To provide further context and respond to a few requests, I will share two photographs of the signs near this impressive new dam. These signs offer valuable information about the dam, its purpose, and other relevant details.These signs of the dam, with their detailed inscriptions, serve as informative guides, offering insights into the dam’s construction,…
At this time of year, the second half of November, all who own olive orchards start to think of the Olive Harvesting to come and the olives to be pressed into beautiful oil. We have thirty two olive trees and last year there were plenty of olives to be harvested. We chose the easy way,…
What Passing Bells On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we shall remember them. It was at precisely eleven am on the eleventh of November in 1918 that the armistice was signed and the war to end all wars was finally over. Then in 1939, a bigger war that had…
Ray Re: Souda Bay War Cemetery As I was reading your sad experience from Souda Cemetery it reminded me of a story told to me by a British soldier who fought in the Battle of Crete. His name is George Hamlet, I say is, because, George thankfully is still with us. George was captured by…
The Rains Have Come Well, the rains have now come to northern Crete certainly. Although there were some hailstones falling in Iraklion, here in northwest Crete we have had just the Gentle Raindrops that always come every autumn. I love it when the rain comes. The earth that summer baked hard is now soft and…
I spent most of the afternoon at the Souda Bay War Cemetery today. There are times when I am drawn to this place, not for any particular reason, but to sit and gaze across the rows upon rows of graves, all meticulously arranged, towards the sea of Souda. Although I was born in 1946 after…
What is the Crete Messara Plain and Why is it so Special? The Messara Plain is a picturesque landscape on the Greek island of Crete. It is known for its stunning natural beauty and its unique combination of high mountains, rolling hills, and wide open plains. The area is home to a variety of wildlife,…
My wife decided, as she often does, that we should go to Preveli Bay. It has a good beach and palm trees, we had heard. I had also heard that there was a road that now went close to Preveli which started right by the taverna beside the pond and the beautiful old Venetian bridge…
I fell in love with Greece the first time I visited the country in Athens 1974. I can’t say it was love at first sight as our arrival on Greek soil was a very scary experience. . . . My family and I had been living in Kenya since 1969. My husband was a fuel…
After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the foundation of the new Greek Kingdoms, mostly in the east, the island of Crete rose in importance. Hellenistic Greece was a real bed of influence and threat as well as downright attacks on each other, kingdom versus kingdom, and state against state. The…
