Category Greece
What Have The Greeks Ever Done For Us?
As the noose tightens around the neck of Greece and their smashing country folk feel devastated, abandoned, isolated and forlorn, I wonder if anybody has thought of the debt that the world owes this wonderful country? Democracy, Mathematics, Literature, Medicine, Art, Architecture, Theatre, Music, Sculpture, Science, Agriculture & The Olympics to name a few, were […]
Meteora
Meteora literally means ‘Suspended In The Air’ in Greek and is the name given to the area high up on a rocky outcrop above the town of Kalambaka in Thessaly in Northern Greece. The UNESCO World Heritage site is home to six monasteries (twenty were built originally), perched seemingly precariously on the rocks. The monasteries […]
Sun, Sea & Sand
It has been a beautiful day today in South East England and thoughts are turning to summer. Here is a picture taken near Vonitsa in mainland Greece in July 2013 to whet the appetite.
