Archive for October, 2011

Spinalonga – Crete’s tragic leper island, and more of Joanna Lumley!

I don’t know who was doing the research for Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey, but in spite of the sometimes baffling choice of things for her to be amazed at/cry over/laugh at/drink or eat, there were some pure gold nuggets on Thursday. The island of Spinalonga lies off the North-Eastern coast of Crete, just along from the…

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Pavlopetri – City beneath the waves.

 It must be Greek season on UK television – and we do need some good press, so we are very grateful; the BBC  just aired  its documentary about the Pavlopetri excavations currently taking place in the shallow water off the southern-most tip of Greece -For those who missed it, here is the link:  Pavlopetri The oldest…

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Losing your heart in Antiparos.

Our guest blogger is  Kate Monro, author of the wonderful “The First Time,”  which is a collection of tales about losing one’s virginity. This  blog is about losing one’s heart though. Quite different. POSTCARD FROM ANTIPAROS – KATE MONRO ‘There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you have…

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Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey

“You are probably like me and know something or nothing about Greece” is how Joanna Lumley’s new TV series kicks off – so true, yes, but which is it Joanna? Something  or nothing? After that though, it got going and was tremendous fun. I never knew that there is a village in Evia where there are still 40 old villagers…

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