I finally had a professional haircut.  Now you can see why I got sunburnt ears. Our friendly hairdresser, and cousin, came to my sister-in...

In more 'advanced' countries one shops online.  Here we 'shop'  at the cafeteria with a cup of coffee, pleasant company, h...

This summer two of my grandaughters learned to scuba dive, that is to dive with air bottles and breathing apparatus. The two eldest went win...

The grapes have been gathered and pressed.  The juice is in the barrels.  Kala krasia - good wine This is our elderly neighbour's vineya...

Holidays in the covid era.  A week at a Navy resort, all sanitised and subsidised. Having been to this Navy hideaway a few times over the ye...

Tourist spiel ...written for a retirement blog Not sure when I wrote it. Over 5 years ago. Another hot day on a greek island.  Another day ...

  An important day in Greece.   In the Orthodox, and other churches, it is the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.  This is a day of fasting but w...