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Next point of our Greek program was Santorini. It was the place I keenly wanted to visit: the island is very interesting from the all points of view: historic, geologic, wine, and aesthetic. . . . → Continue reading My Greek vacation. Santorini. Gravedigger of Crete-Minoan civilization.
Last Saturday we made our traditional summer visit to lavender fields of Sequim. Lavender of previous years can be seen here. More: . . . → Continue reading Traditional lavender
This post is a hodge-podge of Athena pieces. . . . → Continue reading My Greek Vacation. Athena in pieces.
After two days in Athena my friend complained that she still doesn’t have image of the typical modern Greek man in her mind, so we went to the Sunday parade of Evzones. If 120 selected (to became an Evzone . . . → Continue reading My Greek Vacation. Athena. Evzones
Kerameikos (Κεραμεικός) is another nook of the antic Athena where philosophical reflections easily substitute all other thoughts. Actually it is a cemetery, antic cemetery. Pericles, for example, is buried here. The name Kerameikos came from the bigger area that included the cemetery. Potters lived here. . . . → Continue reading My Greek Vacation. Athena. Kerameikos
All our settled ancestries knew that it is very convenient to have high hill or commodious rock near the agrarian flats. Such hill or rock is a perfect place for a fortified citadel where you can hide from the enemies and pour boiling tar and other useful . . . → Continue reading My Greek Vacation. Athena. The Acropolis.
Every year Roozengarten in Skagit valley shows new variety of tulips and new compositions of flowerbed. . . . → Continue reading Tulips of this Year
Unexpectedly I spent the middle of April in Greece. I just joined my friends, so our itinerary was on their own heads. It was only 10 days, and it was first time in Greece for all of us, so we decided to try pick up a little . . . → Continue reading My Greek vacation
Tulips in Skagit Valley I visited every year since 2012. This year was not exception. Tulip fields are beautiful under the sun as well as under a rain. . . . → Continue reading In the fields
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