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April 08, 2006

Some more Kastoria memories, pt.3

Despina pointed at the Parapende, which we happened to be passing. I was in the middle of telling Despina...

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March 22, 2006

Questions people might ask

In one of my TEFL teaching books (Inside Out Intermediate by Sue Kay and Vaughan Jones) are some questions students...

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February 20, 2006

More Kastoria memories, pt. two

Parent's Day....

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Some more Kastoria memories, pt. one

Spring, and Kastoria became sensual and voulptuous, its narrow streets full of a greedy balm that stirred your senses,...

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April 14, 2005

How not to make a video/film drama while in Kastoria

Here is a list of things not to do....

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April 08, 2005

A film; new friends, setting off for Prespa

The winter moved on; the lake froze over, and people lurked at the edge of the lakeside road, putting their...

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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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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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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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March 18, 2005

Kastoria

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

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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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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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February 22, 2005

Christmas at Alekos and Vasso's

I hired a motorbike from George, known also as Rentarek because of the quality of his motorbikes. Apart from being...

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