Tag: Athens
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8 – 16 May 2026
Catching up. Spring is a good time to go to Greece because all the wildflowers are out. The glossy blood-red poppies, chamomile daisies, lantana and rock roses, small purple scabious, tall wild mallow. They’re all over the archaeological sites and knee deep under the silver-green olive trees. The ice saints are in the news at…
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5 – 11 October 2024
We make plans to meet: N: “Welcome! It’s raining, do you have anything to do with that?”S: “Also, it’s drizzling here…”D: “Haha it’s raining here as well!” We meet for lunch in a restaurant with a covered terrace and listen to the rain pound the metal roof overhead. D says it hasn’t rained here in…
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Week 19: 16 – 21 May 2022
Monday All the usuals, and a bit more rain. Band practise in the evening. They’ve reintroduced the tea break! Apparently that’s how things were done before covid. Everyone jokes about getting a card reader; who has 50p in their pocket these days? Everyone owes the kitty. Tuesday Advance notice of intermittent internet. Head to the…
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