“Lost on Kythera” is a comedic spoof not afraid to jab here and there. It carries on a spoofing and satirical streak like Greek cinema of the 1960’s and 1970’s and at times verges on slapstick. Louie (Louie Betton) and Maria (Nancy Boukli) both university students are twenty months into a romantic relationship and haveContinue reading “The 4th Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Lost on Kythera””
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The 4th Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Murderess” (Fonissa)
One of the very special films showing at the upcoming 4th Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada) (GIFFT) showing in 11 Canadian cities 1-31October2024, Fonissa, had the highest box office sales in Greece for 2023. It is based on an Alexandros Papadiamantis novel of the same name published in 1912. Set in a small villageContinue reading “The 4th Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Murderess” (Fonissa)”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 25July1971: Crete, Greece: Beef in a Pancake!
Dearest Barbara: Both Robert and I do not like Crete. We find Cretans surly and grasping not at all like the other islands. So we will take the first boat out of here in three days. It is terribly humid here. We went to a beach some twenty minutes from the pension we are stayingContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 25July1971: Crete, Greece: Beef in a Pancake!”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 22June1971: Rhodos, Greece: Such Kind and Pleasant People: Two Can Live For $5 a Day!
Dear Barbara: Rhodes is a heavenly place. It is so clean, the Greeks so kind and pleasant. The fruits and vegetables are lovely. The tomatoes and cucumbers are something else. We have a few melons and oranges in our room. On Monday we are going to the island of Symi for a week stay. ItContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 22June1971: Rhodos, Greece: Such Kind and Pleasant People: Two Can Live For $5 a Day!”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 9July1971: Rhodes, Greece: Being in Greece is Like Being in Another World and I Love It!
Dear Andy: We returned from Symi yesterday and tomorrow we leave for Karpathos which is seven hours by ship. I am sitting in a restaurant at the market square waiting for Robert. It is very hot here and thank goodness for a continual breeze. The market is full of fruit and Robert can eat hisContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 9July1971: Rhodes, Greece: Being in Greece is Like Being in Another World and I Love It!”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 28June1971: Panormitis, Symi, Greece: Staying with The Pilgrims in a Monastery: Father Gabriel’s Miracle
Dear Barbara: You and your roommates would go out of your head as Rhodes is bursting with sailors. I could have a million (at least). We met Harry and Shorty two sailors and on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Roosevelt we received a private tour and saw a side of the ship the regular visiting publicContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 28June1971: Panormitis, Symi, Greece: Staying with The Pilgrims in a Monastery: Father Gabriel’s Miracle”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 17July1971: Othos, Karpathos, Greece: The Most Beautiful Greek Island Yet!
Dear Mother: We have been on Karpathos for 9 days and in three more we sail for Crete. This island is the most beautiful Greek island yet. We met a Greek girl in town who invited us to a real Greek party. We went there and met a charming Greek couple my age. They askedContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 17July1971: Othos, Karpathos, Greece: The Most Beautiful Greek Island Yet!”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23July1971: St. Nicholas, Crete, Greece: Greeks Fastidiously Clean
Dear Andrew: The first thing we did when we arrived was to check the post office but there was no mail from you or Barbara. I went this morning to check again but no mail. I sure hope we hear from you before we leave here. Next stop will be Iraklion up the island. RobContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23July1971: St. Nicholas, Crete, Greece: Greeks Fastidiously Clean”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23June1971: Rhodos, Greece: The Runny Nosed Baker
Dear Andy: We are staying at the Pearl Hotel in Rhodes. Newly opened with a big balcony and $4 a night. Add on another $5 a day for food we are living like royalty for under $10 a day. It is very hot here but almost always a cooling breeze. It is cool in theContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23June1971: Rhodos, Greece: The Runny Nosed Baker”
: Travels of My Mother: 23July1971: St. Nicholas, Crete, Greece: Surly and Grasping Cretans
Dear Mother: I am sitting in an open-air café trying goat’s milk for the first and last time. It must be 90 degrees but there is a lovely breeze blowing. We arrived on the island of Crete at 3:30 p.m. yesterday after 7 hours on deck on a very rough ocean. Both Robert and IContinue reading “: Travels of My Mother: 23July1971: St. Nicholas, Crete, Greece: Surly and Grasping Cretans”
