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Talos, the mythical bronze robot of Crete

When you are born Greek there is one thing most certain to happen to you. You will be immersed in history either you like it or not. Happily I’m the latter. So when it comes to school curriculum you cannot get away from almost 5000 yr old history condensed in... Continue reading

May

Helen Palios

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Crete Dreaming

For many years I’ve lived elsewhere, away from Crete and Greece. When I’m gone for a long time from my island I begin to feel homesick and nostalgic. It can be so strong a feeling that I begin to dream of my homeland and I find myself heavyhearted when I... Continue reading

May

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The Venetian watermill of Stilos

I stumbled on this watermill quite by accident 5 years ago as I was looking for an abandoned house close by and to this day it has been my prized serendipity. The enclosed building has five arches on its... Continue reading

May

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It’s on the house – Kerasma

Kerasma κέρασμα in Greek means “on the house” or “this treat is on me”. Eating in Crete is a vocation. When you know where to go and find the hidden gems across the island where divine food is cooked by passionate people who believe in their produce, most likely from... Continue reading

April

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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

Talos, the mythical bronze robot of Crete

Crete Dreaming

The Venetian watermill of Stilos

It’s on the house – Kerasma

The year of Erotokritos

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