tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77658755545662999872024-03-19T22:03:37.408+02:00Greece in picturestravels with family all around Greecetzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-11665419874624561152016-09-07T01:08:00.000+03:002016-09-07T01:08:26.335+03:00Αγκίστρι - Angistri island<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The small island of Kyra at the west of Agistri island</td></tr>
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tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-3902247891967790502014-06-08T22:27:00.002+03:002014-06-08T22:33:40.995+03:00Fourni Corseon - Thymaena / Φούρνοι Κορσεών - Θύμαινα<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Οι Φούρνοι Κορσεών ειναι ενα νησί, μισή ώρα απο την Ικαρία, με πολλές μικρότερες νησίδες γύρω, με παράξενο σχήμα, δες τον χάρτη να καταλάβεις τι σχήμα έχουν οι Φούρνοι, βουτηγμένοι μέσα στο μπλε του Αιγαίου. Πουθενά αλλού δεν ένιωσα μέρος τόσο βουτηγμένο στη θάλασσα.<br />
Απέναντι, το νησί Θύμαινα φράζει τη δυτική πλευρά των Φούρνων σαν σύντροφος, σαν παντοτινός φύλακας.<br />
Ανάμεσα υπάρχει το ακατοίκητο νησάκι Κισσηρία.<br />
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[ <span style="font-size: x-small;">Η φωτογραφία ειναι τραβηγμένη</span> Google maps location <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/q0jJD" target="_blank">εδω </a>]<br />
Πήραν το όνομά τους λόγω του σχήματος οταν κοιτάξεις απο μακριά απο τη θάλασσα, ενα σχήμα κάπως σαν παλιός παραδοσιακός φούρνος. Και επειδή ήταν λημέρι κουρσάρων τα παλιά τα χρόνια, λέγεται "Οι φούρνοι των Κουρσάρων" ( των Κορσεών ).<br />
Εχει λίγους κατοίκους και πολλές παραλίες, συχνά πιο εύκολα προσιτές δια θαλάσσης παρά απο ξηρά. Δεν μπορώ να φανταστώ στους Φούρνους λέξεις όπως μόλυνση, θόρυβος, άγχος.<br />
Υποδομές σε δωμάτια υπάρχουν, σε τιμές Ιουλίου αρκετά καλές εως φτηνές, λίγα μαγαζιά για καφέ και για φαγητό, και ηρεμία, απέραντη ηρεμία.<br />
Oι θάλασσες εκεί ειναι τέλειες και έχουν πολύ ψάρι.<br />
Μερικές φωτογραφίες μπορούν ελπίζω να δώσουν μια εικόνα του πώς ειναι εκεί, σε μιά εσχατιά της Ελλάδας μας.<br />
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Fourni Corseon is an island, half an hour from Ikaria island, with many smaller islets around, with a strange shape -see the map- and they're deep in the Aegean sea blue.<br />
Nowhere else I have felt such a sense like being deep in the blue sea.<br />
Opposite resides the Thymaena island to the west like a friendly guardian.<br />
Between the two islans there is the small uninhabited island of Kissiria. <br />
The name "<b>Fourni Corseon</b>" comes out from the shape of the island. If you look at it from the sea, it looks like old traditional ovens ( fournos = oven ) and it was a hideout for pirates in the past centuries. [ Pirate = Coursaros = Corseos ]<br />
It has not many inhabitants and many beaches, however they are reachable by sea better than by land. You get to walk to reach many of the beaches.<br />
I can't imagine words like pollution, noise or anguish in Fourni.<br />
There are enough rooms for rent, prices were reasonable if not low.<br />
A few cafes and fish taverns offer food and coffee, drinks. A calm place.<br />
The seas are perfect and there is a lot of nice fish.<br />
I hope that some pictures can show how the place looks like, at an edge of our Greece.<br />
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Ο κόλπος "Αη-Νικολάκι" στη Θύμαινα<br />
"Ai Nikolaki" bay</div>
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<small> The wonderful sunset of the Aegean Sea where you see the sun diving into the sea slowly before its light comes out. Magic !</small></div>
tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-19117358623078623092011-09-11T12:50:00.004+03:002011-09-11T12:50:54.042+03:00Photographing Ikaria island/Φωτογραφίζοντας την Ικαρία<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Photographing Ikaria island was a very interesting experience, the every day challenge was to discover the light, the shades and colors around and catch them in the camera in a vain try to keep the moment forever.<br />
Φωτογραφίζοντας την Ικαρία, είχα μία ενδιαφέρουσα εμπειρία, μια καθημερινή πρόκληση να ανακαλύψω το φώς, τις σκιες και τα χρώματα γύρω και να τα πιάσω με την κάμερα, σε μιά μάταιη προσπάθεια να κρατήσω τις στιγμές για πάντα.<br />
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Η Ικαριώτικη ακτογραμμή συνήθως ειναι βραχώδης και μεγάλοι βράχοι συναντούν το μπλέ της θάλασσας σε μια συνάντηση έντονη αλλα αισθησιακή.<br />
The Ikarian coastline is usually rocky and big rocks meet the sea blue that seems to me strong and so sensual.<br />
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Η παραλία Ιερό κοντά στο αεροδρόμιο και τον Φάρο είναι πανέμορφη.<br />
The Iero beach near the airport and Faros is very beautiful.<br />
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I have travelled to many other places in Greece, but travelling Ikaria was very exciting.<br />
Εχω ταξιδέψει κι αλλού σε πολλά μέρη στην Ελλάδα, μα της Ικαρίας το ταξίδεμα ηταν συναρπαστικό.<br />
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<b> Aghios Kirikos</b> is the other harbor of the island at the south. The other one is <b>Evdilos</b> at north.<br />
O Αγιος Κήρυκος ειναι το άλλο λιμάνι της Ικαρίας, στα νότια. Στα βόρεια ειναι η Εύδηλος.<br />
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And last, one picture of a food speciality of Ikaria. It's called "Soufiko" and it's very nice. Potatoes, eggplants, peppers, zucchini, in olive oil. And some lemon, I think.<br />
Και τέλος μια σπεσιαλιτέ της Ικαρίας, το Σουφικό, με μελιτζάνες, κολοκύθια, πατάτες και πιπεριές, με λάδι ελιάς. Και λεμόνι, νομίζω.<br />
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I don't know if I will post any new posts about Ikaria island in the future, I hope that those two posts are enough to help the reader have a good image about Ikaria island. It is now one of my top destinations and I;m looking forward to visit it again.<br />
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Δεν εχω ιδέα αν θα βάλω κι άλλη ανάρτηση για την Ικαρία, ελπίζω οτι αυτές οι δυο αναρτήσεις ειναι αρκετές για να καταλάβεις πώς περίπου είναι η Ικαρία. Ειναι για μενα πλεον, ενας απο τους κορυφαίους μου προορισμούς.<br />
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Next post : Fournoi Corseon and Thymaena islands tour</div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Ikaria island resides at the North-East Aegean sea, south of Chios, west of Samos, northwest of Fourni Corseon</span>.<br />
Η Ικαρία βρίσκεται στο Βορειο Ανατολικό Αιγαίο, νότια της Χίου, δυτικά της Σάμου και βορειοδυτικά των Φούρνων Κορσεών.<br />
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It's an island that somehow made a mythic cloud inside me, a mysterious unknown, as stories from people who had visited it, came to me surrounded by a sense of mystery and adventure.</div>
Ειναι ενα νησί που κάπως το περιέβαλλε ο μύθος μέσα μου, το μυστηριώδες άγνωστο, καθώς οι ιστορίες που άκουγα απο άλλους περιβάλλονταν απο ενα πέπλο μυστηρίου και περιπέτειας.<br />
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The boat from Piraeus is sailing all night long to reach <b>Evdilos </b>harbor <span style="font-size: x-small;">( marked with an A on the above map)</span> around 4:35' am. The first thing I wanted was a good greek coffee and some <u>loukoumades </u>( ball donuts with honey and cinammon ).</div>
Το πλοίο απο Πειραιά ταξίδευε όλη νύχτα για να φτάσει στην Εύδηλο κατα τις 4.35' το πρωί. Το πρώτο ικαριώτικο πράγμα που δοκίμασα ηταν καφές ελληνικός και λουκουμάδες :)<br />
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The first light came up in the sky around 5.15' am and it was magic, as well as the sunrise,about an hour later.</div>
Το πρώτο φως της μέρας φάνηκε στον ορίζοντα γύρω στις 5.15' και ήταν μαγικό, όπως και η ανατολή του ήλιου καμμια ωρα μετά.<br />
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Holidays in Ikaria includes good food, nice people, beautiful villages, fishing, traditional folklor festivals and sun and sea. Also some hiking if you want to visit nice places including ancient greek ruins and wild gorges, impressive places where mother nature just shows you how little you are.</div>
Στην Ικαρία έχεις καλό φαγητό, ψάρεμα, καλούς ανθρώπους, όμορφα χωριά, παραδοσιακά πανηγύρια,ήλιο και θάλασσα. Ακόμα μπορείς να περπατήσεις αν θες να δεις κάποια μέρη όπως αρχαία ερείπια και άγρια φαράγγια, εντυπωσιακά μέρη όπου η μητέρα Φύση σε κάνει να νιώθεις πόσο μικρός εισαι μπροστά της.<br />
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The island of Ikaria has only a few sandy beaches, most of them at the northern part between <b>Gialiskari</b> and <b>Armenistis </b>where you can also park your car close to the beach and walk a few meters to the beach.</div>
Η Ικαρία έχει λίγες αμμουδερές παραλίες, οι περισσότερες στο βόρειο κομμάτι μεταξύ Αρμενιστή και Γιαλισκαρίου, που ειναι και πιο εύκολα προσβάσιμες, κοντά στο δρόμο.<br />
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The above photo is taken at Livadi beach close to Armenistis and next photo from Messakti beach, east of Livadi. Some beach bars offer coffee and drinks. The umbrellas are not free, they cost 5 euros for one umbrella and two seats, then if you want one more seat you have to pay 2 more euros.</div>
Η επάνω φωτογραφία ειναι απο το Λιβάδι, κοντά στον Αρμενιστή. Η επόμενη ειναι απο την Μεσσακτή, 2 λεπτά δρόμο ανατολικά απο το Λιβάδι.<br />
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Next photos are taken at <b>Nas beach</b>, a famous place with the ruins of an ancient Temple dedicated to goddess Artemis. That place was a fjiord used as a harbor many centuries ago ! I couldn't believe it but it's true.</div>
Αυτες εδω οι φωτογραφίες ειναι απο την διάσημη παραλία του Νά με τα ερείπια του ναού της Ταυροπόλου Αρτέμιδος. Αυτο το μέρος πρίν κάμποσους αιώνες ηταν ενα βαθύ φιόρδ και ήταν λιμάνι ! Απίστευτο και όμως ετσι ειναι.<br />
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Η κατάβαση στην παραλία γίνεται με τα πόδια απο ενα μονοπάτι και ειναι λιγο κουραστική ειδικά αν θες να ξανανέβεις επάνω. Αξίζει όμως τον κόπο. Στην παραλία υπάρχει ενα σκοινί για να μπορούν οι κολυμβητές να βγούν έξω. Το δυνατό κύμα δεν σε αφήνει να βγείς ! Αμάν !<br />
Απο την κορυφή μπορεί κανείς να απολαύσει ενα απο τα ομορφότερα ηλιοβασιλέματα.<br />
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If you want to reach the beach, you have to walk to it on a path and it is a bit hard especially when you wish to go back up ! But it worths it. At the beach there is a rope which swimmers may use to help themselves get out of the water, as the strong waves do not allow an easy get out of the sea ! Wow.</div>
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Η περιήγηση στο νησί εχει ευχάριστες εκπλήξεις. Μικρά χωριά ψηλά και άλλα στη θάλασσα εχουν μια ηρεμία που μοιάζει υπέροχα μοναδική. Με τα πόδια ή με όχημα για χωματόδρομο, μπορείς να φτάσεις σε όμορφα μέρη και να απολαύσεις μπάνιο και ηρεμία.<br />
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The villages are not big, most houses are white, some stone made with an architecture close to the Dodecanese islands. You often find yourself at places where in some way the time flows slowly, without any stress, no hurry. This is one of the secrets for the Ikarians long living.<br />
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Τα χωριά δεν ειναι μεγάλα, τα πιο πολλά σπίτια ειναι λευκά και μερικά πετρόκτιστα με την αρχιτεκτονική τους να πλησιάζει πιο πολύ Δωδεκάνησα. Συχνά βρίσκεσαι σε μέρη όπου κάπως ο χρόνος εχει σχεδόν σταματήσει πάει αργά, χωρίς άγχος, χωρίς βιασύνη. να ενα μυστικό της μακροζωίας των Ικαριωτών.<br />
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<br /><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">At next post, I will give more pictures to help anyone take a good idea of how Ikaria island is, however I suggest you to visit the island and let it dominate your hearts and your minds. </span><br />
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Στο επόμενο άρθρο θα δώσω πιο πολλές φωτογραφίες και θα προσπαθήσω να δώσω με αυτές μια καλή ιδέα του πώς ειναι η Ικαρία αν και το καλύτερο ειναι να πας εκεί και να αφήσεις το νησί να κυριέψει το μυαλό και την καρδιά σου.<br />
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Στην προηγούμενη ανάρτηση είδαμε την περιοχή γύρω απο το χωριό Μονοδένδρι στο Κεντρικό Ζαγόρι. Λίγα λεπτά δρόμος, πιο ψηλά απο το Μονοδένδρι,<br />
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δρόμος φιδογυρίζει ανεβαίνοντας στο βουνό κι άλλο, δίνοντας σου μια αίσθηση όμορφη εκει πάνω, που δεν ξερω να την περιγράψω αλλιώς.<br />
Κατ'αρχήν δεν εχει έλατα, παρά το οτι θα πίστευε κανείς οτι σε τέτιοι υψόμετρο θα έπρεπε να εχει και έλατα.<br />
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Εν τέλει συνειδητοποιείς οτι βρίσκεσαι ήδη σε αυτό, απλά ο δρόμος περνά ανάμεσά του.<br />
Πρέπει να σταματήσεις και να κατέβεις για να θαυμάσεις αυτο το μοναδικό θέαμα, που απο οσα εχω δει εγω, μόνο με κατι σαν τα Μετέωρα μπορώ να το συγκρίνω κάπως.<br />
Οι πέτρες ειναι στρωμένες σαν να τις εχει τοποθετήσει ανθρώπου χέρι.<br />
Οι εικόνες μιλούν απο μόνες τους κι ελπίζω να μπορούν να δείξουν αυτο που είδα.<br />
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In my last post we saw the area around the Monodendri village in Central Zagori.<br />
A few minutes drive from there, a little higher than Monodendri, the road is turning like a snake climbing up the mountain, giving us a sense of beauty up there, which I can't describe in better words.<br />
No fir trees, despite the belief that in that altitude there, we should see fir trees.<br />
We kept driving looking for something that would look like a "stone forest" ? No road sign after that small one at the exit of Monodendri village.<br />
Finally, we realize that we are already inside that stone forest and we pass thru it !<br />
We stopped to gaze that miraculously astonishing view, at least something that I can compare only to the Meteora rocks, of those I have seen in my life.<br />
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Stones are like as if a human hand put them that way !<br />
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Παίρνεις τον δρόμο προς τα ελληνοαλβανικά σύνορα, βόρεια και στρίβεις δεξιά στις πινακίδες που γράφουν ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟ ΖΑΓΟΡΙ.<br />
<div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Monodendri is at Epirus prefecture of western Greece where beautiful villages in wonderful landscapes reside at an hour drive from Ioannina city.</div><div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">You drive north, towards the greek-albanian borders and you turn right at the road sings that read KENTRIKO ZAGORI ( Central Zagori ).</div><div style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br />
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</tbody></table>O δρόμος ειναι καλός και οι πινακίδες σε καθοδηγούν εύκολα στον προορισμό σου, η διαδρομή ειναι όμορφη, χαλαρωτική.<br />
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Φτάνουμε στο πρώτο χωριό πριν το Μονοδένδρι, την Βίτσα, ενα όμορφο χωριό όλο χτισμένο με πέτρα, όπως άλλωστε ολα τα Ζαγοροχώρια.<br />
<div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">This is the first village we meet on the way to Monodendri. This is Vitsa, a nice village all made of stone of course, like all the Zagoria villages. </div><br />
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Λίγα λεπτά δρόμος και φτάνουμε στο Μονοδένδρι που ειναι εντυπωσιακό όπως ξεπροβάλλει στο τοπίο όλο πέτρινο ανάμεσα σε πολλά δένδρα.<br />
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<div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">There is a parking area at the entrance of Monodendri, as there are not enough space into the village for parking cars. We leaqve the car there and walk up to explore Monodendri village. </div><br />
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<div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Who knows why is it named Monodendri ?</div><div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Maybe because of that big tree at the village square.</div><br />
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Απο εκεί μπορείς να δεις το εντυπωσιακό φαράγγι του Βίκου.<br />
<div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">A stone paved road around 600 meters long drives the visitor to Ag.Paraskevi, a small stone church at the edge of the gorge. You have a spectacular view of the Vikos Gorge from there. </div><br />
Το φαράγγι του Βίκου που βρίσκεται στην περιοχή ειναι το πιο βαθύ του κόσμου σε σχέση με το πλάτος του στην κορυφή.<br />
<div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">The Vikos Gorge is the deepest in the world in combination with its width at the top.</div><br />
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<div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">The first view of the gorge.</div><br />
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Η είσοδος στην Αγία Παρασκευή.<br />
<span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">The entrance to Aghia Paraskevi.</span> <br />
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Αλλη μία εικόνα του φαραγγιού απο την Αγ.Παρασκευή. Σε αυτο το σημείο κυλούν μικροί παραπόταμοι που πιο κάτω ενώνονται στον Βοϊδομάτη.<br />
H θέα σου κόβει την ανάσα. <br />
<div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Another view of the gorge from the church of Aghia Paraskevi.</div><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">At this point, some smaller rivers flow and they join the bigger Voidomatis river at a distance further. The view is breathtaking.</span><br />
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Οχι μακριά απο το Μονοδένδρι βρίσκεται το "πέτρινο δάσος", ναι, υπάρχει ενα πέτρινο δάσος στην περιοχή, μοναδικό και εντυπωσιακό. Στην επόμενη ανάρτηση.<br />
<br style="background-color: #fce5cd;" /><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Not far from Monodendri village, there is the "stone forest", yes there is a stone forest at the area, unique and stunning. Next post.</span></div>tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-83858158783428252972011-04-28T12:35:00.000+03:002011-04-28T12:35:53.875+03:00Flowers and Greek Easter Time / Πάσχα και λουλούδια<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This Easter the greek nature is full of many purple, pink and white and yellow colors.<br />
Flowers among the green show up like as if they need to escape and let us and the bees admire their beauty.<br />
<div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Αυτο το Πάσχα όλη η Ελλάδα είναι γεμάτη απο πολλά μωβ, ροζ, άσπρα και κίτρινα άνθη.</div><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Ανάμεσα στο πράσινο ξεπετάγονται ανθάκια σαν να θέλουν να αποδράσουν για να δείξουν την ομορφιά τους στις μέλισσες και σε εμάς, τους ανθρώπους.</span> <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #3d85c6;">A trip to Central Zagori </b></div><br />
</div>tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-90446883849320363862011-01-17T20:40:00.000+02:002011-01-17T20:40:12.235+02:00STAVROS - OLYMPUS mt. / ΟΛΥΜΠΟΣ - ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgWVPmWAgtHgg3PhWYqLy42POucSYQinBFYHJq-Qy8Z1wnIOBaVWHfdAabpgdbgzkOtsgFUwFF7BiVT185SWwItE8FoOqCx6pjYSaS4W6tCUKxvk9uWf8A_Z56qI9Q_-G5wZe0oiSDeQ/s1600/P7210007.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511954022074565506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgWVPmWAgtHgg3PhWYqLy42POucSYQinBFYHJq-Qy8Z1wnIOBaVWHfdAabpgdbgzkOtsgFUwFF7BiVT185SWwItE8FoOqCx6pjYSaS4W6tCUKxvk9uWf8A_Z56qI9Q_-G5wZe0oiSDeQ/s320/P7210007.JPG" style="display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Καθώς όλο το καλοκαίρι είχαμε τη δυνατότητα να απολαμβάνουμε σχεδόν καθημερινά τη θάλασσα, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">αποφεύγαμε να πηγαίνουμε για μπάνιο μέρες αργίας, όταν στις ακρογιαλιές της Πιερίας κατέβαινε χωρίς υπερβολή όλη σχεδόν η Κεντρική και Δυτική Μακεδονία να δροσιστεί και η Πιερία βούλιαζε κυριολεκτικά.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Σε μια κυριακάτικη εκτός θάλασσας εξόρμησή μας επιλέξαμε τον Όλυμπο, στο Σταυρό, δέκα χιλιόμετρα πάνω απ' το <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=el&q=%CE%9B%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%87%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD+60200,+%CE%A0%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1,+%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1&sll=40.155786,22.511673&sspn=0.117292,0.308647&ie=UTF8&geocode=FQ3sYwIdIFpXAQ&split=0&hq=&hnear=%CE%9B%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%87%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD+60200,+%CE%A0%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1,+%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1&t=h&z=11">Λιτόχωρο</a>, σε υψόμετρο περίπου χιλίων μέτρων.</span><br />
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<div style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All last summer we could enjoy the sea almost every day, however we avoided the crowded <a href="http://www.apartments-efrosini.gr/html-eikones/beach/panteleimonas-4.jpg">Pieria beaches</a> on weekends, when people from all over Central and Western Makedonia prefecture, were rushing there. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">On a sunday excursion we chose to go to Olympus mountain, towards Stavros, 10 kilometers over <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=el&q=%CE%9B%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%87%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD+60200,+%CE%A0%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1,+%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1&sll=40.155786,22.511673&sspn=0.117292,0.308647&ie=UTF8&geocode=FQ3sYwIdIFpXAQ&split=0&hq=&hnear=%CE%9B%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%87%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD+60200,+%CE%A0%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1,+%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1&t=h&z=11">Litohoro</a>, at an altitude of about 1.000 meters.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Όμορφη</span>, <span style="font-family: verdana;">βατή διαδρομή, μέσα στο πράσινο, για το βρώμικο παρμπρίζ που χαλάει τη φωτογραφία ευθύνεται ο Vad.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Nice road, nice place, in the green of the forests, sorry for the dirty car glass, it's VAD's fault :)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIdLzcx2MnFb1DRjc0WVlPXOE5H7tWD4xhYFm8CJeDjm_s_HqlubuH5NKkdUfD9qT6kwrw4RNkOmSgB-8n7o3QXn0RLwwf45_JESwXoPat_EGVlcMV48rULQicH4FKw2Zp5nDVVtpPfI/s1600/P4220022.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511953656294157330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIdLzcx2MnFb1DRjc0WVlPXOE5H7tWD4xhYFm8CJeDjm_s_HqlubuH5NKkdUfD9qT6kwrw4RNkOmSgB-8n7o3QXn0RLwwf45_JESwXoPat_EGVlcMV48rULQicH4FKw2Zp5nDVVtpPfI/s320/P4220022.JPG" style="display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQ9bfeLHcn4UunoTC7o1gAZpNJLMSnpKWZYtsaa8Mr4IjgmdESVpiDNt_xoFZmcV3aRG-ipZH-_6TqheHecxhl2_xeuThYCVRDyPy6x0ppTnmoNYTN3aVgqa_DSStmMWfOb5b0CeituM/s1600/P4220001.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511953365555245842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQ9bfeLHcn4UunoTC7o1gAZpNJLMSnpKWZYtsaa8Mr4IjgmdESVpiDNt_xoFZmcV3aRG-ipZH-_6TqheHecxhl2_xeuThYCVRDyPy6x0ppTnmoNYTN3aVgqa_DSStmMWfOb5b0CeituM/s200/P4220001.JPG" style="display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" width="200" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">H ατμόσφαιρα προς τον κάμπο και τη θάλασσα ήταν τόσο θολή, ώστε το μακρινό φόντο της φωτογραφίας να ειναι σχεδόν αθέατο...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The atmosphere towards the plains is blur and it causes the distant background of the picture to dissappear. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETRHj9SbB7BQbBoOQNO2wmPbtbFMAdPnsMHGMz4MmFwDV-qEVr2WI4Gal4otbiF27kdAi7x3NzDywV26UDzHB1SsVDMIoWmBlhX_A-gdZ5GAGcpOivDcwFIKFRC0EC7sSa16ZJ776BzA/s1600/P4220017.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511952147550420482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETRHj9SbB7BQbBoOQNO2wmPbtbFMAdPnsMHGMz4MmFwDV-qEVr2WI4Gal4otbiF27kdAi7x3NzDywV26UDzHB1SsVDMIoWmBlhX_A-gdZ5GAGcpOivDcwFIKFRC0EC7sSa16ZJ776BzA/s320/P4220017.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Και βέβαια η κατάληξη, μια λιτή και απέριττη φασολάδα, ό,τι πρέπει για τη δροσιά του βουνού, δεν τη συνοδέψαμε με το υπό άλλες συνθήκες απαραίτητο τσίπουρο, όταν οδηγούμε, δεν πίνουμε!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">And of course we end up with a frugal and concise bean soup, perfect for the cool mountain's air. We didn't have any <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsipouro">tsipouro</a>, we don't drink and drive ! </span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mRe4FIBdcmYGQHgBIPtpckwJRtwWlu0rOKE0-G0HyLu0sZ_yrninj8wCfsatl52lwnQ-KAX9I0maffw2m0QipQnu3NT6Rb7w1RR5E0WrrchkWWHWuIaYAS4RkVtAPobkj_HOMqNcfvY/s1600/P4220014.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511951860995954930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mRe4FIBdcmYGQHgBIPtpckwJRtwWlu0rOKE0-G0HyLu0sZ_yrninj8wCfsatl52lwnQ-KAX9I0maffw2m0QipQnu3NT6Rb7w1RR5E0WrrchkWWHWuIaYAS4RkVtAPobkj_HOMqNcfvY/s320/P4220014.JPG" style="display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Δεν ανεβήκαμε στα Πριόνια, τ' άφήσαμε για μια άλλη φορά...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: #fff2cc;">We didn't go up to Prionia, another time we will.</div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Απο τον <a href="http://apouro.blogspot.com/">VAD </a>ευχαριστούμε για την άδεια αναδημοσίευσης. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Απόδοση στα αγγλικά και σύνδεσμοι απο τον <a href="http://tzonakos.blogspot.com/">tzonakos </a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">By <a href="http://apouro.blogspot.com/">VAD</a>, thanks for the republish permission.</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Translation to english and links by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135">tzonakos </a></i></span></div>tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-45233899284375339932010-12-29T15:48:00.000+02:002010-12-29T15:48:58.116+02:00Ευχές για Καλή Χρονιά - Season Greetings, Happy New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2MOKCliT-NX-hqY9F1wWHRw2j4cOeNyKVvzeW2gEKG-ULqCp6615oIllDDTJXAWBP4wjPtZP83qBzr071eKn6tvCxFTjtxDrR5ckaBAy1gBOJzoC2je8megkUzA18xexhBSQ3gHKPJA/s1600/gip1940c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2MOKCliT-NX-hqY9F1wWHRw2j4cOeNyKVvzeW2gEKG-ULqCp6615oIllDDTJXAWBP4wjPtZP83qBzr071eKn6tvCxFTjtxDrR5ckaBAy1gBOJzoC2je8megkUzA18xexhBSQ3gHKPJA/s640/gip1940c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Season Greetings to all the World !<br />
Wishing you have a Happy New Year 2011 full of joy and love.<br />
We wish everybody have many nice and safe travels in all the world. <br />
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Χρόνια Πολλά σε όλο τον κόσμο !<br />
Σας ευχόμαστε Καλή Χρονιά 2011 γεμάτη απο χαρά και αγάπη.<br />
Ας έχουμε και πολλά όμορφα ταξίδια σε όλο τον κόσμο.tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-23434617936517436062010-11-28T03:04:00.000+02:002010-11-28T03:04:16.527+02:00Ammouliani - Αμμουλιανή<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0zYWgKvQz0jeKTnRu79LRxs01W6guaKRvO-KG9fZo8tS5-XutxTY7oxGkgr4zEYeKjXWT6npY2WQZq5NL6pb4_d0NM_jP9L1PN3CeclMEOPkF_5iOTsxbKL4df8pX1mXFuAbrBlBato/s1600/%25CE%2591%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BF%25CF%2585%25CE%25BB%25CE%25B9%25CE%25B1%25CE%25BD%25CE%25AE+003+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0zYWgKvQz0jeKTnRu79LRxs01W6guaKRvO-KG9fZo8tS5-XutxTY7oxGkgr4zEYeKjXWT6npY2WQZq5NL6pb4_d0NM_jP9L1PN3CeclMEOPkF_5iOTsxbKL4df8pX1mXFuAbrBlBato/s400/%25CE%2591%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BF%25CF%2585%25CE%25BB%25CE%25B9%25CE%25B1%25CE%25BD%25CE%25AE+003+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Στην Αμμουλιανή είχα βρεθεί πριν από 8 χρόνια. Yπήρχαν τότε λίγα ξενοδοχεία, ταβέρνες και μπαράκια. Ηταν μία επιλογή για ήσυχες διακοπές. Βρέθηκα και εγω εκει για μία μέρα.<br />
<span style="background-color: #ffe599;">I visited Ammouliani island, 8 years ago. Not many hotels, bars and taverns, but a place for quiet relaxing vacation. I went there for one day.</span><br />
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Στον χάρτη βλέπουμε το νησί απέναντι απο την Ουρανούπολη που ειναι και το τελευταίο μεγάλο χωριό πρίν το Αγιον Ορος. Η Μακεδονία έχει μόλις δύο κατοικημένα νησιά, την Αμμουλιανή και την Θάσο. Λίγοι μένουν μόνο στα Διάπορα νησιά κοντά στη Βουρβουρού.<br />
<span style="background-color: #ffe599;">We see Ammouliani island on the map, opposite to Ouranoupolis, the last big village before the "Holy Mountain" ( the monastery community on the third peninsula of Halkidiki ). Makedonia has only two inhabited islands, Ammouliani and Thassos islands. Few people live at the Diaporos islands near Vourvourou.</span><br />
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Για πολλούς παραμένει ένας άγνωστος προορισμός κι αν τους το αναφέρεις δεν ξέρουν καν πού βρίσκεται, αν δεν ειναι Βορειοελλαδίτες. <br />
Tο νησί ενώνεται με τη στεριά, με καραβάκια που εκτελούν καθημερινά δρομολόγια, χειμώνα-καλοκαίρι.</div><div style="background-color: #ffe599;">For many people, Ammouliani island is not known, unless they live in northern Greece. </div><div style="background-color: #ffe599;">You can visit the island by boat, working daily, all year.</div><div><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">I can't say that the island can be compared in natural beauties to the Cyclades islands but it has its special beauty and you love it. Sandy beaches and turquise waters are lovely. You can walk the island, car is not necessary and find little beaches to swim and relax.</span></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY165s5Toysmm-8wqZKjScglVgp37R-HVEueL7VTnLnii10MKRrs3_-ehsLj1jfmcYFXTAV3ohgm8_NGVD8XtFCmH6ZXMY0FVhA0TAPzU_lxQ4tdU8DrfiLYYwVsRbpbKwHp4UUxhiFrM/s1600/%25CE%2591%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BF%25CF%2585%25CE%25BB%25CE%25B9%25CE%25B1%25CE%25BD%25CE%25AE+002+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY165s5Toysmm-8wqZKjScglVgp37R-HVEueL7VTnLnii10MKRrs3_-ehsLj1jfmcYFXTAV3ohgm8_NGVD8XtFCmH6ZXMY0FVhA0TAPzU_lxQ4tdU8DrfiLYYwVsRbpbKwHp4UUxhiFrM/s400/%25CE%2591%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BF%25CF%2585%25CE%25BB%25CE%25B9%25CE%25B1%25CE%25BD%25CE%25AE+002+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a>Δεν μπορείς να πείς οτι ειναι ενα νησί με εντυπωσιακά φυσικά κάλλη όπως τα κυκλαδίτικα νησιά, όμως εχει μία δική του ομορφιά και το αγαπάς. Οι αμμώδεις παραλίες του και τα γαλαζοπράσινα νερά ειναι πανέμορφα.<br />
Μπορείς να το περπατήσεις όλο με τα πόδια, δεν ειναι μεγάλο και έχει πολλές μικρές παραλίες όπου μπορείς να αράξεις ήσυχα. <br />
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Μέχρι το 1925, η Αμμουλιανή ήταν μετόχι της Μονής Βατοπεδίου του Αγίου Ορους. Μοναχοί, με εργάτες, διαχειρίζονταν την κτηματική περιουσία, καλλιεργούσαν τα χωράφια, ασχολούνταν με τη βοσκή των ζώων και τη συλλογή των ελιών. Με τη Μικρασιατική Καταστροφή, όμως, το νησί παραχωρήθηκε στις αρχές του 1925 στους πρόσφυγες της Μικράς Ασίας και συγκεκριμένα στους πρόσφυγες των νησιών της Προποντίδος (Γαλλιμή, Πασαλιμάνι και Σκουπιά). Γι' αυτό και οι περισσότεροι κάτοικοί της, έχουν μικρασιατική καταγωγή.</div><div style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Before 1925 Ammouliani was part of the Vatopedion Monastery and monks with workers went there to feed animals, collect olives from trees and do agricultural works on the island.</div><div style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> After the Minor Asia war the island was given to greek refugees from the Propontis islands of Gallimi, Pasalimani and Skoupia. That's why most of the island's inhabitants are of minor-asian greek origin.</div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The only village of the island is beautiful and you can walk it, relaxing between the beautiful houses and take a coffee in fornt of the little harbor.</span></div><div>Η Χώρα του νησιού ειναι όμορφη και αξίζει να κάνεις μιά βόλτα σε αυτην ανάμεσα στα όμορφα σπιτάκια της και να απολαύσεις εναν καφέ μπρστά στο μικρό λιμάνι. <br />
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ΠΩΣ ΠΑΜΕ ΕΚΕΙ<br />
Από Θεσσαλονίκη οδικώς προς Ουρανούπολη (120 χλμ.) και σταματάς στην Τρυπητή, όπου υπάρχει το πορθμείο, για να πάς στην Αμμουλιανή. Το ταξίδι για απέναντι διαρκεί μόλις 15 λεπτά.<br />
Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες : Λιμεναρχείο Ιερισσού: 23770-22.666.<br />
<div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">HOW TO GO</div><div style="background-color: #fce5cd;"> From Thessaloniki to Ouranoulopis is about 120 km ( 2 hours drive ) but you stop at Trypiti on the way to take the boat for the 15 minutes trip to the island.</div><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">For more information : Ierissos Naval authority : tel. 23770-22666</span></div>tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-1012583310657045992010-10-25T01:14:00.000+03:002010-10-25T01:14:32.335+03:00METEORA ROCKS - ΜΕΤΕΩΡΑ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOkdba4cl1akl7mA5ppXevhA0pXo-GjGAqQPmsVCo3tkt5CzCbJJ5JdaI4QZGJEDxD_24o3afC6qgqqu_h_eyPgYddKyOSiy6F7dJQjAbFXYF577ANwviDH84jXwHbifgyVOjpfe-yFM/s1600/IMGP6144+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOkdba4cl1akl7mA5ppXevhA0pXo-GjGAqQPmsVCo3tkt5CzCbJJ5JdaI4QZGJEDxD_24o3afC6qgqqu_h_eyPgYddKyOSiy6F7dJQjAbFXYF577ANwviDH84jXwHbifgyVOjpfe-yFM/s320/IMGP6144+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">METEORA ROCKS ( THESSALIA ) - ΜΕΤΕΩΡΑ ( ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑ ) </div><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwnqfwqTfnERoQE9okhU1sQAiYw4MfCVxau1IFv40btS7lySV8ac-fRIDN_xkxH1r4vUGNVE6zhy0Il4ML54bIgU-NpeabFCaTiPRvba9psK00N3LSHW14UCqkggS4YOkOCnS9orkExk/s1600/IMGP6130+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwnqfwqTfnERoQE9okhU1sQAiYw4MfCVxau1IFv40btS7lySV8ac-fRIDN_xkxH1r4vUGNVE6zhy0Il4ML54bIgU-NpeabFCaTiPRvba9psK00N3LSHW14UCqkggS4YOkOCnS9orkExk/s320/IMGP6130+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a>Each time I visit the Meteora Rocks, I can't avoid to feel free wandering among those gigantic ancient rocks. Once again I visited the place this summer and again the feeling was exciting.<br />
On my way back home, I couldn't resist to take the road to Kalampaka and come closer to those immense natural monuments. <br />
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The sight of those immense rocks is breathtaking.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdDtXWjNoC5k5WdupKtzOmSlxeXZUqOXXwJP5T4NO-DjAFM-rXGt9mqtjthEuJtV-I1J_dusJASI-J6QCD0Jq5Ux019UviQ2IuhWIrg7o5Cjqdv6tjQ_DXQHLLKVR_gtbaCNL_Pi8RFc/s1600/IMGP6135+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Xw7OTyUj0JRZJw0Ns21k0Prk4SyWEwwvX38NKFDxX9h3z4g1TFWCbYV1DtX3tTpPN3gQJjGHa2jjgCgRIww6QbQshwBEjcQFeP-eZQVb5IZLsBANFca9-mTdqbh7flGwcjSZ8lB9QlU/s1600/IMGP6132+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Xw7OTyUj0JRZJw0Ns21k0Prk4SyWEwwvX38NKFDxX9h3z4g1TFWCbYV1DtX3tTpPN3gQJjGHa2jjgCgRIww6QbQshwBEjcQFeP-eZQVb5IZLsBANFca9-mTdqbh7flGwcjSZ8lB9QlU/s320/IMGP6132+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a>Makes you wonder if they are human made or if a god landed them to Earth.<br />
They have a grey-brown-green color, they look so old like if they talked they'd tell stories from thousands of centuries ago. In fact, I think I expect them to talk to me some time and tell me things I can't even imagine.<br />
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I would like to visit Meteora at winter time, I believe it will be very nice.<br />
( Of course it will be slippery but I will be careful :) )<br />
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Δεν μπορούσα να αντισταθώ να κάνω μία παράκαμψη προς Καλαμπάκα και μετά προς τα Μετέωρα για να βρεθώ ακριβώς κάτω και μετά επάνω απο αυτά τα υπερμεγέθη μνημεία της φύσης.<br />
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Η θέα των θεόρατων βράχων σου κόβει την ανάσα.<br />
Σε κάνει να αναρωτιέσαι αν φτιάχτηκαν απο ανθρώπους ή αν κάποιος θεός τους έστειλε στη Γή. Εχουν ενα χρώμα γκρι-καφεπράσινο και δείχνουν τόσο αρχαία που αν μιλούσαν θα έλεγα ιστορίες χιλιάδων αιώνων.<br />
Στην πραγματικότητα, νομίζω οτι περίμενε να μου μιλήσουν κάποτε και να πούν πράγματα που δεν μπορώ καν να φανταστώ.<br />
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Θέλω να επισκεφτώ αυτο το μέρος και μεσα στο καταχείμωνο, θα ειναι πολύ πολύ όμορφα πιστεύω. ( Θα γλυστράει αλλα θα προσέχω )tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-73673355110155573572010-09-23T01:54:00.000+03:002010-09-23T01:54:33.660+03:00Summer in Greece<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKOKAmPAQerKYs05k3eX0FsBys2-DQcZbJMjFdI2LGIuxOAajI-htUaDR8QDi4B-Da8lqC9g1G5ArNieYPSqpZWZAYifyr7UzSw7x1HDm96bVyRXKL6RlehNRjkDOZbUhzCC0NrX0m9c/s1600/tz1440summer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKOKAmPAQerKYs05k3eX0FsBys2-DQcZbJMjFdI2LGIuxOAajI-htUaDR8QDi4B-Da8lqC9g1G5ArNieYPSqpZWZAYifyr7UzSw7x1HDm96bVyRXKL6RlehNRjkDOZbUhzCC0NrX0m9c/s640/tz1440summer.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Summer we have forever, in our hearts.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We love you, homeland Greece.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Καλοκαίρι έχουμε για πάντα, μέσα στις καρδιές μας.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ελλάδα πατρίδα γή, σε αγαπάμε.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-48440933371271579422010-08-23T21:42:00.000+03:002010-08-23T21:42:03.496+03:00Some Greece in PicturesNo words, just pictures, Greece in pictures.<br />
<div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Χωρίς λόγια, μόνο εικόνες, Ελλάδα σε εικόνες</div>Dedicated to the Preveli 'Kourtaliotiko' gorge in Crete island. A 70% of of the palm-trees forest was burned yesterday.<br />
I was there in 1993 I felt as if I was in a dream place or a movie scene. Stunning !<br />
Now we can see it as it was, only in pictures.<br />
<div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Αφιερωμένο στο Κουρταλιώτικο φαράγγι της Πρέβελης στην Κρήτη.</div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">To 70% του φοινικόδασους κάηκε χθές.</div><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Ημουν εκεί το 1993 και αισθάνθηκα σαν να ειμαι σε όνειρο ή σε σκηνικό ταινίας. Καταπληκτικό ! Τώρα δυστυχώς μπορούμε να το έχουμε μόνο σε φωτογραφίες.</span><br />
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Kάνε κλικ να δεις τις εικόνες πιο μεγάλες αν θες.<br />
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<div style="color: #999999;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">* Do not republish the photos, please.</span></b></div><b style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">* Μην αναδημοσιεύετε τις φωτογραφίες, παρακαλώ.</span></b>tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-43527511401327939582010-06-09T02:56:00.002+03:002010-06-09T02:57:57.310+03:00Plastira's Lake / Λίμνη Πλαστήρα<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNz57JZEpI7LI1z7QreTJ43Fr1CCGhHh7RL-SpJAcjBShUCQZxoCas7w7W4FLM0kHxGsCFxjPq7vxuIJdYtX0WZGn1luqnYt65ICq5Ewh7Tgp76AYfGjQZBEa0ZhpzfYb-AxuYP00APwA/s1600/tz4279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNz57JZEpI7LI1z7QreTJ43Fr1CCGhHh7RL-SpJAcjBShUCQZxoCas7w7W4FLM0kHxGsCFxjPq7vxuIJdYtX0WZGn1luqnYt65ICq5Ewh7Tgp76AYfGjQZBEa0ZhpzfYb-AxuYP00APwA/s200/tz4279.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDmfbIMUnAs4WA9oAQW6Uk5rleCJCXY0Vqj1NLUocRW5joFellnJlCi08SCqK_-cnfPMFY57ryc5gIOpzCGnZnntCeTLNUxnRtidjsiDk2mwPiwCKGo1o_nrx2F0KoTrs82cFwrT-Kn4/s1600/gip4295plastira.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDmfbIMUnAs4WA9oAQW6Uk5rleCJCXY0Vqj1NLUocRW5joFellnJlCi08SCqK_-cnfPMFY57ryc5gIOpzCGnZnntCeTLNUxnRtidjsiDk2mwPiwCKGo1o_nrx2F0KoTrs82cFwrT-Kn4/s200/gip4295plastira.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">An unexpected natural beauty that can leave you unsatisfied in a way that you really need to visit the lake agaian and again, know the place better, discover it.</span><br />
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Μιά περιήγηση σε αφήνει με τη γεύση της ανικανοποίητης όρεξης και θες να επισκεφθείς το μέρος ξανά. Σαν να θέλεις να το γνωρίσεις καλύτερα, να το εξερευνήσεις όσο μπορείς.<br />
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Χαμηλά, πλατάνια και χόρτα, θάμνοι και αγριολούλουδα σε μιά πανδαισία αποχρώσεων του πράσινου, με φόντο το μπλε της λίμνης. Πιο ψηλά, έλατα πολλά. Δεν ειναι και μικρή λίμνη θα έλεγα.<br />
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Bάτραχοι, φίδια, χελώνες και πολλά είδη πουλιών ζούν γύρω και μεσα στη λίμνη.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1imRZgPCG8lO965ivyZe_foKhhT34VX5Cbj9fl4QNEJ8BtHE1g9rFANQ4yMc6Jw3HPqL6nzy9NLFQPSK1Euw_TvdGgps-IdIGcXk4g_YNDkQs36IffZNMvJhl6n0NeOp6n7ECh-foMFI/s1600/gip4326snake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1imRZgPCG8lO965ivyZe_foKhhT34VX5Cbj9fl4QNEJ8BtHE1g9rFANQ4yMc6Jw3HPqL6nzy9NLFQPSK1Euw_TvdGgps-IdIGcXk4g_YNDkQs36IffZNMvJhl6n0NeOp6n7ECh-foMFI/s200/gip4326snake.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Frogs and snakes, turtles and many kinds of birds live around and in the lake.</span><br />
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Δεν ξέρω, αλλα νομίζω οτι αν πας κάπου εκτός εποχής, μπορείς να απολαύσεις τον τόπο με την ησυχία σου. Και αυτό έκανα, στη ρίζα των Αγράφων που για πρώτη φορά πλησίασα τόσο και θέλω να πάω και χειμώνα εκεί, πρέπει να ειναι τέλεια.<br />
<div style="background-color: #fce5cd;">I don't know, I think that if you visit a place out of season, you can enjoy it better, more quiet. That's what I did, at the base of Agrafa mountains where I went for my first time.</div><br />
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Υπάρχει βέβαια πιο περα και μία μικρότερη λίμνη, τεχνητή και αυτή.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBfDiL2pFfUrp-lpdUKfOR3mdlqWSu7K9-uwS-Lhyphenhyphen5NeRXInfzJnxEw6ggYLLW5iCyEKgxvBukyjdMN8LaPCblvxYcikuJ6gA2bckEUWxFsb5WxJ94GABLyCi-406GEIBfwoIpHx7tCQx/s1600/IMGP4376c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBfDiL2pFfUrp-lpdUKfOR3mdlqWSu7K9-uwS-Lhyphenhyphen5NeRXInfzJnxEw6ggYLLW5iCyEKgxvBukyjdMN8LaPCblvxYcikuJ6gA2bckEUWxFsb5WxJ94GABLyCi-406GEIBfwoIpHx7tCQx/s200/IMGP4376c.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">There is a smaller lake some minutes from the big lake.</span><br />
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Δεν γινόταν να μην τσιμπήσω κατι τις σε ενα μεζεδοπωλείο εκει :)<br />
<div style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I couldn't resist to taste some nice ouzo meze there !</div><br />
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They were bigger, like swells and they smashed on the rocks strongly.<br />When we reached the cafe, we saw many people in suimsuits swimming, running, playing and a second later we saw many people in black uniforms with a surf running to the sea ... oh my ... the waves were big enough for surfing ! That's rare in Greece as it is a country of the Mediterranean sea which does not usually make oceanic sea waves that are good for surfing. That's why we have many windsurfers here, because we have winds but not such waves.<br />It is not happening often, but as I saw myself, it happens even in Athens !<br />It was great, I had never seen this sports before, some pictures here.<br />Enjoy :<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxz6BJji1A7PQXgLKZ8cntb2FOYq63uEEEE2_uWMTD5L6xbyfCmWBqixo_N5SZbmCclR0DuPvlpjOsiCZwT2PmoGr038kI2cGkCs2YtIJiuElzy8uE2GMVz8Fnrs2LIbju_8pycLSUoz8/s1600-h/tzonakosIMGP3476s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxz6BJji1A7PQXgLKZ8cntb2FOYq63uEEEE2_uWMTD5L6xbyfCmWBqixo_N5SZbmCclR0DuPvlpjOsiCZwT2PmoGr038kI2cGkCs2YtIJiuElzy8uE2GMVz8Fnrs2LIbju_8pycLSUoz8/s640/tzonakosIMGP3476s.jpg" width="640" border="0" height="480" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqt5b7eKIXH1G0xRQV__knRtjaKAXsFwM1pzyVKVX3i9ezr2wAPDErnbBnAti7eBSkUlVGavKO2iwUD0otQx5NKr4DqlkNIftbGvG_m-xV9-BSi12VEgZ2PzJ-oC4drGPNsFcZgIGRek/s1600-h/tzonakos3477s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WzX2HOc4XCRb2DL8rfmSATWuaHPfjyHrCrpwEX0IYBLyyvodotuHQTmoHN-N_ERE-gfu_-nxFOj1Ct5xsUY5dVK2KjiCHclcazdk7DeeBY5nNMnOmn7j5bjT9qyi5jTZ5NsPKJ-njK8/s400/gip2856greece.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421183944781860962" border="0" /></a>We wish this new year to be a very good and peaceful year for all people of the world.<br />Have safe and nice travels, give smiles, give love.<br /><br />Αυτος ο νέος χρόνος ευχόμαστε να ειναι πολύ καλός και ειρηνικός για όλους τους ανθρώπους της Γής.<br />Aς ταξιδέψουμε πολύ και ας προσέχουμε, ας δίνουμε χαμόγελα και αγάπη.tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-56812877962960874492009-12-09T00:53:00.000+02:002009-12-09T00:53:54.860+02:00Hios island (2) - ΧΙΟΣ (2)The second part of my trip to Hios island will be with more pictures and less talk.<br />
Co-blogger <a href="http://zoyzoymomania.blogspot.com/">zoyzoy </a>asked for it, and here we are.<br />
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<div style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75;">Το δεύτερο μέρος του ταξιδιού μου στην Χίο θα εχει περισσότερες εικόνες και λιγότερα λόγια. Το ζήτησε η συν-μπλόγκερ <a href="http://zoyzoymomania.blogspot.com/">zoyzoy </a>και να 'μαστε.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Medieval Mastic villages<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">All pictures above taken at the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pyrgi </span>village where the houses are decorated with this traditional technique named "Xysto". Never seen a village decorated like this in Greece !<br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75;">Ολες οι εικόνες ειναι τραβηγμένες στο χωριό Πυργί όπου τα σπίτια ειναι διακοσμημένα με μια παραδοσιακή τεχνική, το λεγόμενο "Ξυστό". Ποτέ δεν εχω δει άλλο χωριό στην Ελλάδα, διακοσμημένο ετσι !</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the Mayors' House of the Mastic Villages.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Some newer houses are built about 100 years ago. Historical sources show that the Pyrgi village was inhabited around 1.080 A.D. and some houses are centuries old.<br />
During the Byzantine Empire times, people from small villages around came to live in Pyrgi, under the Genovese rule who had the control of the island and organized it's defense with respect to the Byzantine emperor.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75;">Μερικά πιο νεα σπίτια ειναι χτισμένα σχεδόν 100 χρόνια πριν. Ισοτρικές πηγές δείχνουν οτι το Πυργί κατοικείτο γύρω στο 1.080 μ.Χ. και μερικά απο τα σπίτια εχουν ηλικία αιώνων.<br />
</div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75;">Κατα την διάρκεια της Βυζαντινής αυτοκρατορίας, άνθρωποι απο γυρω οικισμούς ήρθαν και κατοίκησαν το Πυργί, κατω απο την κυριαρχία των Γενουατών που τους ειχε παραχωρηθεί η εκμετάλλευση του νησιού με τον όρο να οργανώσουν την άμυνά του και να σέβονται την ανώτερη κυριαρχία του βυζαντινού αυτοκράτορα.<br />
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<div style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b>THE MESTA VILLAGE</b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Mesta village is built in the 12th century and it is actually a fortress.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">You can see the village plan here, with 5 main entries on the Wall outside.<br />
Built for protection against the pirates raids and the Turks.<br />
Houses are built inside the fortress tight to each other, with towers in the corners of the outside wall and a defensive tower in the middle of the village where people were going during attacks from the enemies. Narrow stone paved roads are connected to the main square ( last picture )<br />
<div style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75;">Τα Μεστά χτίστηκαν περίπου τον 12ο αιώνα και στην πραγματικότητα ειναι ενα φρούριο.<br />
</div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75;">Το σχέδιο του χωριού φαίνεται εδω, με 5 κύριες εισόδους στο εξωτερικό Τείχος.<br />
</div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75;">Χτίστηκε για προστασία απο επιθέσεις των πειρατών και των Τούρκων. <br />
</div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75;">Τα σπίτια μέσα στο φρούριο ειναι πολύ κοντά το ενα στο άλλο, με πύργους στις γωνίες του Τείχους και εναν αμυντικό πύργο στο κέντρο όπου κατέφευγαν οι κάτοικοι σε περίπτωση επιθέσεων.<br />
</div><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75;">Τα στενά βοτσαλόστρωτα δρομάκια του οδηγούν στην κεντρική πλατεία. ( τελευταία φωτογραφία )</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stone made houses are rather small and have a defensive style with thick walls as they were made for defense. At your first walk into the village you may think you'll get lost in the labyrinth there, but a second walk around will help the visitor picture the size, the shape and the atmosphere of the village and its' friendly people.<br />
</div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75; text-align: left;">Τα πέτρινα σπίτια ειναι μάλλον μικρά και έχουν ενα αμυντικό στύλ με παχείς τοίχους καθώς φτιάχτηκαν για άμυνα. Στην πρώτη σου βόλτα στο χωριό μπορεί να σκεφτείς οτι θα χαθείς στον λαβύρινθο με τα δρομάκια αλλα μια ακόμα βόλτα θα βοηθήσει να σχηματίσεις μια εικόνα του μεγέθους, του σχήματος και της ατμόσφαιρας του χωριού και των φιλικών ανθρώπων του.<br />
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</div>The main square of the village, where you can relax with a coffee, drink or ice-cream !<br />
<div style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #351c75;">H κεντρική πλατεία του χωριού όπου μπορείς να απολαύσεις καφεδάκι, ποτό ή παγωτό !<br />
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</div></div>tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-63016741619892204862009-11-10T02:10:00.000+02:002009-11-10T02:20:05.120+02:00Hios island (1) - ΧΙΟΣ (1)<div>Το νησί της Χίου βρίσκεται στο ανατολικό Αιγαίο, νότια της Λέσβου και βόρεια της Σάμου.<br />Ειναι ενα νησί με ξεχωριστή ταυτότητα και χαρακτήρα, που ωστόσο με το πέρασμα του χρόνου απέκτησε και αυτό χαρακτηριστικά της τουριστικής εκμετάλλευσης την τελευταία 15ετία. Ειναι γνωστό για την παραγωγή της μαστίχας απο τα μαστιχόδενδρα που μόνο εκει, στην νότια μεριά του νησιού μπορούν να παράγουν μαστίχα. Δεν υπάρχει αλλού παραγωγή μαστίχας σε όλο τον κόσμο !<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgb(207, 226, 243);">Στο λιμάνι των Μεστών </span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_K68ZHVIld50FD_exzIoNPGUO1-nH3_xJPuiW94zQJLozMbmzjM5XaCg322SeMxmpHJ4pgU2bZEGiMRJf-V6nisW8Zxh6pspaoHt1VI3FGLtft0a-2MLTEcmjEyi1GWavjovcgnL_rM/s1600-h/gipIMGP1899.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396662891445774722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_K68ZHVIld50FD_exzIoNPGUO1-nH3_xJPuiW94zQJLozMbmzjM5XaCg322SeMxmpHJ4pgU2bZEGiMRJf-V6nisW8Zxh6pspaoHt1VI3FGLtft0a-2MLTEcmjEyi1GWavjovcgnL_rM/s400/gipIMGP1899.jpg" style="height: 300px; width: 400px;" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgb(207, 226, 243);">The Mesta harbour </span><br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">The island of Chios (pronounced K'heeos) is located at the East Aegean sea, south to Lesvos island and north of Samos island. It is an island with its own special identity, however by the time the island is influenced by the tourism especially over the last 15 years.<br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">It is known for the mastic gum production. Only there, at the south part of the island the mastic trees can make the mastic gum. There is no other place in the world that can produce natural mastic gum.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbr02wTSJtjjQtaXrDUCWgzMNFk0lp9bfrlpYMsya4txVJmMvt7rL6DmZjuGVDo5nqPqMvMtlAnw9TcVfhyphenhyphenkVyI7E6AzRcNmiUdFa08VqbqfCH3nhdFiHh9K6Isjq9cD1_C6aP4WZYPA/s1600-h/gipIMGP1967.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396665079433189826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbr02wTSJtjjQtaXrDUCWgzMNFk0lp9bfrlpYMsya4txVJmMvt7rL6DmZjuGVDo5nqPqMvMtlAnw9TcVfhyphenhyphenkVyI7E6AzRcNmiUdFa08VqbqfCH3nhdFiHh9K6Isjq9cD1_C6aP4WZYPA/s400/gipIMGP1967.jpg" style="height: 300px; width: 400px;" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">In the southern part of the island you often see traffic signs like these and nice paved roads that guide you well to your destination.<br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">The southern part villages are called "Mastickhokhoria" named on the mastic as all the mastic trees of the world are right there, in the southern part of the island of Hios.<br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkPYFEolt7R9T8k7i5Syi3kTnEQe1u26oTbiVlNJxjcfCtwtteacuhqLjZ5akbyXVxgSPcRhNarhjlF9wbf4rKhuM6ik95vh9cl3az59kvg_kaZ63vR0Nfy7cK5aSnfVqPmlebMY_Vg0/s1600-h/gipIMGP1904.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396662893544380034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkPYFEolt7R9T8k7i5Syi3kTnEQe1u26oTbiVlNJxjcfCtwtteacuhqLjZ5akbyXVxgSPcRhNarhjlF9wbf4rKhuM6ik95vh9cl3az59kvg_kaZ63vR0Nfy7cK5aSnfVqPmlebMY_Vg0/s400/gipIMGP1904.jpg" style="height: 300px; width: 400px;" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Στο νότιο τμήμα του νησιού συναντάς πολλές πινακίδες σαν αυτές και καλούς δρόμους που σε καθοδηγούν σωστά προς τον προορισμό σου.<br /></div><br /><br /><div>Τα νότια χωριά ονομάζονται 'Μαστιχοχώρια' απο την μαστίχα, καθώς ολα τα μαστιχόδενδρα του κόσμου βρίσκονται ακριβώς εκει, στο νότιο τμήμα της Χίου.<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSUab9R-RD6QRd5H3Qm9ZTFATEBOKpad2K0R-DT8b4wh1t5xCZBhsuhDM-uFLh6ALmRqDLu98DXqEms2dIdi-iXXAatFKl11TLBMEIBIlQe3KureZZeQW-ycfBXmlm1NmHZxaxvaoQCs/s1600-h/gipIMGP1963.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396663229447431058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSUab9R-RD6QRd5H3Qm9ZTFATEBOKpad2K0R-DT8b4wh1t5xCZBhsuhDM-uFLh6ALmRqDLu98DXqEms2dIdi-iXXAatFKl11TLBMEIBIlQe3KureZZeQW-ycfBXmlm1NmHZxaxvaoQCs/s400/gipIMGP1963.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 300px; width: 400px;" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">If you find yourself in one of the southern island villages at night, you will be in scenes seen in movies ! Medieval architecture, narrow peeble-paved streets and an endless silence. Only dogs and cats you can hear or some people coming out of the shadows whispering. A bit scaring.<br /></div><br /><br /><div>Αν τύχει να βρεθείς βράδι σε ενα απο τα χωριουδάκια του νότιου τμήματος του νησιού θα εχεις μπει μεσα σε σκηνικά σαν απο ταινία ! Μεσαιωνική αρχιτεκτονική, στενά βοτσαλόστρωτα δρομάκια, σκιές και μια ατέλειωτη γαλήνη, μια σιωπή.<br /></div>Μόνο καμμια γάτα ή σκύλο μπορεί να ακούσεις και ίσως και ανθρώπους να μουρμουρίζουν ανάμεσα στις σκιές. Λίγο τρομακτικό μάλλον.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8j1tY8kJK-dlu7e9x_vW0r1mFNKQtFGCkgkk8vmp0aKaodSFulV2Kcam1Y7r7kQrYszRUYTiXrdV6IkLEYR9cqbhm07lTCjAowzHd_g5pUjurV-lLPW3HWePoPcXxjL8wMVkfBcIJ4E/s1600-h/gipIMGP1949.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396663224385285378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8j1tY8kJK-dlu7e9x_vW0r1mFNKQtFGCkgkk8vmp0aKaodSFulV2Kcam1Y7r7kQrYszRUYTiXrdV6IkLEYR9cqbhm07lTCjAowzHd_g5pUjurV-lLPW3HWePoPcXxjL8wMVkfBcIJ4E/s400/gipIMGP1949.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 300px; width: 400px;" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Αργά το απόγευμα κοιτώντας προς νότια / νοτιοανατολικά, βγαίνει το φεγγάρι.<br /></div><div>Εκείνη τη μερα, 3 Σεπτεμβρίου 2009 ήθελες να σταθείς εκεί και απλά να κοιτάς τη θάλασσα, τα χρώματα, το φεγγάρι, να μυρίζεις τον αέρα νιώθοντας ελεύθερος !<br /></div><div>Μερικά βαρκάκια ψάρευαν ακόμα πριν πέσει η γλυκιά νύχτα.<br /><br /><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">Late in the afternoon, looking south/southeast, we see the moon.<br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">That day, Sept.3 2009 it was like you could stay there just staring at the sea, the colors, the moon and smell that air and feel free !<br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">Some fishing boats were still fishing before the sweet night fell.<br /></div><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo5TXVYBriWTTNjV1eVviRngLMc80d78v9CT7_88D3UWczrLzr1Y1JrrwGvYcnOlubmx28v7OoTFUxji94vr6BVKYOUbWgbRUoouoWCeYHw2uA8lqdbKyn2GaDmusTrBlt5qTh5PqH5I/s1600-h/gipIMGP1938.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396663223398521394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo5TXVYBriWTTNjV1eVviRngLMc80d78v9CT7_88D3UWczrLzr1Y1JrrwGvYcnOlubmx28v7OoTFUxji94vr6BVKYOUbWgbRUoouoWCeYHw2uA8lqdbKyn2GaDmusTrBlt5qTh5PqH5I/s400/gipIMGP1938.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 302px; width: 400px;" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><br />Μιά απο τις πιο όμορφες παραλίες του νησιού, η Κώμη το απόγευμα ειναι τόσο δελεαστική που θες να πέσεις μεσα ακόμα και με τα ρούχα, οκ φόρεσα μαγιό. Αρχές Σεπτέμβρη ο κόσμος ειναι λίγος αλλα όλοι και όλα ειναι τόσο ήρεμα που θες να κάτσεις εκει με τις ώρες. Ο ήλιος καίει αρκετά ακόμα.<br /></div><br /><br /><div>Κοιτάει νότια και απέχει ουτε 3' λεπτά με βάρκα, απο το νοτιότερο σημείο του νησιού.<br /></div><br /><div>Στην φωτογραφία, φαίνεται αχνά στο βάθος αριστερά η Μικρασία μας, η Τουρκία.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">One of the most beautiful beaches of Hios is <a href="http://www.chiosonline.gr/komi.asp"><b>Komi</b> </a>beach.<br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);"><br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);"><br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">In the afternoon it is so attractive that you want to dive in with the clothes, ok I did it with a swimming suit. Early on September there are not many people there but everyone and everything is so calm that make you need to stay there for hours. The sun is hot enough.<br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);"><br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);"><br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">The beach looks south and it is not more than 3' minutes with a boat from the southernmost point of the island.<br /></div><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">In the picture, you can hardly see the Minor Asia's coastline of Turkey, on the left.<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0RRMHYQ08TIuiy3g3Z9JGyFjYnkkeE5WYQzx_MnqpAiBLHnCoLrX-SwpUJqunQYHlRQZD5_Zv78hnR2UPyH3GsSIQrXGvCekhE1OBOlFiaXALky6QE9nmiN_XLEY_SMDN81P1zaq3UQ/s1600-h/gipIMGP1919.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396662902442070242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0RRMHYQ08TIuiy3g3Z9JGyFjYnkkeE5WYQzx_MnqpAiBLHnCoLrX-SwpUJqunQYHlRQZD5_Zv78hnR2UPyH3GsSIQrXGvCekhE1OBOlFiaXALky6QE9nmiN_XLEY_SMDN81P1zaq3UQ/s400/gipIMGP1919.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 300px; width: 400px;" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>The mastic trees you see in this picture produce a resin that is called 'mastic'.<br /></div><br /><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">As well as its culinary uses in food and cakes, mastic is used for its gum and medicinal properties as it soothes the stomach and helps lowering the risk of a heart attack. It is used as a primary ingredient in the production of cosmetics like perfumes, lotions for the hair and skin, and toothpaste. It has been used as a gum for about 2,500 years.<br />In the photo below you see some resin-mastic drops ready to fall on the ground to be collected later.<br /></div><br /><div>Tα μαστιχόδενδρα που βλέπετε στις φωτογραφίες παράγουν μία ρητίνη, την μαστίχα.<br /></div><br /><div>Η μαστίχα έχει χρήση στην μαγειρική, ζαχαροπλαστική αλλα και χρησιμοποιείται ως τσίχλα και έχει και θεραπευτικές ιδιότητες όπως να μαλακώνει το στομάχι και να βοηθά στην μείωση του ρίσκου μιας καρδιακής προσβολής.<br /></div><br /><div>Χρησιμοποιείται ακόμα σαν βασικό συστατικό για την παραγωγή καλλυντικών, αρωμάτων και λοσιόν δέρματος ή μαλλιών, και οδοντόκρεμα. Εδω και 2.500 χρόνια είναι γνωστή η χρήση της.<br /></div><br /><div>Στην κάτω εικόνα φαίνονται μερικές σταγόνες μαστίχας πάνω σε κορμό μαστιχόδενδρου, έτοιμες να πέσουν κάτω για να συλλεχθούν αργότερα.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutGTpcjEsBJ3AXXJjMJLzGMc8NJ5bRdtgNcI_4aiBEsOigWI3TRk3AzwgiMcd-jxpibXrvfs7W4sfvgrnsva5RX6UYD-jmjlPDmbVnwpTXJ9cx2ZfsRsWonAizUJ4nukyJ7s8gVkvxWw/s1600-h/gipIMGP1915.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396662905340196978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutGTpcjEsBJ3AXXJjMJLzGMc8NJ5bRdtgNcI_4aiBEsOigWI3TRk3AzwgiMcd-jxpibXrvfs7W4sfvgrnsva5RX6UYD-jmjlPDmbVnwpTXJ9cx2ZfsRsWonAizUJ4nukyJ7s8gVkvxWw/s400/gipIMGP1915.jpg" style="height: 300px; width: 400px;" border="0" /></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">The mastic trees grower scratches the body of the tree with a small iron tool like a fork. Then the resin starts flowing slowly from the scar.</span><br /><br />Οι μαστιχοκαλλιεργητές ξύνουν τον κορμό των δένδρων με ενα εργαλείο σαν χοντροκομμένο πηρούνι και δημιουργούν μία ουλή στον κορμό απο όπου τρέχει μετά αργά η ρητίνη της μαστίχας.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Οι καλλιέργειες των δένδρων ειναι στρωμένες κάτω με ενα άσπρο χώμα και τις περιποιούνται οι ιδιοκτήτες τους, πολλοί εκ των οποίων το κάνουν ως δεύτερη δουλειά.<br />Τα δένδρα ειναι συνήθως μάλλον κοντά στο ύψος και απέχουν μεταξύ τους περίπου 3 βήματα.<br /><br /><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">There is a white soil on the ground and the trees' owners take care of them. Many of them do this as a second job.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpnWx3_xS2Etx13bZlqTNXC_NWQY8I2lLFvqNs5FFycbyguIMLl5Y3MbshRZGrvVv1Ol-TG3sE2bcm81Z_C4C4nccUVFHjYQOgwNnvFUku4UDwhNzv-dtWmjt-cjBl07Ue5uA0jlY1jY/s1600-h/gipIMGP1909.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396662901188939106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpnWx3_xS2Etx13bZlqTNXC_NWQY8I2lLFvqNs5FFycbyguIMLl5Y3MbshRZGrvVv1Ol-TG3sE2bcm81Z_C4C4nccUVFHjYQOgwNnvFUku4UDwhNzv-dtWmjt-cjBl07Ue5uA0jlY1jY/s400/gipIMGP1909.jpg" style="height: 300px; width: 400px;" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204);">The trees are usually rather short and they have a distance of about 3 steps from each other. </span><br /><br /><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); text-align: center;">------ END of PART 1 ------<br /></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); text-align: center;">Following : The medieval villages.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">--- TEΛΟΣ Α' ΜΕΡΟΥΣ ---<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aκολουθεί : Τα μεσαιωνικά χωριά.<br /></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sYw3eOWpPa9vAfKRvFpahZL6ljxoESdmrTR14CkIw317a5gSHweOhfi_X_oBWJmGzNyFATK8sB0Ulh4ss1PJmCYcJ7y_UA7HOM_5PIAtsIa7ImDDta60Z8RHElwoQNp_UANpF46mYI0/s1600-h/gipIMGP2097+A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sYw3eOWpPa9vAfKRvFpahZL6ljxoESdmrTR14CkIw317a5gSHweOhfi_X_oBWJmGzNyFATK8sB0Ulh4ss1PJmCYcJ7y_UA7HOM_5PIAtsIa7ImDDta60Z8RHElwoQNp_UANpF46mYI0/s320/gipIMGP2097+A.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div>tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com10Άγνωστη τοποθεσία38.259749800394793 25.971679687537.9901693003948 25.5047606875 38.52933030039479 26.4385986875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-66759935814716431002009-09-23T00:20:00.003+03:002009-11-10T11:28:21.516+02:00Ψαρά - Psarra island<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJk3Zh_u7VIxXvXrrfxcurTzTWpQA5cgaUn6uZAJ_llXyfNTemQLBrDNW4fqAACQuAagstkT_pILe-n6WFXADvGHuNG6zLduM6h7IbyLX5vMUmP8p_dlhQFw__WjbOu3f-brYczfhx8TQ/s1600-h/gipIMGP2267o2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675618570499250" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJk3Zh_u7VIxXvXrrfxcurTzTWpQA5cgaUn6uZAJ_llXyfNTemQLBrDNW4fqAACQuAagstkT_pILe-n6WFXADvGHuNG6zLduM6h7IbyLX5vMUmP8p_dlhQFw__WjbOu3f-brYczfhx8TQ/s400/gipIMGP2267o2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">A visit to the island of Psarra at the west of Chios island in North East Aegean Sea is something I wanted to do since I was a boy. The History class gave to that island a great place to the greek nation. From Mesta, Chios, the distance is 2 hrs with a boat with an unexpectedly low speed.<br /></div><br />Μιά εκδρομή στα Ψαρά απο την Χίο ηταν για μενα κατι που ήθελα απο μικρός γιατι στο μάθημα Ιστορίας, τα Ψαρά ειχαν ξεχωριστή θέση. Απέχουν 2 ωρες απο το λιμάνι των Μεστών Xίου με πλοίο που πηγαίνει ασυνήθιστα αργά.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19p_uujsJo8beFUqrEWTgWW6S6g1012xXCqGrbo0EPVzQOUcvZptgFZ6HKsQULv3-W89dqfIK2AWGzkV-h2APSjYq0UzDjDyjGnZHeTK7ZjHJ9LllbMh7kjyRMKgU7hVC4mLKAAGv5j0/s1600-h/gipxartis_xiou.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383674210507023874" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 219px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19p_uujsJo8beFUqrEWTgWW6S6g1012xXCqGrbo0EPVzQOUcvZptgFZ6HKsQULv3-W89dqfIK2AWGzkV-h2APSjYq0UzDjDyjGnZHeTK7ZjHJ9LllbMh7kjyRMKgU7hVC4mLKAAGv5j0/s320/gipxartis_xiou.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">The small harbor was busy with fishermen preparing the fishnets but soon you realize that it is a peaceful place where a few people live isolated there if the sea is wild mostly in winters. You can see all the main village from the top of "Black Back" or "Mavri Rachi" a hill over the harbor. Many statues are everywhere, of heroes of the greek revolution and other great men who fought the Turks and offered many in literature, army and politics of the modern Greek nation the last 3 centuries.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="CLEAR: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrvRbTP6VKMP3DDobimnnRhGLfK56x-slR3eFi10jigTivgeoEvGpHvnHtXL3YERT8iL13SDgijmg485_jdbIc6eYthuv3oHCmDlMG_BaZsazcKiznFxSe9NS55HG29f3E2ccUTwiXv8/s1600-h/gipIMGP2257o3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675622354321218" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrvRbTP6VKMP3DDobimnnRhGLfK56x-slR3eFi10jigTivgeoEvGpHvnHtXL3YERT8iL13SDgijmg485_jdbIc6eYthuv3oHCmDlMG_BaZsazcKiznFxSe9NS55HG29f3E2ccUTwiXv8/s400/gipIMGP2257o3.jpg" border="0" /></a>Το μικρό λιμάνι ηταν κάπως ζωηρό σε κίνηση με ψαράδες να ετοιμάζουν δίχτυα και ανθρώπους απασχολημένους σε διάφορες εργασίες γύρω απο το λιμάνι. Σύντομα καταλαβαίνεις οτι πρόκειται για ενα ήσυχο μέρος όπου ζούν μερικοί άνθρωποι απομονωμένοι ιδίως οταν η θάλασσα εχει φουρτούνες και ειδικά τον χειμώνα. Μπορείς να δείς όλο το κυρίως χωριό απο ψηλά απο την Μάυρη ράχη ( των Ψαρών την ολόμαυρη Ράχη ) ενα ύψωμα πάνω απ το λιμάνι.<br />Πολλά αγάλματα παντού διαφόρ ων εθνικών ευεργετών, πυρπολητών, λογοτεχνών, βουλευτών, στρατηγών που πολέμησαν τους τούρκους και πρόσφεραν πολλά γενικότερα στο νέο ελληνικό έθνος τους τελευταίους 3 αιώνες.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="CLEAR: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3cfG6FWmysgijy7zNUrC6gSMS_d2mk_c3lRxWoPeuASizD_-JNg6upvLGMIxujwiFjhQJrQ7U7xWcZ4P9NQIlnwc6yq9kqaJUUvHh9bKI_LuRG0avGKM2-JlZfNkPfE-5j5nvkWrZdo/s1600-h/gipIMGP2277o4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675629660012994" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3cfG6FWmysgijy7zNUrC6gSMS_d2mk_c3lRxWoPeuASizD_-JNg6upvLGMIxujwiFjhQJrQ7U7xWcZ4P9NQIlnwc6yq9kqaJUUvHh9bKI_LuRG0avGKM2-JlZfNkPfE-5j5nvkWrZdo/s400/gipIMGP2277o4.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">Beaches. The island is rocky with the lack of trees being very obvious with the first looks.</span><br /><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">But beaches are lovely and the water is warm enough.<br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">Sandy beaches with small peebles and shells with several colors and shapes everywhere in the sand.<br /></div>Οι παραλίες του νησιού ειναι όμορφες και το νερό όχι κρύο, σε ενα τοπίο βραχώδες χωρίς πράσινο που το διαπιστώνεις με την πρώτη ματιά. Στις αμμουδιές εχει μικρά βότσαλα και πολλά μικρά κοχύλια με πολλά διαφορετικά σχέδια.<br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="CLEAR: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBYznWxWUskYTqBfGqXXVGEr8Pi5uLDjAuXodYHMLP14F_DqgQ-ji93Wrci8S6YtRcFt2n4wVB17C3hCsQ5yXcn9GFc6PV9A9HtAVlErWMSK6-jg4lPF29rhxHI6UXOcGak7vZ1HHLuE/s1600-h/xiotzP2311.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBYznWxWUskYTqBfGqXXVGEr8Pi5uLDjAuXodYHMLP14F_DqgQ-ji93Wrci8S6YtRcFt2n4wVB17C3hCsQ5yXcn9GFc6PV9A9HtAVlErWMSK6-jg4lPF29rhxHI6UXOcGak7vZ1HHLuE/s400/xiotzP2311.jpg" border="0" iq="true" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">Walking in the main village of Psarra will make you feel relaxed as it is very quiet and clean and the white houses made me think I'd live in one of them.</span><br /><br />Περπατώντας στα στενάκια των Ψαρών χαλαρώνεις και αισθάνεσαι άνετα ( παρά τη ζέστη ), ειναι πολύ ήσυχα και καθαρά και σκέφτηκα οτι θα μπορούσα να ζούσα σε ενα απο αυτά τα λευκά σπιτάκια.<br /><br /><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">The island has a small road and just a few cars move in the not long distances.<br /></div><span style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">You have to walk around to see the island. No buses, no moto rent.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="CLEAR: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2QHhJyP5SghkbcLF7yV5e-nRmOzLU4JyiTj54jwbqeed49cAd-wxhCpH6w2_GpsSiY7PaxaZL-mfuis7a9vhKohQI2keVreXEMQBJdMidc96QyBQi7485Q-Iq2coeCUrkkoP8GpnFAs/s1600-h/gipIMGP2309o7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675650189899154" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2QHhJyP5SghkbcLF7yV5e-nRmOzLU4JyiTj54jwbqeed49cAd-wxhCpH6w2_GpsSiY7PaxaZL-mfuis7a9vhKohQI2keVreXEMQBJdMidc96QyBQi7485Q-Iq2coeCUrkkoP8GpnFAs/s400/gipIMGP2309o7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">Small cafe's at the harbor offer shadow and cold drinks and nice food.<br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)"><br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)"><br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)"><br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)"><br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">Not many tourists around but I guess this was because it was September already.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="CLEAR: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikI_8yGJ85UpT7TNZRLxS29BC1sJxapAR2OhvjRLH_XqDKWSMP6iRUZnU9oYqcAaWcStyO_YUWZZEtTwN3OgJTA2zUrFmeCmPg0j1oZT8F504Tv0l2mSbQDrB_sxG9QJpDM9oo-sO6JmI/s1600-h/gipIMGP2298o88.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675639988897410" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikI_8yGJ85UpT7TNZRLxS29BC1sJxapAR2OhvjRLH_XqDKWSMP6iRUZnU9oYqcAaWcStyO_YUWZZEtTwN3OgJTA2zUrFmeCmPg0j1oZT8F504Tv0l2mSbQDrB_sxG9QJpDM9oo-sO6JmI/s400/gipIMGP2298o88.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />To νησί εχει μόλις εναν δρόμο που το διασχίζει και ελάχιστα αυτοκίνητα κινούνται. Αναγκαστική πεζοπορία για αναγνώριση του νησιού.<br />Δεν υπάρχουν λεωφορεία, ούτε ενοικιαζόμενα μηχανάκια.<br />Ουτε και τουρίστες πολλοί, ίσως επειδή ηταν Σεπτέμβρης ήδη.<br /><br /><br /><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">I love this picture.<br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">It is very characteristic of the island and makes me feel very relaxing when I look at it.<br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">Blue sea and rocky land and an all-white house on it. I thought it was a church but I didn't see a cross on it.<br /></div><br />Μου αρέσει αυτή η φωτογραφία.<br />Ειναι χαρακτηριστική του πώς ειναι το νησί και χαλαρώνω πολύ οταν την κοιτάζω. Θάλασσα μπλε και βράχια κι ενα άσπρο σπιτάκι επάνω.<br />Νόμιζα οτι ειναι εκκλησία αλλα δεν ειδα σταυρό επάνω.<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,153,153)">Update </span>: according to informations from a person who is from the Psarra island, this is a church without a cross on it, because it is built before 1821 during the turkish rule on the island.<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">Eνημέρωση :</span> ( απο σχόλιο στο μπλογκ του Φοίβου Νικολαϊδη )<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">οντωσ το νησι μας ειναι πολυ ομορφο! και μασ ευχαριστει που ευχαριστιθηκες την βολτα σ απο τα ΨΑρρα . οσο για <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">το εκκλησακι στην φωτο ειναι ο Αι Θανασης που λεμε στα Ψαρρα ή τυπικοτερα ο Αγιοσ Αθανασιος. Το οτι δεν εχει σταυρο ειναι καταληπο απο την τουρκοκρατια και καμια εκκλησια που ειναι προεπαναστατικη στα Ψαρρα δεν εχει σταυρο απο πανω εκτωσ απο τισ πολυ μεγαλες</span></span><br /><br /><a style="CLEAR: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVI-5uM4SkgOFwQeVgAXzt6EQKjRq6AEAVjx1dYGuTIVfaKapiPNnVrKMEqhnQz1uRj0pujZ1hLxUpSU5yRZzDpSdzIVU1R4g4DHUiAy8cKrB3vpT3UBIGRtHs1R0FM_zIi_9WuChqEa0/s1600-h/xiotzP2331.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVI-5uM4SkgOFwQeVgAXzt6EQKjRq6AEAVjx1dYGuTIVfaKapiPNnVrKMEqhnQz1uRj0pujZ1hLxUpSU5yRZzDpSdzIVU1R4g4DHUiAy8cKrB3vpT3UBIGRtHs1R0FM_zIi_9WuChqEa0/s400/xiotzP2331.jpg" border="0" iq="true" /></a><br /><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">This is the southwest side of the island where you can see a gret sunset. Rocky and wild, stands there as a guard of the Aegean Sea. Exposed to the winds, looks opposite to the island of Andipsara.<br /></div><br />Αυτη ειναι η νοτιοδυτική πλευρά του νησιού απο όπου μπορείς να απολαύσεις υπέροχο ηλιοβασίλεμα.<br />Εκτεθειμένο στους ανέμους κυρίως βοριάδες, στέκει απέναντι απο το νησάκι Αντίψαρα.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="CLEAR: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8f_4jpWV9TLhiuu2_yZkn0l0Onr_MS94AxnNRuIkgK4I8AlHEun0kmNX5lQBGG_lElEmonTWZYWU53TcLByHtMxxC6AHKbYK4zHZRJh1IXaxKjk_BF3nUgvBN_SkiN8_fvMNIHDhQQO4/s1600-h/gipIMGP2345o9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383676001344202050" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8f_4jpWV9TLhiuu2_yZkn0l0Onr_MS94AxnNRuIkgK4I8AlHEun0kmNX5lQBGG_lElEmonTWZYWU53TcLByHtMxxC6AHKbYK4zHZRJh1IXaxKjk_BF3nUgvBN_SkiN8_fvMNIHDhQQO4/s400/gipIMGP2345o9.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">This is the statue of Konstantinos Nikodimos, born in Psarra in 1736 with old canons from the greek-turkish war.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">He was a historian, a fighter, a congressman and president of the national Navy.</span><br /><br /><br />Εδω ειναι το άγαλμα του Κ. Νικόδημου, γεννημένου στα Ψαρά το 1736, με κανόνια της εποχής των ελληοτουρκικών πολέμων. Ηταν Ιστορικός, Βουλευτής, ναύαρχος, πυρπολητής και πρόεδρος και χορηγός του εθνικού στόλου.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="CLEAR: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5kPLbVe1rr0EGocOGPLEvMWq3eo-38M3-BtaOBZuaZVz5m6MbDBuXy4qXWdLIqfQv9l4gRx626ozHZpIgoBdUDb5pZVJiwpYBDOo4p2OwJWa6raXYEgHuLlbQMCeuEuBGQ79cC2UETo/s1600-h/gipIMGP2333o8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675994700577634" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5kPLbVe1rr0EGocOGPLEvMWq3eo-38M3-BtaOBZuaZVz5m6MbDBuXy4qXWdLIqfQv9l4gRx626ozHZpIgoBdUDb5pZVJiwpYBDOo4p2OwJWa6raXYEgHuLlbQMCeuEuBGQ79cC2UETo/s400/gipIMGP2333o8.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">The blue sea under our feet is so unique that I can't describe it well enough.<br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">The view of the islands <b>Andipsara</b>, <b>Mesiako </b>and <b>Kato Nisi</b> is the last land before the big Aegean Sea.<br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)">I can stand there for hours, it is so relaxing and so romantic.<br /></div><div style="COLOR: rgb(32,18,77)"><br /></div><br />Η μπλέ γαλάζια θάλασσα στα πόδια μας ειναι τόσο μοναδική που δεν νομίζω οτι μπορώ να την περιγράψω αρκετά καλά.<br />Η θέα των νησιών Αντίψαρα, Μεσιακό και Κάτω Νησί ειναι η τελευταία στεριά πριν το απέραντο Αιγαίο.<br />Ειναι να μην στέκομαι με τις ωρες εκει επάνω ;tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com10Ελλάς38.547503099490925 25.56692505371756938.513931599490924 25.50856005371757 38.581074599490925 25.625290053717567tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-68386105151379321852009-09-11T09:00:00.000+03:002009-09-11T09:00:01.055+03:00Βήματα στην άμμο - Steps on sand<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI9hZ2Ft-_EQUVOMMznIlOqsRYjvfN2MpXIZ6OymiG-MsrTtw4zIUB1gFI-fw8LfZHwh6tlbE3CMr4UDbvFpMP-N3Gui7tGMzfPuKAuK8_ErllVpYm6DSQ5VDPr2wvMwRyRvD9I7LHnk/s1600-h/gipIMGP1251Julsteps.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI9hZ2Ft-_EQUVOMMznIlOqsRYjvfN2MpXIZ6OymiG-MsrTtw4zIUB1gFI-fw8LfZHwh6tlbE3CMr4UDbvFpMP-N3Gui7tGMzfPuKAuK8_ErllVpYm6DSQ5VDPr2wvMwRyRvD9I7LHnk/s400/gipIMGP1251Julsteps.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380043410461029234" border="0" /></a><br />Steps on the sand on July 2009, Chalkidiki Northern Greece<br />Βήματα στην άμμο τον Ιούλιο του 2009, Χαλκιδική<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuaKNXjX8J9-yVYD5gWQk_UZGz4QcTbTW_aYpOOQhQqRoHH841iwRO4IVw2rJ9bAcFKFrQDt3IhyphenhyphenG8HpWxjg_THv-pQ6Ep9YNIsvh69rybMEpekzZh7nvmuJl9rVoINDC57ickjjD-tA/s1600-h/gipIMGP2710Septsteps.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuaKNXjX8J9-yVYD5gWQk_UZGz4QcTbTW_aYpOOQhQqRoHH841iwRO4IVw2rJ9bAcFKFrQDt3IhyphenhyphenG8HpWxjg_THv-pQ6Ep9YNIsvh69rybMEpekzZh7nvmuJl9rVoINDC57ickjjD-tA/s400/gipIMGP2710Septsteps.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380043509578581346" border="0" /></a><br />Steps on the sand, September 2009, Chios island<br />Βήματα στην άμμο τον Σεπτέμβρη 2009, Χίος<br /><br />You can see a difference ...<br />Βλέπει κανείς μια διαφορά ...tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-62253844971108137552009-09-01T00:30:00.003+03:002011-08-26T23:08:02.905+03:00Greek Summer love - part_1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some reasons to love the greek summer ...<br />
The pictures talk themselves.<br />
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Μερικοί λόγοι να αγαπάς το ελληνικό καλοκαίρι.<br />
Οι εικόνες μιλάνε μόνες τους.</div>
tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-20704454708310353572009-08-08T22:40:00.000+03:002009-08-08T22:40:00.218+03:00Summer Moon - Καλοκαιρινό ΦεγγάριThe greek summer moon makes me dream and feel good.<br />Some of my shots this summer just to look at them later and remember the summer nights.<br /><br />Το καλοκαιρινό φεγγάρι μας με κανει να ονειρεύομαι και να νιώθω καλά.<br />Μερικές φωτογραφίες μου εδω για να τις βλέπω αργότερα και να θυμάμαι τις καλοκαιρινές νύχτες.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNLsN1zrruebj8CXUEtBmn4hyA8qdGdKSQwvJIh38jlsTmrnwPDE60qrKpRTo1AFBexJP0mpe0goOLVf5wSYzFuhTiw1QjHuolTn5NVZFLpPlqe1LDQSMYfovKR4sVVczkVe6yHWAOPo/s1600-h/gip_moonIMGP0649Mak5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNLsN1zrruebj8CXUEtBmn4hyA8qdGdKSQwvJIh38jlsTmrnwPDE60qrKpRTo1AFBexJP0mpe0goOLVf5wSYzFuhTiw1QjHuolTn5NVZFLpPlqe1LDQSMYfovKR4sVVczkVe6yHWAOPo/s400/gip_moonIMGP0649Mak5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367664796089346258" border="0" /></a><br />... somewhere in Halkidiki, Makedonia<br />...κάπου στην Χαλκιδική, Μακεδονία<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9PN-SMIO8mTU2DMgKf2WyDDz9BeNggvyGKUaOXDnVPXnDo_ZHwJXlTUKXARTbI4HYUtFIEpsNbSuqQ6JB2mKGDm_8adWMNaO6pXUpfNwvUotKrARqqLmL8RSRhQ3K2gwF_ogExyNqwU/s1600-h/moonIMGP1463Epi1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9PN-SMIO8mTU2DMgKf2WyDDz9BeNggvyGKUaOXDnVPXnDo_ZHwJXlTUKXARTbI4HYUtFIEpsNbSuqQ6JB2mKGDm_8adWMNaO6pXUpfNwvUotKrARqqLmL8RSRhQ3K2gwF_ogExyNqwU/s400/moonIMGP1463Epi1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367664809034134642" border="0" /></a><br />... somewhere in Epirus, Western Greece mainland.<br />... Κάπου στην Ηπειρο.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWAguaLjKdtGJTJaee9tc1zIZ4bXJvOd_eA3kmxAQb2LZJW4p4j8zlrgwIvFKTMdL9oX4mHgmQpBecBBDAPRw36ebhE04pRkUPnR8I4msYKR0x88L7nh4AR6vM5yW_h0w7yOiR6HT3Ek/s1600-h/moonIMGP0630Mak6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWAguaLjKdtGJTJaee9tc1zIZ4bXJvOd_eA3kmxAQb2LZJW4p4j8zlrgwIvFKTMdL9oX4mHgmQpBecBBDAPRw36ebhE04pRkUPnR8I4msYKR0x88L7nh4AR6vM5yW_h0w7yOiR6HT3Ek/s400/moonIMGP0630Mak6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367664806160296050" border="0" /></a><br />... bloody moon in Eastern Makedonia.<br />... ματωμένο φεγγάρι κάπου στην ανατολική Μακεδονία.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimg6JkAKZvVdhaZPxZ9EasJVglNCBzaX0mEszEAM4nZp8JmBH1yOXAoR-xCAZiLxG5CTrNuQmAOxbEI_nEjNXyXfgPDfLGJuev51w_hv3BALsrDqKEBT8BBAXdSTFs2czC4MW5vp-zq2g/s1600-h/gip_moonIMGP0819Mak6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimg6JkAKZvVdhaZPxZ9EasJVglNCBzaX0mEszEAM4nZp8JmBH1yOXAoR-xCAZiLxG5CTrNuQmAOxbEI_nEjNXyXfgPDfLGJuev51w_hv3BALsrDqKEBT8BBAXdSTFs2czC4MW5vp-zq2g/s400/gip_moonIMGP0819Mak6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367664802779860226" border="0" /></a><br />... again in Halkidiki, Makedonia in front of a beach.<br />... Χαλκιδική πάλι, σε μια παραλία.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV14BHu372xQqOi2_sNe-4y3jN1kGNWlF0-Rc5jjXriPu-Cx7sS1J1wWBvx1DdaCQ0WcQf00D7csFlEagEBWmcnX9EEGNzfFBhLIjWG7YZF6pCbYEhwR8cacpj9QygoobTb-ljCZjJTII/s1600-h/moonIMGP0558Mak2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV14BHu372xQqOi2_sNe-4y3jN1kGNWlF0-Rc5jjXriPu-Cx7sS1J1wWBvx1DdaCQ0WcQf00D7csFlEagEBWmcnX9EEGNzfFBhLIjWG7YZF6pCbYEhwR8cacpj9QygoobTb-ljCZjJTII/s400/moonIMGP0558Mak2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367666368169069426" border="0" /></a><br />... and behind the clouds like the lord of the night !<br />... και πισω απο τα σύννεφα, σαν άρχοντας της νύχτας !<br /><br />Kisses to everybody, think positive and smile. Drop a comment by the way :)<br />Φιλιά σε όλους, να σκέφτεστε θετικά και να χαμογελάμε. Αφήστε ενα σχόλιο :)tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765875554566299987.post-6405321131170462232009-04-26T13:00:00.001+03:002009-04-26T13:00:00.744+03:00Evia trip - Ταξιδάκι στην Ευβοια<div style="text-align: center;">One of these days after the greek <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church" rel="wikipedia" title="Greek Orthodox Church">orthodox</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter" rel="wikipedia" title="Easter">Easter</a> I got to take a trip to the "island" of Evia in Central <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.0,23.7166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=38.0,23.7166666667%20%28Greece%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Greece">Greece</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Evia is separated from the mainland by a narrow <a href="http://mapwikia.com/25732060">sea passage</a> not more than 40 meters wide, the Evripos passage.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The city of Khalkida is located around this point. About 1 hour driving from there, it is thw church of Osios Ioannis Rossos where the visitor can see the body of St.Ioannis.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mιά απο αυτές τις μέρες μετά το Πάσχα ειχα την ευκαιρία να επισκεφτώ το "νησί" της Ευβοιας.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3qrBfEBP89daQKFHgPc8ZJjpC0bv0JoFW6uzFR3SpRhkNe_UZx7UiEealSf51xTxbE6u88wdRNy-PWeVGy6VESn0mj5a1QaZCTDvy1spW5QyRi72ukymnF_KQfW78jjjzBu4T_hMHL0/s1600-h/gipf402305canv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3qrBfEBP89daQKFHgPc8ZJjpC0bv0JoFW6uzFR3SpRhkNe_UZx7UiEealSf51xTxbE6u88wdRNy-PWeVGy6VESn0mj5a1QaZCTDvy1spW5QyRi72ukymnF_KQfW78jjjzBu4T_hMHL0/s400/gipf402305canv.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqj10bA3dnmwm8ZUJSysFayodIU5sK8DgtPqYi1cXssPMoFflZUUDotZ33sJSgRIkf5UAxlskPX1myYf3hzwoRjLjGcx1tS1nXuJydYKBZfXKm9hJLZVw-3qspMY1AzOHb4zia76CTyk/s1600-h/gip2296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqj10bA3dnmwm8ZUJSysFayodIU5sK8DgtPqYi1cXssPMoFflZUUDotZ33sJSgRIkf5UAxlskPX1myYf3hzwoRjLjGcx1tS1nXuJydYKBZfXKm9hJLZVw-3qspMY1AzOHb4zia76CTyk/s400/gip2296.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Η Εύβοια χωρίζεται απο την Στερεά Ελλάδα με ενα στενό πλάτους περίπου 40 μέτρων, τον <a href="http://mapwikia.com/25732060">πορθμό του Ευρίπου</a>. Εκει ειναι η πόλη της Χαλκίδας. Μία ωρα δρόμο απο εκεί ειναι ο ναός του Οσίου Ιωάννη του Ρώσου όπου μπορεί κανεις να προσκυνήσει το σκήνωμα του οσίου.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">No more than 10 minutes from there there is a giant tree, more than 500 years of age ! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGm7W8bMCmmBIR8JiygMgE6pH6RJR-YwiGX4JOBezP29I0YweE9oA7Cs5ySIvVyM3GoSuN_BaL-nO70XBOrGPdeYBYAdS2NmDiPJ314MB6FdPiA9F306OXBQOKRO9k0vfjgNY3khRticw/s1600-h/gip402315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGm7W8bMCmmBIR8JiygMgE6pH6RJR-YwiGX4JOBezP29I0YweE9oA7Cs5ySIvVyM3GoSuN_BaL-nO70XBOrGPdeYBYAdS2NmDiPJ314MB6FdPiA9F306OXBQOKRO9k0vfjgNY3khRticw/s400/gip402315.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Στα 10 λεπτά απο εκει βρίσκεται ενα γιγάντιο δένδρο πλάτανος, ηλικίας πάνω απο 500 ετών !</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoCUlfzbWbRxJWAbq0KulEEB3IsxmfD5TpBK2FVujprh_2Mou1fkemVbgVwsBPCtuFWbYKFlg9JIyNRUmopXz3So-cdqX3leZJlL2N-eUDqs2vhEadm_ClyQInikIFECfvvNNrxMo5u0/s1600-h/gipf402310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoCUlfzbWbRxJWAbq0KulEEB3IsxmfD5TpBK2FVujprh_2Mou1fkemVbgVwsBPCtuFWbYKFlg9JIyNRUmopXz3So-cdqX3leZJlL2N-eUDqs2vhEadm_ClyQInikIFECfvvNNrxMo5u0/s400/gipf402310.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4xS0RMVP2ng7mnVtuPK51xCjbxAGTA78ABT5c7HdbfGhaWftAjYS8pM7drl4Uk-hpscilB1eyfBWJ6DNPZ7-bZxrRm3nf5PcDhlsH2bNZVVgJ4_x_77iGnSL7366atHIIvrjfK0XVNY/s1600-h/gip402306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4xS0RMVP2ng7mnVtuPK51xCjbxAGTA78ABT5c7HdbfGhaWftAjYS8pM7drl4Uk-hpscilB1eyfBWJ6DNPZ7-bZxrRm3nf5PcDhlsH2bNZVVgJ4_x_77iGnSL7366atHIIvrjfK0XVNY/s400/gip402306.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Some of the tree's branches are on the ground, broken by thw heavy snow.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Μερικά μεγάλα κλαδιά του δένδρου ειναι πεσμένα κάτω, σπασμένα απο το βάρος του χιονιού.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QPifsv2c-HOiVeqVvQnmN8kZwLAZaDbkwbdc3vG-nkldy0zXaKxd57OTYXKtjASTWQbc6PWgqG_p7ibAMgMApSOsrXWQL-7XXLvK0AOYPjiTGDvau3eVAhChkSAn4pUIP5TLOFahMLc/s1600-h/gip402326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QPifsv2c-HOiVeqVvQnmN8kZwLAZaDbkwbdc3vG-nkldy0zXaKxd57OTYXKtjASTWQbc6PWgqG_p7ibAMgMApSOsrXWQL-7XXLvK0AOYPjiTGDvau3eVAhChkSAn4pUIP5TLOFahMLc/s400/gip402326.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And on the one side you can enter into the tree's cavity where you can stand up even if you are 7ft tall !</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside it i guess more than 15 people can sit down or more than 20 stand up ! It's giant.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Στην μια πλευρά του δένδρου υπάρχει μιά μεγάλη κουφάλα όπου μπορείς να σταθεί όρθιος ακόμα κι αν εισαι 2.10 μ ψηλός ! Μεσα σε αυτην υπολόγισα οτι περισσότεροι απο 15 μπορούν να καθίσουν ή 20 και πάνω να σταθούν όρθιοι. Ειναι ενας γίγαντας.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9L519YCb5OqwtglINH9hkufzAfSe5zzdobro_mTPjw808JwhrnWZAYqYf7V3pdj4NnC92Cdbcc37NDTDOJTMeDj28famYDZ-G_8CmPjqPwepGZvhkk1zVVT2yh4mK01aYetWUMj5RFs/s1600-h/gipf402328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9L519YCb5OqwtglINH9hkufzAfSe5zzdobro_mTPjw808JwhrnWZAYqYf7V3pdj4NnC92Cdbcc37NDTDOJTMeDj28famYDZ-G_8CmPjqPwepGZvhkk1zVVT2yh4mK01aYetWUMj5RFs/s320/gipf402328.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Evia is full of trees and it has much snow in winters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The trip is one of the best I have done in Greece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More about Evia in a next post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Η Εύβοια ειναι γεμάτη δάση και η διαδρομή στην Βόρεια Εύβοια ειναι απο τις καλύτερες που εχω κάνει. Περισσότερα για Εύβοια σε επόμενο θέμα μας.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNWAEO3cHDZz2k1KDvsxOi3xotxv9TMo3uZCcPY2iQ5QKhLeFo1I1UT_JsF28PXW_Y03e62VTVvTXSW_BbjPc5nbSMMq4Dq4M4XVDpEK2j26tQl9lKuDeME_lW8-GfJ1P_uyWemAEM9M/s1600-h/gipf402302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNWAEO3cHDZz2k1KDvsxOi3xotxv9TMo3uZCcPY2iQ5QKhLeFo1I1UT_JsF28PXW_Y03e62VTVvTXSW_BbjPc5nbSMMq4Dq4M4XVDpEK2j26tQl9lKuDeME_lW8-GfJ1P_uyWemAEM9M/s320/gipf402302.jpg" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Χρόνια Πολλά σε όλους.</div><div></div><br />
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On a day with a beautiful sunshine like yesterday, a walk at the seaside south of Athens is perfect.<br />
With my friend Spyder from USA, little before he departs to Kalymnos island.<br />
Lucky man, he travels to all those countries of the world. He's been to Greece before several times and I'd lovw to know if he met that sun and sea in other places. As he said, just a few places have a similar light and colors.<br />
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Μια ηλιόλουστη μέρα σαν τη χτεσινή, σίγουρα ηταν μιά καλή ευκαιρία για θάλασσα.<br />
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Τυχερός. Απο την Αμερική ταξιδεύει σε τόσες πολλές χώρες. Στην Ελλάδα εχει έρθει αρκετές φορές και πολυ θα ήθελα να ξέρω αν τέτοια θάλασσα και ήλιο εχει και αλλού. Οπως είπε, σε λίγα μέρη υπάρχει τέτοιο φώς και χρώμα.<br />
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Stopped for a coffee at the end of Lemos peninsula where we could watch a sailing race.<br />
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Σταθήκαμε για καφέ στην άκρη της χερσονήσου του Λαιμού απο όπου μπορούσαμε να παρακολουθούμε και εναν ιστιοπλοϊκό αγώνα στη θάλασσα.<br />
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All the blues of the sky and the sea was there.<br />
The white sails of the Optimist boats reminded me how much I love the sea and want to live in it or at least close to it. <br />
Two pigeons on a tree said goodbye to us before we leave.<br />
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Ολα τα μπλέ του ουρανού και της θάλασσας ήταν εκεί.<br />
Τα λευκά πανιά των σκαφών Optimist μου θύμισαν πόσο αγαπώ τη θάλασσα και θέλω να ζω σε αυτην ή εστω κοντά σε αυτην.<br />
Δύο περιστέρια πάνω σε ενα κλαδί μας αποχαιρέτησαν πριν φύγουμε.tzonakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01143216082645730135noreply@blogger.com6