Tinos

Pigeon house

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

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

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

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

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…

Greece

Clear water

We went to Paranga beach which was recommended by our hotel. It seemed a popular one and it was fairly crowded with mainly young people. Some were topless, which we did not…

Mykonos

Sandals of Sparta

This is a photo of the sandals I bought in Mykonos. Apparently the Spartan people were wearing them in the 8th century BC. I bought these from a man who designed them…

Greece

Power of Uniqlo

When we walked around the town of Mykonos, I saw one Oriental woman wearing exacly the same Uniqlo T-shirts I was wearing on the day at a distance. I can understand that if this happens…

Greece

Hotel in Mykonos

We stayed in Adonis Hotel in Mykonos.The room was spacious and clean and generally it was not bad.But as other hotels in Mykonos, the lift to and from the port or the…