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Month: April 2019

April
15
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The Concubine’s well

Allow me tell you a story of a girl named Aynur (which means bright moon). She was a Turkish concubine who was hiding in a cave by a water well in Akrotiri, an area that looks over the gorgeous bay of Chania. Her story is fascinating even if it might... Continue reading
April
14
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The year of Erotokritos

Crete cannot be without Erotokritos and Erotokritos cannot be without Crete. He is the protagonist of a love story imagined and turned into a book with over ten thousand, fifteen syllable rhymed verses by a Cretan poet and story teller named Vincenzo Cornaros. Cornaros was a man of Venetian origins... Continue reading
April
11
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The Journey begins

I began my journey to understand my land and the more I looked out of the big towns and known paths what I found was resilience. Time never stays still but most certainly doesn’t obey man’s made calendar either. What I found was a source of energy available only to... Continue reading

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