Been there, done that, still gloating...
Friday, 20 November 2015
Une connexion de toute la vie
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If I started this post by writing 'This time five months ago...' you would have no idea how that sentence would conclude; but if i...
Saturday, 24 October 2015
Athenian observations
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Hadrian's Arch sounds a lot less impressive when you say it with a Greek accent, leaving off the H. The original Caryatids...
Friday, 23 October 2015
A guilt-free day
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Waking to gurgling in the gutters meant that today would be another indoor day – and consequently an educational one, since in Athens the...
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Lightning bolts - not confined to Poseidon
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Athens can do a mean thunderstorm, when it chooses: startling lightning flash, deafening clap of thunder, torrential rain that severely i...
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Stone, shell, fur and feathers
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To balance all the old stone, here's today in animals: Cats (naturally) – flitting around the narrow pathways that climb up th...
Monday, 19 October 2015
Not Cockney, but Yorkshire*
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Oia in the morning is a beautiful place. Today the sky was blue, the sunshine bright, the bougainvillea brilliant, and there were just en...
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