Lesvos has more stones than olives. You fall over them in the fields or bump into one of the millions of laid walls. There’s no piece of land without a stone wall. In the mountains …
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Category: History
I love Athens – Room 810
About my hospital adventures in Athens.
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I love Athens – ICU
My adventures in an Athens hospital.
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I love Athens – Hades
Even in times of corona you think you are untouchable. You have a healthy life, you feel good and all the bad things normally happen to others. This is how it was, until disaster struck …
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The King of Eftalou is gone
(2002-2021) The King of Eftalou is gone after 19 years he took off to heaven or to the eternal hunting fields (as we say in Dutch) that fits better to this small polar bear In …
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The B of olives
Harvesting olives during the second lockdown in Greece.
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October Blues
When the earth heavily shook from the earthquake whose epicenter was close to Samos, I didn’t feel a thing until a friend passed by and asked if I was afraid. We both then noticed the …
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Facemask Blues
About the use of facemasks on the island.
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The myths of Moria
(Kara Tepe 2; photo: internet) It is not for the first time that a huge camp of tents makes history in the North Aegean. More than thousands of years ago BC, in today’s Turkey, not …
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Crying September
The ninth month of the year still bears the name of the seventh month. An inheritance from Pre-Christian times, when science endlessly struggled with the months and the moon phases. Along with Greek calendars and …
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