It was a chilly 2 degrees Celsius when we all woke up around 7:15 in the morning, on November 26, 2022. I’m not really a morning person and hadn’t had a lot of sleep but I crawled out from under the heavy wool blankets about 15 minutes later and felt the chill in the air. […]
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On our third day on the Island of Kea, we decided to really burn some fuel – and if you are going to travel around the island in a car, be prepared for some high fuel consumption! Over the course of the days we were on the island, we drove perhaps just over 200km, and
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One of the must-sees if you visit Kea is located just outside the village of Ioulida (also called Ioulis), and is accessible via a foot path in Ioulida, or from the other side near the Benjamin Spring. This stone sculpture apparently dates back to the 6th Century BCE and and its origins remain shrouded in
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I was up early on the morning of Tuesday, October 18, 2022 and was luck enough to capture the view from Spiliazeza, looking out toward Makronisos and Kea. The high winds were blowing across the sea, creating a lot of choppy water. While the big dark ominous looking clouds above gave a sense of perhaps
Back in September, we took the ferry from Lavrio and headed to the Island of Kea – which takes approximately an hour. We stayed five days on the island, and I managed to take quite a few photos of which I’ll share later. While on the island, we drove to the village of Ioulida (also
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I’ve never sown tomato seeds in August before. Back in Ontario, it would be a dumb thing to do, unless you were growing in a greenhouse and could control the temperature. And here in Greece, the advice I’ve been getting is that it is “too late” to start tomatoes in August. But I’m not so
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As some may know, I purchased a small olive grove last year, more as a hobby than anything else. It had been abandoned for a few years and there was quite a lot of work to be done to try to trim and cut weeds that had literally grown so high and thick, the trees
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I still enjoy looking at the architecture of old (and not so old) churches, although over the years, I’ve rejected many of the faith teachings of them. Today, I visited the area of a remarkable Greek Orthodox Church located only about a ten minute or less drive away. I did not pull right up close
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Meet Debbie and Stijn I came across this couple a few months ago, when I received an email from Stijn in regard to one of my posts on purchasing an olive grove in Greece. Stijn related how he might be interested in looking for something in Italy and had some questions about how things went
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Men, are you sick and tired of the outrageous prices of shaving razor blades? Isn’t it a bit frustrating when you buy some new fancy razor, then head out to buy blades, and either they cost a mint, or the place you’re at doesn’t stock that brand? My father had the answer. Your grandfather probably
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