The Idiot was asked by local officials to photograph and judge this weekend’s 60-kilometer long Easter parade between Skepasti and Georgioupolis in northwestern Crete. Municipal authorities insisted “your unbiased eye and independent voice are required to maintain the credibility of our highly regarded Easter pageant.”
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Even The Idiot learns something new each time he visits Knossos, which Homer called “the chief city of King Minos, whom great Zeus took into his confidence every nine years.”
Today, after calmly strolling up the weathered cobblestones of the Royal Road, I picked up all sorts of delicious tidbits while I Read more
Why did I decide to kick off my MedTrek around Crete by heading counterclockwise through the birthplace of El Greco towards a seaside village romantically called Bali rather than go the other way?
Not only because I like the other Bali and the works of El Greco. But because I’ll also continue Read more
I’m spending twenty-four hours in Athens before I ferry to Heraklion and begin my month-long MedTrek around Crete, Greece’s largest island. Naturally it’s always a pleasure, especially after viewing Greek antiquities in the well-presented and well-preserved but synthetic environment of the British Museum, to see Greece in Greece.
Despite a rainy dawn, Read more
The best way to get into Greek MedTrekking mode is to pay a quick visit to the still-free British Museum in London just before flying to Athens.
A meander amid the Elgin Marbles and the vast array of treasures in the numerous rooms dedicated to ancient and classical Greece has definitely gotten Read more
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