In an octopus’s garden

 

What will you do when plenty of fishes wash up the beach and why do you want to stop eating octopus: continue reading: https://smitakislesvos.com/en/from-an-octopuss-garden/

Stamp box

It is lovely to visit collections, or to make an own collection. It is also nice to drink beer, especially when in a beautiful tin or box: continue reading: https://smitakislesvos.com/en/stamp-box/

That heat

The recent heat wave, that caused biblical catastrophes, had us all flee to spaces where the aircon was working hard. History learns that there are many other ways to escape the heat, where water and air movement had a leading role. Continue reading: https://smitakislesvos.com/en/that-heat/

Pages full of Molyvos

 

More than once Molyvos is a back ground in books. Recently another two books that have a say about the village were published: the American book Fire on the island by Timothy Jay Smith and the African book Man op ‘n fiets êrens heen by Frederik de Jager. Continue reading: https://smitakislesvos.com/en/pages-full-of-molyvos/

A morning in Eftalou

It is very quiet on the island. Thinking back at the fizzing years when there were plenty of tourists roaming over the roads, it is difficult to remain hope that each crisis is temporary. Continue reading: https://smitakislesvos.com/en/a-morning-in-eftalou/

Cooking with bathing water

 

Cooking with seawater is not a bad idea. Because it still contains plenty of healthy minerals. And it makes food better tasting. Time to find bottled seawater, continue reading: https://smitakislesvos.com/en/cooking-with-swimming-water/

The ugly duckling of Lesvos

 

About an ugly capital, although with an environment full of remnants from the many layers of Lesvorian history: from the very old Stone Age to castles destroyed by the Ottoman. Kalloni: still at the centre of the island, continue reading: https://smitakislesvos.com/en/the-ugly-duckling-of-lesvos/