We arrived at the tiny port town of Linaria in Skiros and no luck in finding rooms. Somehow we ended up on the outskirts of the equally tiny town of Skiros sleeping outside in cots in a grape arbour. I have been to camp in Vermont so this was going to be another adventure. AsContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : July 29, 1970: Sleeping in a Grape Arbour on the Outskirts of Skiros: Watch For Scorpions! I Love Goat Stew!”
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“Travels to A Different Time” : July 1970 Squabbles in Iraklion, Crete and Robert to the Rescue
July 25, 1970: Up early at 7:30 today. Mom hand washed some of our clothes and we went down for breakfast at the pension we were saying at owned by Ismini Georgiadis. Bread and honey with scrambled eggs. Mom had a little squabble with Ismini over a cup of coffee. When we arrived at herContinue reading ““Travels to A Different Time” : July 1970 Squabbles in Iraklion, Crete and Robert to the Rescue”
“Travels to a Different Time” : July 1970: On the Island of Crete at St. Nicolas: Bad Experience With Surly and Rude Cretans; Greece on $5.00 a Day!
We had a rough 6-hour trip on the ship called Evagelsteriga. However we were going with the waves as opposed to crashing against them. When we arrived at St. Nicolas, we found a C class motel called Dulac which is quite accurate as we are facing a saltwater lagoon. Our hotel is newly constructed andContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : July 1970: On the Island of Crete at St. Nicolas: Bad Experience With Surly and Rude Cretans; Greece on $5.00 a Day!”
“Travels to a Different Time” :July 1970: The Wedding at Menetis, The Gross Hacking Cough and Goat Stew!
We returned from Orthos and found a hotel room in Pigadia. While we were in Orthos we received an invitation to a wedding being held in nearby Menetis a very famous church in Karpathos. We took the bus there and the wedding was at a church sitting on top of a mountain. The groom marchedContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” :July 1970: The Wedding at Menetis, The Gross Hacking Cough and Goat Stew!”
Travels to a Different Time :July 1970: Our Trip to Orthos : Otherworldly and Conservative
We took the bus to Dino and Poppy’s town Orthos. We waited a couple of hours in a café before Poppy came to pick us up. As soon as we arrived at her house Dino, Mom and I took the bus to a beach called Finiki. We had an early supper then went to bedContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time :July 1970: Our Trip to Orthos : Otherworldly and Conservative”
RKS Wine: Is It Time to Escape Italian Pinot Grigio?
The immensely popular Pinot Grigio Santa Margherita from Italy is a huge seller at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. I seem to face walls of it. I have no idea why it is so popular and at $20.95 given its poor overcropped and dilute quality I just shake my head and say it isContinue reading “RKS Wine: Is It Time to Escape Italian Pinot Grigio?”
Extortion and Robbery on My Hospital Visit
Off today for a 6. A.M appointment for an MRIsmall consolation at least there was no radioactive dyestrapped in like a self harmer at a psychiatric institutea cruel bar on my chin made me mutethis procedure can be a real brutemy parking ticket says thanks for supporting research dreamt up in the hospital marketing departmentContinue reading “Extortion and Robbery on My Hospital Visit“
Travels to a Different Time: July 1970: In Pigadia on Karpathos: The Incredible Friendliness of the Greeks! Getting Invited to Our First Party! Anti-Greek Riot in Toronto
As a 12-year-old my travels have been in the New England States and in Canada. I will say the Greek people are incredibly friendly. Why is this? In many of the smaller cities and towns there are so few tourists I think we are a novelty and Greeks are very proud that we have comeContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: July 1970: In Pigadia on Karpathos: The Incredible Friendliness of the Greeks! Getting Invited to Our First Party! Anti-Greek Riot in Toronto”
Travels to a Different Time: June 1970: The Right Boat Wrong Stop: Putt Putting Along the Coast With Jumping Dolphins (will the Greek adventures ever end?)
We took the ship from Rhodes to the island of Karpathos. We disembarked at what we thought was our destination. We met a couple of Brits named Flick and Bruce kind of hippie types who were travelling with very uncool people like us on deck class. We found rooms at a hotel called the DiafaniContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: June 1970: The Right Boat Wrong Stop: Putt Putting Along the Coast With Jumping Dolphins (will the Greek adventures ever end?)”
Clearing a Pee Path
No I am not mistakenly referring to the rock n roll song “Shaking All Over”but after 60 cms of snow with drifts so big I have to wade waste deep out my front doorits shovel more more morepoor doggie Dylan’s back door and occasional pee path is blocked by a huge driftboth he and IContinue reading “Clearing a Pee Path”
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