Raki – All you ever need to know
People have been producing Raki for centuries in Crete, Greece. The production of Raki is an ancient practice and involves a unique distillation process that sets it apart from other spirits. The first step...
Category: Crete
The area of Chania, Western Crete
The City and the countryside of the Province Of Chania. I am writing my blog today to share with the world, the place where I live. I live and will probably die here in...
The Story of – Kandanos
and its return to life There is a large village in the southwestern central area of Crete which is called Kandanos. You can get there by following the route to Palaiochora. You will find...
The Amari Valley
Lotus Land – The Amari Valley If you drive or take a bus from Rethymno south through Spili to Agia Galini or the Messara Plain, you will completely miss the Amari Valley. Likewise, if...
Panagia Chrisoskalitissa Monastery, Elafonisi
The monastery of Panagia Chrisoskalitissa, Our Lady of the Golden Step in English, is in the remote southwest of Crete just six Kilometres from the lovely lagoon beach of Elafonisi. And it is glorious....
Kalamaki Sunset
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...
The Jalopy
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...
Rebetika, the Source of Modern Greek Music
Rebetika is one of those Greek words that has no translation in English. We have referred to it as ‘Greek blues music’ except that it differs from what we call blues music in English....
Welcome to Holy Week and Pasxa, the Greek Easter
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...