Greece - Day ?? - Farewell Santorini

October 5, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Leaving Santorini today for Athens. Fly out tomorrow for Seattle via Paris … Seattle via Paris, just doesn’t work somehow. Anyway, took a few pictures yesterday as the sea threw itself against the fishing village of Ammoudhi which, as locals tell us, has never happened before at this time of year … hmmm, seeing that everywhere aren’t we … cheers to Greece …

cheers, tom

Greece - Day ?? - No postcards in Santorini

October 4, 2008 | Filed Under Cyclades, greece | 2 Comments

If you have seen a tourist postcard picture of the Greek isles it was likely taken on Santorini. Perched on the rim of a volcano that exploded some 3500 years ago, the view across the caldera is like nothing else. Everybody here has a camera, and everybody is making postcards. It gets quite annoying actually … and i’m a photographer, i just put my camera down for most of this week. So, no postcards from me, just little vignettes of life through the green haze of the bus window … pure instinct, no time to frame, to focus, to think, just to see, feel something coming, and act reflexively. I really like these, they seem real.

… And Senor Zorba just cracks me up ;-)))

tom

Hello Santorini

October 2, 2008 | Filed Under Cyclades, greece | Leave a Comment

Arriving Santorini … trading boxes … on my way to village of Oia …

Fear and loathing on Mykonos

October 2, 2008 | Filed Under Cyclades, greece | Leave a Comment

It’s a two hour stopover to change ferries in Mykonos, that most ruined of the Cyclades.

… There’s a good story about this guy who kind of ripped me off for a ride in his glorified two-door Cushman. We both knew he was ripping me off but he was such a character it made it worthwhile to pay 10 Euros to go 1 km between ports.

He spent most of the trip explaining how he wasn’t ripping me off but more on that and my loathing of Mykonos later ….

Deliverance from Mykonos into my fast ferry box to Santorini …

Greece - Day 10 - Farewell Syros …

October 2, 2008 | Filed Under Cyclades, Syros, greece | Leave a Comment

It’s Monday and I have a few hours before the ferry leaves … one last walk around the waterfront of Ermopoulis and a stop to say farewell to me friends at the cafe before heading for Santorini via a two hour stopover at Mykonos.

Farewell Syros …

Greece - Day 9 - New and old on Syros …

October 2, 2008 | Filed Under Cyclades, Syros, greece | Leave a Comment

Syros is a thriving community with deep traditions and important ceremonies secular and religious with the lines well blurred between the two. But Syros is fully part of the modern world as well. Sunday night at the famous marble town square in the main port city of Ermopoulis started with a ceremony to unveil a new bronze bust with blessings from the Orthodox church, speeches by politicians, and participation from the military … followed by a rock concert for the entire city.

Old and new seem to meld well here, as well in fact as the Greek Orthodox and Catholic communities on the hills reigning over Ermopoulis.

Greece - Week 1, bigger and better …

September 27, 2008 | Filed Under Cyclades, Syros, greece | Leave a Comment

Just set up a separate single web page with my choice pics for my first week in Greece … they are larger and easier to see than on this 640 pixel constrained blog. Still way too many for a good edit but my favorites nonetheless, at least today.

http://www.hydeimages.com/greece1/

yassus, tom :))))

Greece - Day 9 - Back at the Syros Cafe

September 27, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

These guys play mean backgammon. I thought I was halfway decent at it but I can even keep up watching!

Greece - Day 8 - Walking the Street

September 27, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

I’ve been doing a LOT of walking … here are a few from the streets of Syros, about a 20 minute span with these photos as the sun fell behind the mountain … i love Syros :)))

… And BTW, these daily posts are like a raw daily edit, it’s really not a good idea to post frames the same day they are made. What looks good now could be a bit embarrassing later but here’s to the raw feed! :)))

yassus, tom