressure.  The main reason for being in Grey Britain these days is to be with family and … Continue reading →

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Travels in Greece by bus: planning a gorgeous time.

Posted on April 17, 2013 by BarryH

As I rambled on about in the last post on the blog, the first part of the plan for the coming summer in Greece is to spend Easter on Kalymnos, one of the larger islands in the Dodecanese.  Apart from … Continue reading →

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Grey Britain, Canada, Greece: a philosophy of travel

Posted on March 4, 2013 by BarryH

It is widely believed that in the UK when the weather is dominated by high pressure the sky is blue and the sun shines, luxuriatingly hot in the summer, icy cold and exhilarating in winter.  It can be but is … Continue reading →

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More Rockies Rambling around Banff

Posted on January 24, 2013 by BarryH

On Sunday I had another day-off skiing, went to the morning service in the local Presbyterian Church of Canada, a building shared with the Korean Presbyterians, and then in the afternoon set out to walk the trail to Sundance Canyon.  … Continue reading →

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Go west young man, and do it without a list

Posted on January 9, 2013 by BarryH

I don’t make lists.  To do so would be, from my warped perspective, to admit that my mind is failing.  When I went to Greece for a long summer for the first time in 2010 I was urged to make … Continue reading →

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