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March 29, 2005

Village Dances, Christmas, and a Carnival

In the run- up to Christmas, Athina, the school director, invited me to a village dance....

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Posted by Daniel V on March 29, 2005 01:39 PM
Category: connections with Kastoria, 1992

March 28, 2005

TEFL in Kastoria: the darker side

Okay, I admit it, for the first classes I was just a little scared....

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Posted by Daniel V on March 28, 2005 10:06 PM
Category: connections with Kastoria, 1992

March 22, 2005

A brief look at Kastoria

Kastoria is steeped in history and is undeniably one of the most beautiful towns in Greece....

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Posted by Daniel V on March 22, 2005 12:35 PM
Category: connections with Kastoria, 1992

March 18, 2005

Kastoria

Yianna, the school secretary, and I got on from the word go....

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Posted by Daniel V on March 18, 2005 06:25 PM
Category: connections with Kastoria, 1992

March 17, 2005

Kastoria: blessings and bestowing knowledge

The following morning I woke up to the sound of Byzantine hymns lolling through the streets of Kastoria....

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Posted by Daniel V on March 17, 2005 01:58 PM
Category: connections with Kastoria, 1992

March 11, 2005

Kastoria: arrival, meeting with Athina and Jim

The church in Gavrion where I saw the fireworks and was in the congregation of for one service at Easter...

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Posted by Daniel V on March 11, 2005 05:59 PM
Category: connections with Kastoria, 1992

March 09, 2005

Easter on Andros

As I walked back up the road in the hills behind Gavrion, I could see Gavrion's main church. The Easter...

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Posted by Daniel V on March 9, 2005 12:07 PM
Category: Andros, 1989

March 05, 2005

Erratum

for Spring 1989 in Playing the Piano in Batsi, please read Spring 1990. (and anywhere else were spring is mentioned)...

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Posted by Daniel V on March 5, 2005 03:26 PM
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A brief word about Greek music

What the world knows today as Greek music usually has a bouzouki or two, and it is therefore difficult to...

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Posted by Daniel V on March 5, 2005 02:10 PM
Category: Thessaloniki

Playing the Piano in Batsi, pt.3

The evening we selected for my 'premiere' was Easter Sunday....

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Posted by Daniel V on March 5, 2005 01:36 PM
Category: Andros, 1989

March 04, 2005

Playing the Piano in Batsi, pt.2

Sandy told me that what Nikos and Ada had said about the piano was true. It was lying idle with...

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Posted by Daniel V on March 4, 2005 07:06 PM
Category: Andros, 1989

March 02, 2005

Playing the piano in Batsi pt. One

It all started when I dropped in on Sandy....

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Posted by Daniel V on March 2, 2005 11:19 AM
Category: Andros, 1989

Batsi, Kuta Beach and Brighton: a tripper's comparison

I use the word tripper freely here. When I was in my late teens, I visited Kuta beach in...

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Posted by Daniel V on March 2, 2005 10:37 AM
Category: Andros facts and personal opinion
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