Archive for: October, 2013

 

Hang Ten Crete!

 •  October 17

One would think that Crete is a paradisiacal home where surfers abound. Alas, that wasn’t exactly the case. It seemed to be that surfing was an...

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Glorious Crete

 •  October 15

Collective memory is a concept that a tour guide in Acrotiri introduced us to as she opined the existence of Atlantis on Santorini. Atlantis first...

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Caves of Matala

 •  October 14

Our house in Crete is in a small town named Pitsidia outside of the town Matala which has been our hang out for the past few days. Inside the bay of...

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ponies

 •  October 13

Ponies are beautiful. Ponies let people ride on them. There is a pony living next to our pool. The pony is black. The pony is a baby.

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Things That Peeppoll Mis From Mersers Iland

 •  October 12

We tocked aboat this at dinner and everiybody sed that besides family, friends and pets this is what thay misst the most from mersers iland: Dad:...

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Hello / Goodbye Athens

 •  October 11

We thought four days was plenty of time for Athens…every other time I have been to Athens, I have only spent one or two days, so 4 days seemed...

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A Lesson in Governmental Gardening

 •  October 10

By 700BC Athens evolved from a monarchy to an aristocracy. Although the land owning nobles were pleased with their newly found power, envy and...

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Parthenon Solitude: had it to ourselves for a brief moment!!

 •  October 9

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The Pretentious Parthenon

 •  October 9

Why should I care about a two-thousand-four-hundred-and-forty-six-year-old pile of rubble in the first place? The crumbly columns and faded facade...

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Book Club Continues

 •  October 9

Finishing the Art of Happiness, we have now moved into a more somber and gloomy topic: the Holocaust. The book we were to read was Night by Elie...

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