Steve is the original lonely guy of Samos. Alexandra and I encountered Steve at the establishment we were having coffee at. Steve has retired from Germany and moved to Samos. Steve is in his mid seventies and every day he takes the bus from Pythagorio to Vathi and sits at the same table in theContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : August 2006: Steve the Original Lonely Guy of Samos!”
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“Travels to a Different Time” : 4August2006: Amsterdam/Samos: The Spectacle of a Thorough Search!
Up at the absurd hour of 04:00 for a shower in a groggy fog. No breakfast and hopped in a taxi to the airport delayed by bridge construction sending the meter on its happy way with the result a staggering 80 Euro taxi fare to Schiphol. Happy my booking on Martinair to Samos was successful.Continue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 4August2006: Amsterdam/Samos: The Spectacle of a Thorough Search!”
RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner and The Iranian Drones: Operation Payback
I received yet another Skype call from the Penniless Pensioner currently residing in Tirana Albania at 4 a.m. Toronto time. The poor fellow was distraught as Lola Freiberg aka the Tirana Tigress had been arrested by the Albanian Interior Ministry police and was in the notorious Tirana Prison for Hardened Criminals. What the charges wereContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner and The Iranian Drones: Operation Payback”
RKS Wine: A Glass of Freakshow with “Nightmare Alley”?
Does being politically correct make you nauseous? Being averse to dig into this subject let me give you an example. I was waiting to board an Air Canada flight in Athens headed for Toronto on September 20th. I talked to a father and daughter from Ohio who lived a couple of hours south of ClevelandContinue reading “RKS Wine: A Glass of Freakshow with “Nightmare Alley”?”
“Travels to a Different Time” : 2August2006: Amsterdam After 30 Years: Pig Slop on Air Transat
Finished packing in the midst of terrible heat and humidity that has been blanketing Toronto. Basically, all you had to do was move and you’d be soaked. Off to Toronto Pearson Airport rewarded with being crammed in an Air Transat plane where my body type and seat configuration clashed. My old trick of ordering aContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 2August2006: Amsterdam After 30 Years: Pig Slop on Air Transat”
RKS Wine: The Greatest Wine Since Sliced Bread? How Do We Deal with an Argentinian Monster?
After I review a wine, I may look what other reviewers have to say about it. Some critics I take seriously and others not so and then there is Luca Maroni who often scores wines in the 90’s when they deserve to be in the 80’s. What would you deduce from insanely high ratings? ForContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Greatest Wine Since Sliced Bread? How Do We Deal with an Argentinian Monster?”
“Travels to a Different Time” : 12August2004: Around Charlevoix in Quebec: Isle au Coudres
Started my birthday with, can you believe it, a trip to McDonalds to pick up some Egg McMuffins and orange juice with free lobby coffee on the way back to the room. The lobby coffee was mediocre but easier than making in room coffee. Actually I have always enjoyed picking up breakfast as you getContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 12August2004: Around Charlevoix in Quebec: Isle au Coudres”
RKS Film: “Eleftheromania”: Greek Prisoners in Auschwitz Face Moral Dilemma
A well acclaimed short film “Eleftheromania” is based on 4 years of research by Gregory C. Pappas through firsthand evidence and research of the Auschwitz archives. Greece was occupied by the Germans in the Second World War and the Greek population suffered atrocities when their resistance fought the Germans. Villages were decimated by mass executions.Continue reading “RKS Film: “Eleftheromania”: Greek Prisoners in Auschwitz Face Moral Dilemma”
“Travels to a Different Time”: 11August2004: Around Charlevoix Along Marine Shore Park Road
Instead of heading East on Shore Road it was heading west on Marine Park Road. A 95-kilometre drive to Tadoussac. Many small towns were passed through. No art galleries to speak of. Of note was Port au Persil a small outpost off Route 138. A steep road leads down to the town with a spectacularContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time”: 11August2004: Around Charlevoix Along Marine Shore Park Road”
RKS Films: “True Things”: A Cad Leading a Lamb to the Slaughter
“True Things” is a BritGrit film about an obsession or perhaps the extreme desperation of a woman seeking a relationship encompassing both sex and love. It is also a study of a cad and a lout exploiting that obsession and desperation. Kate Perkin is a thirty something clerk processing claims of some sort in aContinue reading “RKS Films: “True Things”: A Cad Leading a Lamb to the Slaughter”
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