tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25629913993357848342024-03-05T03:14:41.939-08:00SmitakiBOULEVARD NEWS LESVOSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger615125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-69125534420962319392023-03-11T13:07:00.004-08:002023-03-18T14:09:56.415-07:00Lesvos is hot<p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgsG_jqa0h8itI-KTe5ILlayddROQXBELr0a8hkXnLHHH1Z51-YYEBqX7iu3GcIbzcqMJ4rV-9tjWWf1FhyazbeZZsfv4jiWLwf3sXMbm_kNRR0BGkwKbFLU6TOPkz1N_yZIxlWozDt0BhIPU_FdmOwD9K3dMXFCD111rsbat7oWz6X5CP-KLHgtRfw/s500/hotspringlisvori.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgsG_jqa0h8itI-KTe5ILlayddROQXBELr0a8hkXnLHHH1Z51-YYEBqX7iu3GcIbzcqMJ4rV-9tjWWf1FhyazbeZZsfv4jiWLwf3sXMbm_kNRR0BGkwKbFLU6TOPkz1N_yZIxlWozDt0BhIPU_FdmOwD9K3dMXFCD111rsbat7oWz6X5CP-KLHgtRfw/s320/hotspringlisvori.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Weeks before strong earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria, I had sleepless nights because here too the earth shook. However not as badly as on the other side. Some houses on Lesvos were damaged, although, as far as I know, no building entirely collapsed.</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/lesvos-is-hot/">Continue reading -><br /></a></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-10400602139186063302023-02-27T13:05:00.002-08:002023-03-18T14:07:12.383-07:00A pinch of salt<p> </p><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--light-text-color); font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span class="meta-category" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><img alt="" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="525" src="https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/7-sept-10-059-zoutwinning-Skala-Polichnitos-AconShHiSm2-500x525.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top;" width="500" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"></span><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"></header><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-top: 1em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;">Most tourists pass the salt mountain of Kalloni when they are going to Molyvos. With a bit of luck, it’s still looking like a snowy Swiss alp, shining brightly under a clear blue sky; fewer tourists will know the white mountains of Skala Polichnitos, also on the Gulf of Kalloni. <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/a-pinch-of-salt/">Continue reading -></a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-43352044265700420262023-02-07T13:03:00.003-08:002023-03-18T14:05:21.363-07:00Hypeorea<p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxycKJm_epIIFXrku1-jZPISqN7VFofE99XLdNQiqk9KRMPZGubTcu31Q2EnWAdS68YTlAJa4a-rVRL71UlAFlf6XGbMhIwmHW90Pu2gcnJBnz5a32_c7F5Z-ue0_hZWCW7lT6VCj1fo6Nbdo6TCI_TtybB2fbWiprY3UnzY5nQi5W4BZqRyL5BZSBzA/s500/31-dec-08-097-lepetimnos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxycKJm_epIIFXrku1-jZPISqN7VFofE99XLdNQiqk9KRMPZGubTcu31Q2EnWAdS68YTlAJa4a-rVRL71UlAFlf6XGbMhIwmHW90Pu2gcnJBnz5a32_c7F5Z-ue0_hZWCW7lT6VCj1fo6Nbdo6TCI_TtybB2fbWiprY3UnzY5nQi5W4BZqRyL5BZSBzA/s320/31-dec-08-097-lepetimnos.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Finally winter has arrived on the island.<span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic;"> Boreas</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">, the North wind, merrily roars over the island, lowering temperatures along his way and he also brought his daughter </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic;">Chione</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">, goddess of the snow. She has deposited a thin layer of ice-cold fuzz over a large part of the island. </span> <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/hyperborea-2/">Continue reading -></a><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-59624894212190797322023-01-28T13:01:00.006-08:002023-03-18T14:02:22.636-07:00112-terror<p> </p><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--light-text-color); font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span class="meta-category" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><img alt="" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="375" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/stormyweather.jpg" srcset="https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/stormyweather.jpg 500w, https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/stormyweather-300x225.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top;" width="500" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"></span><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"></header><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-top: 1em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;">Yesterday when I was having a coffee with a friend, in the early afternoon, suddenly a shrill dark sound blared through the room. We nearly fell off our chairs — so scary it was. We looked at each other: ‘what is this’?! It absolutely didn’t sound like an earthquake. <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/112-terror/">Continue reading -></a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-14786881220373431352023-01-13T12:58:00.007-08:002023-03-18T14:00:27.145-07:00Culinary curiosities<p> </p><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--light-text-color); font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span class="meta-category" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><img alt="" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="333" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sea-cucumber.jpg" srcset="https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sea-cucumber.jpg 500w, https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sea-cucumber-300x200.jpg 300w, https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sea-cucumber-120x80.jpg 120w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top;" width="500" /><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-top: 1em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em;">Lots of ingredients for Greek dishes have been imported in earlier times. From their far away travels and campaigns, explorers and military men like Alexander the Great, brought home exotic fruits and vegetables. This is how tomatoes, aubergines and cucumbers were slowly integrated into Greek cuisine. <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/culinary-curiosities/">Continue reading -></a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-44529131309413199392023-01-01T12:56:00.004-08:002023-03-18T13:57:56.548-07:00Festivity Calendar <p> </p><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--light-text-color); font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span class="meta-category" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><img alt="" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px" src="https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_0995.jpeg" srcset="https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_0995.jpeg 375w, https://smitakislesvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_0995-225x300.jpeg 225w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top;" width="375" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"></span><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"></header><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-top: 1em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;">In ancient times Greeks were not playing cards during New Year in order to ensure luck for the coming year. They didn’t throw pomegranates on New Year’s Day; nor did they carry water, in silence, from a holy source to their homes; nor was a cake presented with a hidden coin (causing many teeth to be broken). <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/festivity-calendar/">Continue reading -></a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-77214825212336300812022-12-22T12:53:00.003-08:002023-03-18T13:55:41.888-07:00Jingle Bells<p> </p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqbB9yrVOVGpyYuYtfe-qPyBRUucMLuwI_VEkfK08jksH-uq5xvPv6WJc0PgIZPnkfp_x02ZzosUYtxMP2AR3yqpuF-0ZUipbHRHapsz-GgAzAgrxb80HgjO7O372Md-T2IlklAR-gTnR6A2jV93JKpb_SCcR0SJZHFVqlq3ikMaR9WbYfozZ9Wj3Mg/s500/20_dec_22-Reindeer-Molivos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqbB9yrVOVGpyYuYtfe-qPyBRUucMLuwI_VEkfK08jksH-uq5xvPv6WJc0PgIZPnkfp_x02ZzosUYtxMP2AR3yqpuF-0ZUipbHRHapsz-GgAzAgrxb80HgjO7O372Md-T2IlklAR-gTnR6A2jV93JKpb_SCcR0SJZHFVqlq3ikMaR9WbYfozZ9Wj3Mg/s320/20_dec_22-Reindeer-Molivos.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />The autumn was unusually warm and the serious rains only came to us very late. Due to the long drought only a few mushrooms have dared to lift their heads from the earth. My house carried on as an ideal hunting grounds for mosquitos.<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/jingle-bells/">Continue reading -></a><a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/jingle-bells/"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></a></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-63635008811643869522022-12-12T12:48:00.003-08:002023-03-18T13:50:20.053-07:00Sweet honey<p><span face="Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-size: 17px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCSlRvMNZK_mGxkGFrFSLxN_cmRT3WOzoQzMt2Xk1kW_qglGMHENF4yt79OqqiahDiGHWLHeE3q39I44cq1Y-TWQgQekvIs_hFsJkZUOd-I7Y9DAfvJgCQYsw6CBhr-pmj3DtI5RdxhodHo0LXljgJJhsd9nYLeJp6E8_jj2P7L4gWjgwWq2ov6YV-qw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCSlRvMNZK_mGxkGFrFSLxN_cmRT3WOzoQzMt2Xk1kW_qglGMHENF4yt79OqqiahDiGHWLHeE3q39I44cq1Y-TWQgQekvIs_hFsJkZUOd-I7Y9DAfvJgCQYsw6CBhr-pmj3DtI5RdxhodHo0LXljgJJhsd9nYLeJp6E8_jj2P7L4gWjgwWq2ov6YV-qw" width="320" /></a></span></div><span face="Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-size: 17px;"><br />Along with olive oil and goat cheeses, Lesvos has a lot to offer: like honey. When enquiring about the best honey, you will find suggestions for many sources. It seems every village has its own beekeeper and no matter to which local seller you go to buy, the honey tastes like food for the gods.</span> <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/2892-2/">Continue reading -></a><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-19627788361500189002022-12-01T12:47:00.003-08:002023-03-18T13:53:03.692-07:00Dream Hotel<p><span face="Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-size: 17px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGttxB7NZUECo2sFWWWkXi113htuqPmTt7-7781BO-Wzregkjsl4KSdxP5XcG6itPhiOOsQZT1f2Fdl73t6uY8RXA5mwvIsR_R4Hq30fWYH96PFPEi1Og4Nx34eJzOgGO4rmvmLN3A05fcC1fFa5HHtCAf2OZS2-h6Cb9nrkbf3Y5W4jOKdhGzTTmGZg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="500" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGttxB7NZUECo2sFWWWkXi113htuqPmTt7-7781BO-Wzregkjsl4KSdxP5XcG6itPhiOOsQZT1f2Fdl73t6uY8RXA5mwvIsR_R4Hq30fWYH96PFPEi1Og4Nx34eJzOgGO4rmvmLN3A05fcC1fFa5HHtCAf2OZS2-h6Cb9nrkbf3Y5W4jOKdhGzTTmGZg" width="320" /></a></div><br />When friends were joking about a Hilton on Faneromeni beach I thought they were kidding. But they were not far off from the truth: there <span face="Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic;">are</span><span face="Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-size: 17px;"> plans for a hotel to be built in the area between that house that rises like a pink creamy pudding at the Faneromeni beach and the little cave church, (Zoodochos Pigi). <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/dream-hotel/">Continue reading -></a></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-64093545311400250682022-11-12T12:42:00.005-08:002023-03-18T13:46:32.824-07:00Looking for a dream house<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWhLdiCfK6CjbVoUxkgNZ6WOsLegweiTsYAUSo8UEC3FPJ0dX--KQVc1jgZY85W5Ql324RrETbqlL1wc2t5K2YSza-CUm8a_ZLM31ZW0GqnZzlMmdCyla1RHGKjOAJF2KjGyDikkOnpbwTsjQt7FmZOSqE-mcdn2hcOnl7q7TOltjJPDIOQ5LiZQo5qQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWhLdiCfK6CjbVoUxkgNZ6WOsLegweiTsYAUSo8UEC3FPJ0dX--KQVc1jgZY85W5Ql324RrETbqlL1wc2t5K2YSza-CUm8a_ZLM31ZW0GqnZzlMmdCyla1RHGKjOAJF2KjGyDikkOnpbwTsjQt7FmZOSqE-mcdn2hcOnl7q7TOltjJPDIOQ5LiZQo5qQ" width="229" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">More and more people dream of a house in Greece: away from the crowds, the cold, the rain, with a view on an azure blue sky hovering over an equal blue sea. Long live the quietness.</span> <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/looking-for-a-dream-house/">Continue reading -><br /></a><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-14162266376371715852022-10-28T09:43:00.002-07:002022-11-03T11:30:15.133-07:00Anna Paulowna<p> <span face="Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); color: #303030; font-size: 17px;">Lesvos is rich with chestnut trees, but not all chestnuts are being harvested and the culinary use is mostly roasted chestnuts. Maybe because peeling these nuts is a horrible job. YouTube came with a new method: super. Also the use of wood of chestnut trees is limited. But look at a new forest in Sigri. There all trees already are sold! </span><a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/2600-2/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--link-color); font-family: Raleway, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Continue reading -></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih1YHnzTPfAaqjZx0k_ki2ADmJ_VZlLFt7jWJYbOtR3CX__zXXx_sLv5taETYU0jLM6KZd2RpwcKFJ38oQs_zJSE5OCjqVHG2pLutVkm8Jwazb0lc0epqrVZPPtVWulK5O4uytt0_sVcGl94zWRDq5UyfQhUW_k71RY1Ry9ILLLThUMB2WzZ3U287IKA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih1YHnzTPfAaqjZx0k_ki2ADmJ_VZlLFt7jWJYbOtR3CX__zXXx_sLv5taETYU0jLM6KZd2RpwcKFJ38oQs_zJSE5OCjqVHG2pLutVkm8Jwazb0lc0epqrVZPPtVWulK5O4uytt0_sVcGl94zWRDq5UyfQhUW_k71RY1Ry9ILLLThUMB2WzZ3U287IKA" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-52019871320413846632022-10-04T09:44:00.002-07:002022-11-03T11:30:34.100-07:00So long, Lela!<p> </p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;">Another icon gone from Molyvos: Lela, who had a country house in Eftalou and could be seen during the whole year swimming. Her loud voice and roaring laugh so well known in the village as well as in Eftalou. A woman who loved living. She is no more. So long, Lela</span><span style="color: #e4e6eb;">. <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/so-long-lela-2/">Continue reading </a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/so-long-lela-2/"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFZYXUeBejIEC2StUcDHmg0ACyohkuY1Dg-exU4xavPrmH_pGaDVFtnRRWBSyOR8xrHjE9-vCqdDsubdlHYNR_YVRtsK8AWXC-2XDvawNiQQEe5rCowezD7NjWRilKFDRVuxGmRF7IOaN6iEcZTIvAn5FsqZRPflI_eJQtqeBm2z8BSRlG9qkTLZ0Sfg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="500" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFZYXUeBejIEC2StUcDHmg0ACyohkuY1Dg-exU4xavPrmH_pGaDVFtnRRWBSyOR8xrHjE9-vCqdDsubdlHYNR_YVRtsK8AWXC-2XDvawNiQQEe5rCowezD7NjWRilKFDRVuxGmRF7IOaN6iEcZTIvAn5FsqZRPflI_eJQtqeBm2z8BSRlG9qkTLZ0Sfg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-51354426338350583412022-09-18T09:49:00.002-07:002022-11-03T11:30:58.038-07:00Grape trees<p><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lesvos was known for its delicious wines, until an illness at the end of the nineteenth century ended all vineyards. Also Dionysus was worshipped, God if the wine and the parties. Grape plants are hard to extinguish; they now again grow in abundance on the island, </span><a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/grape-trees/" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">continue reading</a></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/grape-trees/"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaBptLysDcHzFLYCqQKCDK9hQvz9S-mP3VtEmry3HAUSAmGT3VUIE6qxEozAgL1MQcbN2PphPFLPNN9A9g45r3mswI9Q1SSTTHOLdRA-VwIRGOB9KElyUjlj2IOIgtMSJNjDOhYwfnpmjaqzJCPM7ATZEQmOv8Bb4rjN7YO5gBSbckXgGlLbFjn3It7Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaBptLysDcHzFLYCqQKCDK9hQvz9S-mP3VtEmry3HAUSAmGT3VUIE6qxEozAgL1MQcbN2PphPFLPNN9A9g45r3mswI9Q1SSTTHOLdRA-VwIRGOB9KElyUjlj2IOIgtMSJNjDOhYwfnpmjaqzJCPM7ATZEQmOv8Bb4rjN7YO5gBSbckXgGlLbFjn3It7Q" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-46077131260206746072022-07-29T09:50:00.004-07:002022-11-03T11:31:20.046-07:00From Parrot fish to Zebra fish<p><span style="color: #444444;"> <span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Parrot fish, photo: internet)</span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;">Summer can also be called the festival season, just like on Lesvos. From music- to food festivals, like the Sardine Festival. But there is more to catch in the sea, fish with an own story. <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/.../from-parrot-fish-to-zebra.../">Continue reading</a><a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/.../from-parrot-fish-to-zebra.../"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/.../from-parrot-fish-to-zebra.../"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdjDmCP7domNxKXAYzsrSKgMg-JkPK_w65sEBWcwYo_P5RVVvnWPCfq5XJk53wcNXiiJAWNZacaRdcQGH87mZK8gX18Xte84XYiWe72XV2xvWRYw42M7MbwS7HoJ3voAGfCKrw1OVfJ2zcNOVdr_SzJpj7fXVB8JFoAE81dmRkdIo_UkCdifxaOdpBxQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdjDmCP7domNxKXAYzsrSKgMg-JkPK_w65sEBWcwYo_P5RVVvnWPCfq5XJk53wcNXiiJAWNZacaRdcQGH87mZK8gX18Xte84XYiWe72XV2xvWRYw42M7MbwS7HoJ3voAGfCKrw1OVfJ2zcNOVdr_SzJpj7fXVB8JFoAE81dmRkdIo_UkCdifxaOdpBxQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-14779605320505391012022-07-25T09:53:00.006-07:002022-11-03T11:31:55.395-07:00Country of Beach and ashes<p> </p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;">Saturday, July 23 2022, a big fire started at Vatera. It reduced some houses and a business into ashes, attacked the beach and burned ten thousands acres of land between Vatera, Stavros and Vrisa. Sad days for the island, <a href=" https://smitakislesvos.com/het-land-van-strand-en-as/">continue reading</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href=" https://smitakislesvos.com/en/country-of-beach-and-ashes/"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href=" https://smitakislesvos.com/en/country-of-beach-and-ashes/"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href=" https://smitakislesvos.com/en/country-of-beach-and-ashes/"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href=" https://smitakislesvos.com/en/country-of-beach-and-ashes/"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHzroZDAcayanHJylomk5ET_4KE9wDc80O1M4uin5JQhxca6fxGiGaHGxMKxOb7Dw5BQMP_Px3VOJntaUXElyV_8B3cRVcPYDIAMhZiBCQ8QftIXiEMXoHHNQuesU-e3yDszHZ_DKaMaWi5IzvMFM2TAxBaJpZC5EA9FKkoQDGGd7DVFfKER8dEiSqg/s500/295949320_555894436105468_4359371927487439327_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHzroZDAcayanHJylomk5ET_4KE9wDc80O1M4uin5JQhxca6fxGiGaHGxMKxOb7Dw5BQMP_Px3VOJntaUXElyV_8B3cRVcPYDIAMhZiBCQ8QftIXiEMXoHHNQuesU-e3yDszHZ_DKaMaWi5IzvMFM2TAxBaJpZC5EA9FKkoQDGGd7DVFfKER8dEiSqg/s320/295949320_555894436105468_4359371927487439327_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /></div><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-40388162959056395502022-07-16T09:58:00.003-07:002022-11-03T11:32:46.605-07:00Fox Talk<p> </p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;">(Photo: internet)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;">Lesvos is an island with plenty of foxes. Lately I saw a strange animal passing by, looking like a bald fox. What was that?! For sure it wasn’t Teumessus, who for a long time terrorised Thebes: </span><span style="color: #444444;">continue reading </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/fox-talk/"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/fox-talk/"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ50b69xgWB_LMGVOx7erlxL-RLESx63zRKIulStvV3ClTkDPZIp7xhvTdzEuGi4rb63K5fS9LsFVsBtJ3r4zHFhUqe9wWO5YADPAk3XRtVSZDne52KakZMJaM1NyfqbDp1ZEqr4bAiCRNNcPIjM2Agc2y3DEjVDjDQm6VLweaTKAKLsws7GkIw2souQ/s300/293957988_549342236760688_4535618043448146733_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="300" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ50b69xgWB_LMGVOx7erlxL-RLESx63zRKIulStvV3ClTkDPZIp7xhvTdzEuGi4rb63K5fS9LsFVsBtJ3r4zHFhUqe9wWO5YADPAk3XRtVSZDne52KakZMJaM1NyfqbDp1ZEqr4bAiCRNNcPIjM2Agc2y3DEjVDjDQm6VLweaTKAKLsws7GkIw2souQ/s1600/293957988_549342236760688_4535618043448146733_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-41218159403267588442022-06-27T10:06:00.002-07:002022-11-03T11:33:09.523-07:00 The guards<p><br /></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;">About a screaming Sultan, the very first artichoke and lots of more thistles that guard the island, <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/the-guards/">continue reading </a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiLJK7kH4c-SiWAyy8AmogegkNEU7uxdh-g3m1_DBvqAZe8dU9m-1y-T972VXQ7vMgsJYZganOk96bPqpG0f0G8Jyjl9fT4AD0ZBgFzXDyrSdIYPgqO8r-0WUu1g0hO5TSLQatYL7h8VNu7GrXzbFnPz4Lvxs8iS-14BCwNTnhtsNo-QAx1F729JasA/s500/288526617_3003339283290137_8460621749056467071_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiLJK7kH4c-SiWAyy8AmogegkNEU7uxdh-g3m1_DBvqAZe8dU9m-1y-T972VXQ7vMgsJYZganOk96bPqpG0f0G8Jyjl9fT4AD0ZBgFzXDyrSdIYPgqO8r-0WUu1g0hO5TSLQatYL7h8VNu7GrXzbFnPz4Lvxs8iS-14BCwNTnhtsNo-QAx1F729JasA/s320/288526617_3003339283290137_8460621749056467071_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-85786221891468878622022-06-04T10:08:00.001-07:002022-11-03T11:10:50.593-07:00 The attack<p><br /></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;">They are small terrorists making all the oceans unsafe: jellyfish. This summer the purple jellyfish has decided to invade the South European seas: keep baking soda and salt water ready. <a href=" https://smitakislesvos.com/en/the-attack/">Continue reading</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnY1BegoY38O8i6p7fIksU_rWVLtgJLOlXa6Df2M5AYxjvvyQMEX08VE4fhpH8GP0wbBGzcv-kWKvSGiksMdAPOr9ycWPvRR7LudEr7e2oHlHTcbIwhuUkGEKns_8xqxs2ttFH7pAQpC6AMqWuf4BN8e2apgKTPdkTjbYfXbSGE_VblG0ydpCCmnmASQ/s666/284848598_2986762218281177_8620871746412307987_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnY1BegoY38O8i6p7fIksU_rWVLtgJLOlXa6Df2M5AYxjvvyQMEX08VE4fhpH8GP0wbBGzcv-kWKvSGiksMdAPOr9ycWPvRR7LudEr7e2oHlHTcbIwhuUkGEKns_8xqxs2ttFH7pAQpC6AMqWuf4BN8e2apgKTPdkTjbYfXbSGE_VblG0ydpCCmnmASQ/s320/284848598_2986762218281177_8620871746412307987_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-23721423872028117632022-06-02T10:10:00.001-07:002022-11-03T11:13:29.594-07:00A magic garden<p> </p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The month of June stands for mountains of fruit: cherries, apricots, mulberries, peaches. Masses fall out of the trees, when not picked. And they all ripen in the same time, making it very busy in the kitchens for fruit preservation. Here a column about this lovely month, </span></span><span style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/a-magic-garden/">continue reading</a> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsGHJNaIovKoVlIbCPVwHbhJd2YfKmAQCAK7QeGGW3pV70GsFa-JPd5UV1UqbvlpQ7t_bWYRxnSIr1PUWvgupEnkPyT4VUz_FlOoal_XIqaRE8y2vB4mq3hD2OFuxvjdNtm_4-VR4i9TB6JwBjPIdb0FH5J4Vg_Xr7yIAPeMttEMam6HpaK1D3dPGgQ/s375/284003757_2985294141761318_4978296193277336925_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="375" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsGHJNaIovKoVlIbCPVwHbhJd2YfKmAQCAK7QeGGW3pV70GsFa-JPd5UV1UqbvlpQ7t_bWYRxnSIr1PUWvgupEnkPyT4VUz_FlOoal_XIqaRE8y2vB4mq3hD2OFuxvjdNtm_4-VR4i9TB6JwBjPIdb0FH5J4Vg_Xr7yIAPeMttEMam6HpaK1D3dPGgQ/s320/284003757_2985294141761318_4978296193277336925_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-78481114287370644232022-05-23T10:13:00.001-07:002022-11-03T11:15:19.066-07:00Artists of Lesvos<p> </p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;">Thé painter of Lesvos is Theofilos, who captured his time of life on the island on canvasses and walls. Also photographer and film maker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou tries to save life on Lesvos from getting eaten by the time. But there are more artists on the island. Part of them will be represented at the end of May on the exhibition All Arts Expo Avlonas, <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/artists-of-lesvos/">continue reading</a> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfbPDx29Mrmvaz7p0ucSoa6raufe56trZ4-ZV62HQY-fAQYocmmtjGJOxXE767rgoIUI9LkYVBJDRbkupu62KrsXEGL0HVd4VNvXInptr4SlLVDdjuuOhjSW637hZXJKxx9_n_EWXM1AUGADR3qJtDJ-1JGTjshjEBLKa0J27SeHBGxF0gKtx-U_JZg/s1440/283584989_2977940639163335_6914226837996432463_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfbPDx29Mrmvaz7p0ucSoa6raufe56trZ4-ZV62HQY-fAQYocmmtjGJOxXE767rgoIUI9LkYVBJDRbkupu62KrsXEGL0HVd4VNvXInptr4SlLVDdjuuOhjSW637hZXJKxx9_n_EWXM1AUGADR3qJtDJ-1JGTjshjEBLKa0J27SeHBGxF0gKtx-U_JZg/s320/283584989_2977940639163335_6914226837996432463_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-36200587046514493842022-05-09T10:15:00.001-07:002022-11-03T11:16:57.146-07:00About the flowers and the bees<p> </p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;">Lesvos not only is a unique place for petrified trees, birds and flowers, but of all Greek islands it also has the biggest bee population with about 650 different species. The volcanic landscape, the migrating birds, a long list of orchids, dragon flies, beetles, butterflies, they all form a Vahalla for scientists. <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/.../about-the-flowers-and-the.../">continue reading </a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9_KkIFsBPnzH8iYNfJSksTvVDPP7VSKPCKH8Y0YK3fl2L8pT6fm_8iRKAvDg0PhmvCTlCYha8MiJI5NRQ0ufCTWXUjlAL8yWQ64ht0FLHSomv8QaP9vFTKHyuBjSpGwM0hMxZzntS-gMRazAz0tdGo8ydagWjmH6ouXJobQcvhBbf1L7Pq-VN4QRZw/s500/280011670_2967843276839738_2508522670310617162_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="500" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9_KkIFsBPnzH8iYNfJSksTvVDPP7VSKPCKH8Y0YK3fl2L8pT6fm_8iRKAvDg0PhmvCTlCYha8MiJI5NRQ0ufCTWXUjlAL8yWQ64ht0FLHSomv8QaP9vFTKHyuBjSpGwM0hMxZzntS-gMRazAz0tdGo8ydagWjmH6ouXJobQcvhBbf1L7Pq-VN4QRZw/s320/280011670_2967843276839738_2508522670310617162_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-7184310749239121332022-04-20T10:17:00.001-07:002022-11-03T11:18:55.192-07:00The Lesvos Beetle<p> </p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;">The world, just like Lesvos, is full with beetles. But they are not one of the most popular insects, just like a fight between scientists about a beetle that has been found in Turkey as well as on Lesvos. The female beetles are not the same, meaning that the beetle on Lesvos should be a specie on its own and not a sub specie. (foto: internet), <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/the-lesvos-beetle/">continue reading </a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjR1X_kvcc0urkrcmfxVfdq1emUNXblCh6_SqB2pGnmTvdYMak0bxZbqwugWZZTIOCNCBDfQAb2GOS7e2I0D3kNwbcVRmovh_U0pLu53ljHZGlZknZeYkmie3Wk8kXkjjWCDf6gdJ1JMp8HZMwrpS5pw5UrgkDbdHM-OuDWywI2Ww2yDZqTz7GwtVxg/s500/278697462_2954087261548673_7211354391363732641_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="500" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjR1X_kvcc0urkrcmfxVfdq1emUNXblCh6_SqB2pGnmTvdYMak0bxZbqwugWZZTIOCNCBDfQAb2GOS7e2I0D3kNwbcVRmovh_U0pLu53ljHZGlZknZeYkmie3Wk8kXkjjWCDf6gdJ1JMp8HZMwrpS5pw5UrgkDbdHM-OuDWywI2Ww2yDZqTz7GwtVxg/s320/278697462_2954087261548673_7211354391363732641_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-53327918348426457942022-04-04T10:18:00.001-07:002022-11-03T11:20:44.145-07:00 Stories for bombshelters<p><br /></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;">Greek mythology has plenty of stories to explain natural events and other things as actions of the Gods. Even most of the plants, trees and stars have a story how they were born, with love and Gods having a prominent role. Entertaining stories about spring flowers, nice to be told in bombshelters, <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/stories-for-bombshelters/">continue reading </a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EyQLsRggHGs4Rcr8e03XR0mUxhWh_kb8HE45DzYTH94rXZYm4y6yJVpFY5Ab0CKJefDkb-9Anb-0rFr3OChh_RXUGmb5915TALsHyZTTqBTrZyFkjo7dSD81vDIFq48SUY4tsrY9fPmBW7GiC02MaIH_tj1I3cEvRmePfZTjLgmX6eQIaoA5DCfsig/s500/277802125_2943059449318121_2645814539710038999_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EyQLsRggHGs4Rcr8e03XR0mUxhWh_kb8HE45DzYTH94rXZYm4y6yJVpFY5Ab0CKJefDkb-9Anb-0rFr3OChh_RXUGmb5915TALsHyZTTqBTrZyFkjo7dSD81vDIFq48SUY4tsrY9fPmBW7GiC02MaIH_tj1I3cEvRmePfZTjLgmX6eQIaoA5DCfsig/s320/277802125_2943059449318121_2645814539710038999_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-73127675595736725802022-03-19T11:20:00.001-07:002022-11-03T11:22:43.610-07:00 Ancient Greeks and their wars<p><br /></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;">It is often said that in earlier times all was better. The same you could say about wars, that used to have a more humane face, before they got used at throwing bombs at each other. Here some Greek and Lesvorian war stories, <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/ancient-greeks-and-their-wars/">continue reading</a> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0p9jSBhnQ4TviB6ldWIT6qELdsnpVTKILEzbhuVYppbttbzONTklaoLgNSLJKq30WaRObusafA8qp332B4i_o6rDXedY_RasPxxWyuw0Fzr0DkXzfpt2axgTcpb_GCxwiJ9umINdML_TmRLRKhb0-Ak9iXbuEFIk-XOnCrxNuJbUeLGG1VwFXxAnP-A/s500/276037757_2932155277075205_8765784891439615544_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="500" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0p9jSBhnQ4TviB6ldWIT6qELdsnpVTKILEzbhuVYppbttbzONTklaoLgNSLJKq30WaRObusafA8qp332B4i_o6rDXedY_RasPxxWyuw0Fzr0DkXzfpt2axgTcpb_GCxwiJ9umINdML_TmRLRKhb0-Ak9iXbuEFIk-XOnCrxNuJbUeLGG1VwFXxAnP-A/s320/276037757_2932155277075205_8765784891439615544_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562991399335784834.post-10924139219038054972022-02-27T10:23:00.001-08:002022-11-03T11:24:43.421-07:00 The King comes<p><br /></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;">Lesvos used to be an island full of little kingdoms. But now it is a time ago that a real king set foot on the island. So everybody is looking out for the visit of the Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. And they come not only to visit the refugees. Read more about this in: <a href="https://smitakislesvos.com/en/the-king-comes/">continue reading </a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_64-SSH1B6438SAsGCe8tHuvsIYwI9G-XWV1rwV73xt3VloY_76-1_HcgHYpV4tJRaXGAypvXYujAV3NYYErn_M4O8rtRKu6BH-RYsnauCE5nmMd0SXrpYT08jAZoSuQ5aIi0YZ94cbg3NJhTQEBDvzivb-nuOKqEUUv4GP9y6Sif4C22cAIgWsCOg/s500/274878239_2918226611801405_4629394232246886725_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_64-SSH1B6438SAsGCe8tHuvsIYwI9G-XWV1rwV73xt3VloY_76-1_HcgHYpV4tJRaXGAypvXYujAV3NYYErn_M4O8rtRKu6BH-RYsnauCE5nmMd0SXrpYT08jAZoSuQ5aIi0YZ94cbg3NJhTQEBDvzivb-nuOKqEUUv4GP9y6Sif4C22cAIgWsCOg/s320/274878239_2918226611801405_4629394232246886725_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0