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 …
I came across this photo in my parent’s collection of slides and prints, and it reminded me that this was my very first air flight – a transatlantic journey from Toronto (it was called Malton Airport back then) to Belfast, with a refueling stop in Gander, Newfoundland. One of my earliest memories that precedes this …
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If you visit Greece, you’ll find there are quite a few villages named “Skala” or “Skala (followed by another name).” In Greek, the word “skala” means “ladder” or “staircase.” I am told that in centuries past, Greeks would often build a village in the mountains or some distance from the sea where they could watch …
A little update to my post the other day, about my attempts to purchase a small plot of land, and where at the last minute, the price of the land suddenly jumped 66%: The civil engineer who I paid to do the land survey is somehow related to the seller of the land that I …
One of the things I’ve observed here in Greece is that there is a great mistrust of people, businesses, and those involved in making deals. At first, I thought it was odd – while back in Canada, we’ll do things to protect ourselves from fraud or someone not acting in good faith, mistrust here in …
Here in Greece, out in the country side rural areas, donkeys are not uncommon. In Northern Ireland when I was a child, there were quite common as well. I’m not sure if the donkey above was an ass (male donkey) or the female “jennie,” but nevertheless, asses were pretty common. As I wrote about my …