Photo of the Day: Kalo Mina with Sunshine, Blue Skies and 27C in Greece, Beautiful Greece!

The weather forecast says...

 Sunshine, Blue skies and 27 C

  

It's the 1st of November today, and in Greece the sun is shining, the sky is blue and we're still wearing our summer clothes. 

While much of Europe has been plagued by bad weather and low temperatures, in Greece we are having record sunshine and good weather.
In Attica especially, we haven't had to worry about heating bills since April....

Paradise?

Sure is! 
 

Greece, beautiful Greece!

The sea is warm and people are still swimming, although many beach side shops have boarded up for the 'winter' so it is hard to get anything more than a frappe... 

  This was our last Frappe at the beach ...

but there are one or two tavernas open throughout the year so we had to have lunch by the sea after our last swim for 2013!

 

Kalo Mina... 

and

Xronia Polla 

to all those celebrating namedays today,  ton Aghion Anargyron.

Anargyros is the singular of anargyroi and in the Orthodox Church refers to one of thirteen saints who were mainly physicians and were said to have assisted the suffering and the needy without accepting payment...
(An = without, Argyros = silver, Anargyros = without silver)

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August in Greece Means ...Sunsets, Magical Sunsets!

 August in Greece means...

Sunsets, magical Sunsets!

Join us!

Images like this can help us remain optimistic and positive as the drums of war in the Middle East start beating  again...

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Photo of the Day: Summer in Greece is... Blue! Deep Blue! Καλό Καλοκαίρι!

 Summer in Greece is ... Blue 

Deep Blue...

Glorious  Blue... 

Blue... as far as the eye can see

Blue... Unlimited

Blue without borders...

Greece   

Hellas  

Ελλάδα

Το Απέραντο Γαλάζιο

  Καλό Καλοκαίρι! 

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August Means ....Summer in Greece! Join Us!

This post is dedicated to all our friends around the world who love Greece and to those who are celebrating their nameday tomorrow 15th August, the Assumption (Dormition) of the Virgin Mary, a very significant day in the Church Year called simply Της Παναγίας.

Summer in Greece is....

Ouzaki and Mezedaki by the beach

'Poikilia mikri' 

  

Ouzaki and Mezedaki by the beach

 'Poikilia megali' 

Fabulous beaches as far as the eye can see...

Warm sun, cool sea and sparkling sand....

Beach Bars.... 
Κυανή Ακτή - Kalyves Beach

 Moonlit Dinners by the sea... 
Almyrida

Seagulls galore...



Swallows ...on a wire

 

Panigyria tis Panagias...
15 August celebrations in honour of the Virgin Mary

Outdoor Concerts ... Lyra by moonlight

Vassilis Skoulas

The Icon of the Virgin Mary - Tis Panagias 
15 August in Pemonia, Apokorona

Magical Sunsets... 
 from  Kantina Bananas at Kalyves Beach

Magnificent Sunsets

t

Taverna...on the rocks

At Plaka - facing Spinalonga

Our very own Jonathon-aki Livingston-aki Seagull on the beach...
I baptised him this trip, his name is now officially SIFI

Lying in the sun watching cruise ships go by...

Crystal turquoise blue waters... Spinalonga

Food, glorious food.... 

Under the August moon...the most beautiful full moon of the year

Dessert - Summer fruit.... watermelon, grapes, figs

Grapes fresh from the village vine... 

 

Fresh Figs....straight from the tree....

Summer in Greece is...all this 
and so much more...

Join us!!! 
Experience it for yourself!

My daughter's mark in the sand at Kalyves Beach 

in front of Kantina Bananas

Special thanks to Manoli, Chryssa and George of Kyani Akti 

and Stelios, Mario and Dimitri of Kantina Bananas at Kalyves Beach near Chania in Crete for their hospitality!

We just love visiting, we know you will too!

DON'T Believe All you Read and Hear! Greece/Crete: SEE for Yourself, FEEL for Yourself!

 The magnificent turquoise seas around Spinalonga 
taken from the island when we visited it last year

When the people are demonstrating in Syntagma, the way the world's media tells it, and projects it, the whole of Greece is being attacked by anarchists, rioters, or the police, and tear-gassed... the rest of the world thinks that in every island, in every village, from Evros to Crete, there are riots and clashes with police!!!

The truth is that,usually, even a couple of blocks down the road from Syntagma Square, people are peacefully drinking their afternoon coffee... 

Much like the bemused tourist in the videoclip below, we in Greece feel confused ... from the deliberately (?)  misleading misinformation we hear from all the 'well-meaning' media, even we are wondering if we are living in the same country they are talking about!!!

Commissioned by the Regional Bureau of Crete, this brilliant clip is the work of Theodoris (Teo) Papadoulakis, the talented producer of Victoria Heslop's riveting novel about Spinalonga, the leper colony right across from Elounda, on Crete -  'To Nisi - The island'... and applies as much to Crete as it does to the rest of Greece!

DON'T believe all you read and hear!

SEE for yourself! FEEL for yourself! 

Thanks to Elina K, Greece for passing it on!

Join Us in Greece! Springtime's Almost Over, Summer is Coming...

It's been a wonderful Springtime in Athens... 
unusually wet, but always a wonderful

time of the year to be in Greece!

The trees have sprung their fresh new leaves... 

 

Store Windows in bloom...

Streets and cafes in bloom...

Gardens in bloom....

Summer's coming...

What are YOU waiting for?

  
Join the rest of us 

in the land chosen by the Gods for their home: 
 Greece - Ελλάδα - Hellas!

Greece is safe,
Greece is beautiful,
Greece is unique!
The Greek islands, the Greek Sun and the Greek Beaches are NOT in crisis!

Bring your family, 

Bring a friend,

Let's all help bring the WORLD to Greece this year!  

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Have a great month!

Kalo Mina!  
Καλό Μήνα!

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I ♥ Greece...

 My daughter's mark in the sand at Kalyves Beach, Crete...

At Global Greek World, 
We ♥ Greece... and it Shows! 

This Summer just do what's Chic...

It is CHIC to be GREEK! 

Magnificent beaches....

Unique sunsets....

Beautiful Islands.... 

Great food....

Wonderful people...

Join us!!

Photo of the Day: August in Greece....

....means holidays

See you in September!!!