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Tag Archives: Greek economy
Symi: I lost my shirt ….
…. and I wasn’t even in Las Vegas! Nor does it have anything to do with the Greek economy which, despite the attempts of the IMF and the ECB to undermine it, and the grossly inaccurate and morally reprehensible scaremongering … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Wildlife
Tagged bee hives, bees, dry waterfalls, Greece, Greek economy, Greek Island Walks, Gully bashing, hiking, Lapatonniou Castle, monasteries, mountains, photography, Symi, The Hot Rock, thyme, trekking in Greece
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Symi: The Day I Shrank, and other adventures
One: The Shadow Sunday 21 June, the summer solstice, time to climb Oros Vigla, highest mountain on Symi. The summit is barely a mile from the house as the crow flies but I’m not a crow so the 500 metres … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, History, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Wildlife
Tagged ancient settlement, Coin-marked snake, Emborios, Greece, Greek economy, photography, snakes, Summer solstice, Symi, Vigla
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Greece: on the brink again
There is a yet another political hiatus over the Greek economy which is yet again said to be on the brink. Scaremongers are warning that ATMs in Greece will run out of cash and travellers will be stranded … cashless. … Continue reading
Leaving Athens: the end of the trip
I woke up ahead of my alarm going off on Friday with one of those crystal-clear wakenings which renders the ‘snooze’ button pointless. Written large in the early-morning grogginess was the inescapable message “Going home today”. That stark message meant … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Reflections
Tagged Athens, Greece, Greek economy, Kardamili, Mani, Meteora, Pindus Mountains, Taygetos Mountains
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Areopoli: Last day in the Mani, a grumble about footpaths, and a new word for the language
PHOTOS ADDED (for those who have difficulty with the words) Wednesday, the last day in the Mani and the Exit Strategy looming. First task after breakfast was to trot around to the bus station and book my ticket on the … Continue reading
Kardamili: back from the edge, time to move on!
One of the (many) things which irritate me is people referring to the ‘eye of the storm’ as where the most violent winds are. It’s not. The ‘eye’ of the hurricane is flat calm. Not that I have ever been … Continue reading
Kardamili: bats, belfries, frescoes, gorges …. and on the edge!
Very sober thinking as I set out for my walk on Saturday. For a start there was a raging argument going on in the coffee shop across the road when I got up, and they weren’t debating England’s 3-2 victory over Sweden … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Reflections
Tagged flora and fauna, footpaths, Greece, Greek economy, Kardamili, Taygetos Mountains, Viros Gorge
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Kardamili: musings on the way ahead
Friday evening and the clientele at the Maistros coffee bar next to my apartment, where I regularly get my caffeine fix, erupted into spontaneous cheering and applause. Greece had equalised against Poland in the 2012 European Cup. At last something … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Greece, Reflections
Tagged art, flora and fauna, footpaths, Greece, Greek economy, Kardamili, Mani, monasteries
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Kardamili: The Viros Gorge, knowing the limits
Two tasks for Thursday. First was to find the monastery of Likaki, shown on the map to be,like Agios Sotiris, close to the bed of the Viros Gorge. Second was to walk up the gorge beyond where I had been … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Greece
Tagged footpaths, frescoes, Greece, Greek economy, Kardamili, Mani, monasteries, Taygetos Mountains
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Patras: A town on the edge
Patras, more or less the same population as Cardiff, is one of the major transport interchanges in Greece and is necessary as a stop-over but I would not choose to come to here for a holiday. Sunday, the day I … Continue reading