The Lesvos Beetle

 

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), continue reading

Stories for bombshelters

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, continue reading

Ancient Greeks and their wars

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, continue reading

The King comes

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: continue reading

Lesvos: an empire of mills

 

Roaming over Lesvos you will not only meet monasteries, churches and little villages, but you will also find traces of a lost economy, like the remains of mills, olive presses and old factories. Once the mill stones didn’t stop turning, to produce flour and oil. The Ligonas Valley above Petra offers a unique sight of this milling past. continue reading

About asphalt and the coming disaster at Skala Eresos

There is some asphalt craziness going on on the island: several dirt roads are nominated to get asphalted, amongst others the popular walking route Eftalou – Skala Sykaminia. And then there is Skala Eresou, where a hotel complex threatens to get be build in the middle of the large beach. Continue reading

Rainbow island

 

Last month plenty of rainbows stood shining in the sky. Rainbows give a happy feeling, even that no stories confirm this. Of course the Greeks had a god responsible for this natural phenomenon: Iris. Continue reading -> https://smitakislesvos.com/en/rainbow-island/