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“Travels to a Different Time” : August 1970 More Skiros: No More Mackerel Sandwiches Please!

August 1, 1970: Up at 8 a.m. to take the bus to a new beach. On the way to the bus stop we bought some canned mackerel and sardines and bread. We were on the bus at 9 and at the beach at 10 and we had to walk through a forested area of pineContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : August 1970 More Skiros: No More Mackerel Sandwiches Please!”

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!”

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”

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!”

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!”

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”

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”

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?)”

Panormitis is a small town on the island of Symi two hours by boat from Rhodes. There is a church there and I think it was a former monastery. We met Father Gabriel upon our arrival and asked for his permission to stay in the old monastery which is a wing with several very simpleContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: June 1970: Panormitis, the Incredible Story of Father Gabriel Surviving a Torpedo Attack and an Invitation for Dessert on a Belgian Yacht”

Dear Andrew: Robert and I have a morning swim each day around 9:30. today We have had our breakfast of orange juice and freshly baked buns from the runny nosed baker down the street from our hotel. They eat loads of bread here with every meal. We were invited on a U.S. aircraft carrier theContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: June 24, 1970, Letter From Rhodes from Margaret Mary Stephen to Son Andrew Stephen (travelling deck class with the hippies and eating Chelsea buns aboard the USS Roosevelt)”