Cretanvista Site & Local News - JANUARY 30th 2004 Issue 13 |
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JANUARY WEATHER WAS...
A NEW YEAR.... Also, because we do not need to generate income we do not seek to compete with others who may need to do so. However, the work needed to keep the site current and up-to-date is considerable, expensive and time consuming. It is the work of several people who give their time and expertise voluntarily. Paul Smith, who every month without fail shares his own Cretan bird-watching diary highlights... Eric Rowe, a very generous flower expert who lives in France provides unstinting advice and identification of flowers for the galleries we are building. Gudrun Harms - an unbeatable and very beautiful lady who lives in Germany and is currently translating the whole site into German. David Smith, a retired priest and hardened Grecophile in the UK who is taking over our book review page... Andy Davies - who seems to have taken over as
driver for at least some driving days out - a super arrangement which lets me concentrate on the photography - difficult when you have to drive as well. To say nothing of the fact that together with his wife Sue (and daughter Ros) they undertook a day in Athens as outlined on the site. At their own expense! Several bird-watchers have allowed us to use their own photographs on the site. Off the top of my head and not in any order are Gerald Rozmejer and his wife - from Holland - who supplied several photographs (some still unused) and in particular a magnificent shot of a young buzzard (CVNAYBuzzard.htm). Bill and Heather Quinn, together with their accomplice (!) Dermott McCabe who visited Paul Smith whilst on a bird watching holiday from Ireland also provided us with some magical photographs - my favourite is of a griffon vulture... Chris Hobart from the UK provided a super picture of a Little Bittern which like the other contributions mentioned represented his own time, effort and money... Sincerely appreciated. There are many others - including personal visitors, who help to make life merrier for a little while. Last year we had four visitors from America (see site news archives) and several from the UK including (on two separate occasions) some very special (Top next Column) |
people - old colleagues with whom my wife had trained over 45 years ago at Gt Ormond St hospital in London! News Archive Story/Photo - Anne & Terry Jenner(Col 3) and News Archive Story/Photo - Charmian & Derek Whitmell (Col 3). LINKS... Sometimes we would dearly love a link proposal because it would probably bring
us more traffic, but don't do so because the link is a round-about way of taking traffic to a commercial site. An indirect link to advertising. We are not a commercial site..
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Accommodation in Astratigos FOR RENT....
Maybe More shortly.. Another local owner has carried out some superb traditional renovation on a ruined house - and is currently renovating what was his own accommodation - maybe for your holidays! |
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FERRY SERVICES Anek currently leaves Chania at 8.30pm whilst Blue Star leave at 11.30pm. |
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Moving to Crete - Practical Advice.. An e-mail copy is available as a Microsoft word file - a very fast email of very useful information. |
MORE FUN & SERIOUS PLEASURE PLEASE! To our visitors who have taken the time to tell us that they have found our site enjoyable/ informative/ helpful/ or otherwise complimented the site - very many thanks. We are trying very hard and it's really good to know that you like it". Besides, my wife notes that many of you are ladies! Please don't stop!! *Yes, but Judith..... We can't afford to keep you! |
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Cretanvista! Mirror Sites at:- |
Cretan Vista Calendars 2004......... What can I say? Since I am the photographer and producer the blame is all mine. I will say that Crete, indeed much of Greece, has some stunning examples of really old vehicles standing in fields and by
roadsides, but is already starting to collect and scrap them. Bits of history worth recording. Maybe when my pictures are really old - and of subjects which are really older, I will become rich and famous. My calendars - collectors items! 200 years maybe? |
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Earthquakes.... We are often willing to allow the use of our material to be used for personal purposes. For example our calendar photographs can be used to reproduce the pictures for your own calendars or to hang on granny's bedroom wall. |
In the News... Prime minister Costas Simitis, whose PASOK party I innocently cheered from a National Democratic stronghold when I first came to Crete, formally announced on the 29th January that he was bowing out after a very long and very distinguished career. Simitis took over the reins of PASOK after the death of the former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, and although it is matter
of opinion (or politics!) he has led the country brilliantly for many years. Constantine Mitsotakis entered politics in 1943 and was prime minister of the New Democracy government from 1990 to 1993. Mitsotakis is a Cretan. He is the nephew of another great Cretan, Eleftherios Venizelos. Mitsotakis is 86 years old, but like most Cretans he does not look or act a bit of it. Leader of the New Democrats is Costas Karamanlis - nephew of a another prime minister and president Constantine Karamanlis. |
Well, that's about it for now..... Added to that our late return from spending Christmas in the UK meant that we had to update ourselves on what had actually been happening and also review our own intentions for the site in 2004, before we could actually start writing and photo-editing. Better late than never - though I note that at least one magazine I read is about to send their April edition!
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