In Greece, among English speaking people, the words sheeps and ships are often interchanged. A ship becomes a “sheep” and a sheep becomes a “ship.” Lambs become “lamps.” I have often giggled and laughed and made up sayings about the ships going down to the sea to board the sheeps, bringing along the lamps with […]
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In English, ΚΟΚΟΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ means “Coconut Palm Tree” – but I don’t think you will find too many of these at ΚΟΚΟΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ, between Lavrio and Keratea. Instead, you will find fantastic service and a great selection with valuable local knowledge at this garden centre I’m so happy to have discovered. When I moved to the Keratea/Lavrio
ΚΟΚΟΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ – An Awesome Garden Centre, Lavrio/Keratea Read More »
This post is mostly for me so I can easily find the link to this well thought out and reasoned decision by the Honourable Justice A. Pazaratz. It involves a Family matter where a father wanted to ensure his children were vaccinated against COVID. The mother did not want to force the children to be
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On the 17th of March, the day after inspecting and trimming the trees at the olive grove near Exarchos, we took a run out to another couple of olive groves to do some fertilizing. One of them is located next to a plantation of about 50 almond trees on a steep slope of a mountain.
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Some readers may know that last year, the purchase of a small olive grove near Exarchos was finalized after a long time of trying. This olive grove had been abandoned from quite some years and had been overgrown with weeds. Last summer, we managed to attack and clear out most of the weeds, but there
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When ever someone says “Greek Style,” certain ideas used to come to my mind. I won’t get into them right now, but today, when someone uses that expression, lots of different ideas come to my mind because there are many interesting lifestyle activities that are truly “Greek Style.” And it’s not always about sex. Sometimes,
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It was two years ago when I first had the experience of watching Greeks fly kites on “Clean Monday.” In 2020, Clean Monday fell on March 2nd, and I was visiting Ancient Corinth with a little side trip to Acrocorinth. Shortly after that trip, we’d all be locked down for about two months. This year,
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I was involved in an interesting discussion with my friend, Billy Beck. Most of the time, I agree with Billy and respect his opinion. In a reply to one of his comments, I posted something – which Facebook took issue with, and I am now blocked for 24 hours from posting on Facebook. Please see
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A video entitled “A Letter To Andrew Hill” has been released in the past day. It is a video that gives the story of a co-researcher named Dr. Tess Lawrie and her astonishment in how Dr. Hill modified the conclusions in an Ivermectin study published in January of 2021. There is evidence now in the
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While walking around the Port Of Lavrio a couple of weeks ago, the name on this yacht caught my eye: I am really enjoying getting to know Lavrio, Greece. People are so very friendly, and there is always a place to park. A couple of weeks ago, we decided to take a drive to the
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