This morning, I had to go for a COVID Rapid Test as having that done then obtaining a certificate of a negative result is the only way I can access some shopping I want to do. While waiting at the Bioiatriki office located close to the border of Nea Ionia and Nea Irakliou in Attica, …
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This is my new view. It has to be one of the best views from a house in the world. How I managed to get this view is a bit of a long story, along with some frustrations, some good luck, and an understanding companion who kept her eyes out for a suitable new view. …
I experienced medical tyranny this evening. I need a new office chair. The piece of crap I purchased I 2 years ago is falling apart on me. Some things in Greece are extraordinarily expensive and it is difficult for anyone to have “nice things.” Taxes, other costs, etc… I paid the equivalent of about 250.00 …
While everyone is deathly afraid of COVID (generally, unreasonably fearful unless you belong to a high-risk group), I’ve had some kind of “bug” for the past 2+ weeks that has given me symptoms very similar to what I’ve read are the symptoms of COVID. And it’s not been a very pleasant two weeks at all. …
I sometimes enjoy Twitter. It’s a place where I scan news, read interesting thoughts on current events, politics, philosophy, and follow other interesting accounts that include accounts that focus on some of my own hobbies and interests. It can also provide interesting debate, sometimes a source of amusement at how people project and think irrationally. …
It’s been a long time. In Greece, things often move very slowly even if there are no global pandemics going on. About two years ago, around the time of my youngest son’s birthday, August 6, 2019, I became aware of a plot of land for sale in Central Greece that had about 65 olive trees …
I arrived in Exarchos, located in Central Greece within the prefecture of Phthiotis in the evening of the 8th of August. Whenever I travel, my schedule is upended – sometimes it means I have much energy and can’t sleep all night while other times, I end up waking up too early. This happened to me …
I have not had a whole lot of time recently to spend on family history although I have my sights set on a number of people that are interesting and that I want to delve into. Hopefully I’ll be able to spend more time on that shortly but have a few projects that need to …
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While Google maps estimates the time from Anavyssos to Sounion to be about 18 minutes, if this is the first time you drive the road, you’ll really want to plan on much more time – an hour or more, if you want to take in the beauty and spectacular scenery along this southern Attica coast …
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Last weekend, we decided to try a new beach not too far from Nea Ionia. Normally, we head to towards Loutza Beach at Artemida (Attica) for various reasons but the traffic there can be insane and finding a parking spot can take forever. So instead of Loutza, we aimed for a place called Anavyssos, down …