I wrote an article a while ago called Romiosini, the soul of Greece and I don’t know how many of you read that article. But it was for real. I spent some time back in the sixties and seventies working on what I had discovered as the soul of Greece. For English people coming to live here I felt that it was an idea that they should understand.
And I feel that you should try to make an effort to understand this. To help, I have added this fragment.
Whoopa . . . I really love this clip from Zorba the Greek. It is the final moments in the film following the enormous disaster that Zorba caused running logs from the monastery on top of the hill down to the sea. They took the clip on Stavros Bay in the Akrotiri peninsular. Anthony Quinn…
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 you travel south from Iraklion to Festos and to Matala, again you will miss one of the most special areas of…
The Labyrinth of Crete is situated around 3 km northeast of the archaeological site of Gortys in central Crete. It is an underground quarry in marly limestone, excavated probably during the Roman Period. It was first described and mapped in the 18th and 19th centuries. More detailed descriptions have been published recently. The cave comprises…
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. Today we can go into a Greek record shop and see rebetika music either in its own section or just scattered…
The City and the countryside of the Province Of Chania, Crete. 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 Province of Chania, perhaps Crete’s finest part. This province lies in the west of Crete and is arguably the…
Last year we harvested the olives pretty early, the first couple of weeks in November and the oil was great, if a little peppery. This year we waited a little until the day after New Years day, the first week in January. This time is much busier for the olive presses too, with truckloads turning…
