In less as 200 days Marion and I travel to Lesvos again. I know, it is still quite some time, but it sounds so much better now it is below 200 days …. and it will sound even better when it is below 100 days! *smiles* Lesvos is an island that has so much to…
Category: Lésvos / Lesbos
Anything related to the Greece island Lesbos or Lesvos as the Greek call it themselves.
Lesvos, the Green Island
(Click on the image to zoom in) When Marion and Rob invited me to write here on their weblog I was honoured as it shows the friendship that we have built together. When they asked me if I would be willing to write here some articles about Lesvos, the island where I was born and…
Lesvos and Erdogan
Yesterday evening Mel (our friend from Lesvos), Marion, Sanne, Rob and I had a very long chat on Skype. On a certain moment the conversation ended up with Turkey and its president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mel told us that there always has been a certain of distrust between the Turkish people and the people of…
Vacation next year!
(Click on the image to zoom in)Mel is awesome! Richard is awesome! 🙂 I thought that next year it would be not possible to go on a vacation. This because next year I will get my own apartment and decorating everything will cost quite some money. So I saved my money for that and accepted…
Mastic Tears
Sitting lazy after an extreme busy day at my work on the couch in my living room. Eyes closed. Soft music on the background. Trying to clear my mind. With the first sips of my glass of Mastic Tears a welcome warmth flows through my body. In my head I start to hear the waves…
“Ik ben vies”
My first entry here will be about a laugh we had during our vacation on Lesbos this year. As may be known, we went this with a group of very good friends to Lesbos. We had a wonderful time there. One day we made a very nice walk to the east of the town of…
The Castle of Molyvos
(Click on the image to zoom in) During our vacation to Lesvos (as the Greek call Lesbos themselves) we visited the Castle of Molyvos. Last year we also wanted to see this castle, but we went on a Monday. Monday is the day that many things are closed in Greece, including the castle. With that…
Going back to Lésvos
As almost everybody knows, last year Marion and I have been to the Greek island Lesbos for our holiday. The Greek people themselves call the island Lésvos and who am I to argue with them. It was a most wonderful stay we had on Lésvos and I have to admit that both of us have…
The exploding cucumber
As a Dutch sayings learns us, you’re never to old learn something new. And well, today I learned something new! During the holiday on Lésvos (as the residents of Lesbos call their islands themselves) I made quite some photo’s. And among those a number of photo’s of plants that for some reason did draw my…
About Olives…
I can remember when I younger that I didn’t like olives at all. I really disliked the taste, but I guess it is with olives just as with wine… many people have to learn to appreciate them. But as time passes by, new people come into your life and they bring new things with them…