|
Three Faces, Three Graces, Three Greeces An island, a small town, and a big city in Greece |
|
Categories
About Me (1)
Andros facts (2) Andros facts and personal opinion (2) Andros now (August 2005) (13) Andros vignettes (3) Andros, 1989 (10) connections with Kastoria, 1992 (9) Prespa Lakes (1) Thessaloniki (8) Thessaloniki shenanigans (4) Thessaloniki, London, and Dover (1)
Recent Entries
* The animal chorus
* Getting a Word Processor into Greece, Part 3 * Getting a word processor into Northern Greece, part 2 * Getting a Word Processor into Greece Part 1 * Christmas at Alekos and Vasso's * December madness * Dionysus' island * Silk and Stafilia * Nikos and Ada * A brief look at Andros * November continued: Rafina * November 1989 * Bio
Archives
|
February 27, 2005The animal chorusBack on Andros, I had never had any problems with the bureaucracy - they must have known I was there,...Read this update February 25, 2005Getting a Word Processor into Greece, Part 3The following morning, before the seminars were due to start, I called in Mrs. Svarna. "Oh, Danny!" she said as...Read this update Getting a word processor into Northern Greece, part 2Sitting in the room when I duly turned up with the rapidly declining piece of paper in hand, was...Read this update Getting a Word Processor into Greece Part 1As I sat there tapping away on my battered manual olivetti in the dying moments of winter on Andros, I...Read this update February 22, 2005Christmas at Alekos and Vasso'sI hired a motorbike from George, known also as Rentarek because of the quality of his motorbikes. Apart from being...Read this update February 20, 2005December madnessOn many afternoons in December and throughout the winter, I gathered driftwood from beaches, like a tramp scavenging for pickings...Read this update February 18, 2005Dionysus' islandA few mornings later, Alekos was passing by in his clapped-out car and told me he was delivering some building...Read this update February 16, 2005Silk and StafiliaThe following day, as I walked up the hill, I stopped several times on the path that led away from...Read this update February 15, 2005Nikos and AdaThe ferry rumbled into Gavrion, the main port of Andros. Night had fallen, the sea was calm, and lights of...Read this update February 14, 2005A brief look at AndrosAndros is a fertile island, blessed with many springs, quiet beaches, and pretty villages. It also has a tumultous history....Read this update February 13, 2005November continued: RafinaSo, I had arrived in Rafina! A gale blasted the shoreline; the sea lashed the front and seethed out in...Read this update November 1989The rain was drizzling down as the aeroplane flew into Glyfada airport, Athens. Glyfada airport, complained a pilot I once...Read this update February 12, 2005BioI was born in London in 1960. After I got a B.A. in Photography and Film (in 1984), I worked...Read this update |
Latest Comments
|