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Czech Republic

After 19 years

[ Sept.2013 ] We went to Prague with our Italian friends. It was the second time for me to visit there. The first time was in 1994, which is the year after Czech and Slovakia…

Greece

The last feast

[ Sept.2013 ] This is the photo of my last feast which I had before leaving Mykonos. Because it was the last meal in the holiday, we wanted a good one, though it might be…

Delos

Island of ruin

[ Sept.2013 ] On the last day of our holiday, we had plenty of time before our flight, so we joined the tour to Delos. Delos is the sacred island where Apollo and Artemis were…

Tinos

Depopulation

[ Sept.2013 ] The terraced fields are spread inland of Tinos. The guide said “Because the land is hilly, people use every small space for farming”, but in fact, those fields looked wasted. Also in…

Tinos

Pigeon house

[ Sept.2013 ] What do you think this strange building is? It is a pigeon house. Tinos is famous for these houses. I was imagining that they had a romantic custom to keep carrier pigeons,…

Tinos

Village of marbles

[ Sept.2013 ] The last place we went with the tour in Tinos was a village called Pyrgos in the north of the island. Around here they produce marble and this particular village is famous…

Tinos

Sing

[ Sept.2013 ] There was an outdoor theatre on the outskirts of a village we visited with the tour in Tinos. It looked like an ancient stadium, but this one was new and used particularly…

Greece

Very good lunch

[ Sept.2013 ] The tour in Tinos took us to lunch soon after the first visit to the church, probably thinking “an army marches on its stomach”.Where we went was a restaurant in a village…

Tinos

Icon which does miracles

[ Sept.2013 ] From Mykonos, we joined a tour to Tinos. The main attraction here is Church of Panagia Evangelistria whose icon of the Annunciation does miracles. The icon itself which was discovered on the…