In Greece, trash and recycling is handled a little differently than in most parts of North America. Instead of a curb-side pick up where residents take their trash, recycling and compostable materials to the curb once or twice a week and drop it off in front of their house, Greeks take theirs to close-by neighbourhood […]
Nea Ionia Garbage Piling Up – Striking Workers In Greece Read More »
Almost everywhere you are in Athens and its suburbs, you can see mountains. Looking north, south, east or west, and you realize Athens is situated on a large area surrounded by mountains, and may have been a good choice for those who wanted to be protected from invading armies and have good notice of their
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Two years ago (2017) during my very first trip to Greece, a high point was visiting Cape Sounion at the time of the full moon in late September. That time, we paid the fee and entered the archaelogical site of the Temple of Poseidon and watched the amazing view of the sun setting over the
Sunset & Moon Rise – Cape Sounion, Greece – October 2019 Read More »
Our next stop in our journey was the village or Portaria. While the official elevation for this village is 600 metres above sea level, that’s probably the elevation of the town square. The village is on the slope of Mount Pelion, and you exit at a higher level than you entered when driving up from
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Just over a week ago, I began writing a series (mostly meant to be a photographic record) of our trip from Exarchos to parts of Pelion, Greece. I had entitled the post, “The First Leg…” with a plan that I had in mind at the time, of dividing the trip up into sections – but
Second Leg – Views Of Volos Read More »
We took a long road trip yesterday – almost 600 km from our “base” near Atalanti into the Pelion region of Greece, and back. More on that along with photos shortly (perhaps a post for each of the places we visited). But first, one of the observations that visitors to Greece comment on is the
Evidence That Cats Own Cars Read More »
Sometimes Google translate does not get things right at all. When I tried to translate the Greek word “Ταξιάρχε” with Google Translate, Google told me it meant “Taxi Drivers.” In fact, the term – Taxiarches – in English/Latin letters refers in Greek Orthodoxy to one or both of the archangels – Michael and/or Gabriel. In
Saints Taxiarches (Άγιοι Ταξιάρχε) Church, Exarchos, Greece Read More »
Getting packages to Exarchos, Greece is not the easiest thing in the world…. recently, I had occasion to order some photographic lens filters from the United Kingdom. A seller on Ebay had two filters that I wanted for my Nikon D7000 camera, while another seller in Poland had a battery charger for the same camera,
Packages To “Small Town,” Greece Read More »
For the second year in a row, I’m spending some time in the small Greek village of Exarchos, which geographically is in Central Greece, and located within the prefecture of “Fthiotida,” (try pronouncing that – our English language never puts an “F” sound directly in front of “TH” so it is not a natural thing
St. Nicholas Church – Exarchos, Greece Read More »
A warning about Wind Hellas and Cosmote – two of the major telecom companies in Greece that provide internet, mobile phone and landline phone service. If you are planning on visiting Greece for an extended time and think it should be fairly simple to get internet service, you would be wrong. Truly, these companies are
Greek Telecom Companies – Truly Disappointing Wind & Cosmote Read More »