Ferries to strike next month ... Silly season returns ...Well it is the peak of the summer season.The PNO (Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation) has annouunced a 24 – hour strike on Monday September 3rd. All Ships and Ferries ... read more
Posted on 13 August 2018 | 3:05 pm
The Human Bungee I'm sure we've all had occasion to make use of the old 'spider' bungee, if only on a bicycle, right?Image courtesy of http://boxertiedown.com/I well remember getting smacked in the face by just s... read more
Posted on 11 August 2018 | 11:28 pm
Eastern Crete – A Notebook One of my favourite travel writers, Richard Clark has a new book out focusing on my favourite region of Crete. Well, I live there so I cheerfully admit my bias. Richard has a knack of taking you... read more
Posted on 2 July 2018 | 11:29 am
Crete Nature Almanack 2018 – Summer Summer is here, the temperatures are regularly over 30C (86F) and sometimes over 40C (104F), so there is only one place to be; the sea. The shallow waters are teeming with fish like these (Yellowtail ... read more
Posted on 20 June 2018 | 10:58 am
Blogs and Book Reviews Murder Mystery At some point, readers become so used to seeing your blog, that they hardly notice it anymore. Usually an advert straight from the pages of Amazon, Goodreads, or some other, for a ... read more
Posted on 5 June 2018 | 12:33 pm
Greek Island Lifestyle -- Curated content Despite my best intentions I have not been able to post regularly to this blog. But I frequently see other articles and photos that I think will be interesting to my readers. Here they are... read more
Posted on 28 December 2016 | 7:00 am
Undiscovered Rhodes: 10 places to visit away from the crowds The island of Rhodes has lots of well known tourist spots but there's also a lot that's undiscovered by the main summer tourist crowds. Away from the main resorts there's a very different island to be... read more
Posted on 14 September 2016 | 6:21 am
Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens- Chiang Mai While in Chiang Mai, we decided we wanted to check out the Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens. These gardens were the first international standard botanical...The post Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens- Ch... read more
Posted on 18 December 2015 | 6:28 pm
Chopper Reed CHOPPER READ When an old friend from my music journalism days asked to meet for a meal a couple of years back, I was more than happy to oblige. He happened to be visiting Sydney from Melbourne with no... read more
Posted on 1 April 2015 | 8:40 pm
I'm moving! New URL for my blog!!! Dearest blog friends and readers...I'm moving this blog to a new URL address.I welcome you with all my heart to:www.aswedeingreece.com !!!All blog posts from here are there now. I have written some la... read more
Posted on 23 January 2014 | 9:13 am
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