Traditional Greece -colors

Authentic Greece, George Meis Collection

Traditional Greece - fishing

Fishermen's net

Drying the octopus in the sun in the seaside village on the island of Crete.

Traditional Greece - Worry beads

On a trip to Greece, there’s a good chance that you’ll notice Greeks fidgeting with a string of beads in their hands. The string of beads are known as worry beads or komboloi, which Greeks use to soothe themselves, especially during difficult times.

There are many different ways to use worrying beads and everyone finds a unique routine that works just for them. Some people spin the beads in their hands. Others choose to count the beads over and over. There is no right or wrong way. The goal is simply to use the beads to defuse stress and calm the nerves.

Samos shop (my photo)

Traditional Greece - Crafts

 Bradder

Near the grandmother, traditional daycare.

Traditional Greece - Evzones

Athens- Evzones, Presidential Guard

Sent by antigone in Thebes, Greece
sent on 6 Jan, 2017
travel time 24 days

The Evzones is a special unit of the Hellenic Army, also known as Tsoliades, who guard the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Hellenic Parliament and the Presidential Mansion. 

Traditional Greece - Happy Together

Traditional Greece - costumes

Engraving 

Tinted sketch of an old man with costume from Sfakia, Crete

Traditional Karpathos  costumes and girls ready to dance.

Women in black
 Religious traditions concerning mourning - widows wearing black for the rest of their lives after the death of their husbands.

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Books from my bookshelf,  Greek author Alki Zei. 

Petros' War/Ο μεγάλος περίπατος του Πέτρου/Tämä on sotaa Petros (1971),
Wildcat Under Glass / Το Καπλάνι της Βιτρίνας / Villikissa katsoo lasin takaa (1963)

Hälsningar från Åland - Greetings from Åland- Grüsse aus Åland - Terveisiä Ahvenanmaalta

Facebook Travel swap

Set by Marit

Facebook Travel swap

Sent by Päivi & about forty other postcrosser

Books

Best Gift

Artist S. Rokenroll

Sent by Gita in Vilnius. Lithuania

sent on 26 Jul, 2019

travel time 5 days

Solitary Trip. Inkognito

Artist Toda Katsuhisa, Japan

Sent by Anja in  Schleswig, Germany

sent on 12 May, 2019

travel time 10 days

Puškin and Cat

And a book-wise cat recounted hid tales tales for me..

Artist Svetlana Boyka, Russia

Sent by Alla in Moscow, Russia

sent on 25 Jul, 2019

travel time 21 days

Little girl with a book

Street Art by Jef Aerosol, France

Sent by Agnieszka in Ilza, Poland

sent on 26 Jul, 2019

travel time 10 days

Balloons

Rainbow in the sky
Summer Glow

Traveling to Finland  by hot air balloon takes quite a long time.

Sent by Daria in Kaliningrad, Russia

sent on 2 Oct, 2018

travel time 335 days

 Above the Clouds.
Artist Artem Rhad Chebokha. Digital Artist. Saint Petersburg, Russia

Sent by Julia in Tomsk, Russia
sent on 15 Nov, 2017
travel time 14 days

Cappadocia, Nevşehir, Turkey

Sent by Erlad in Mersin, Turkey
sent on 19 Feb, 2016
travel time 11 days

Balconies

Canary Art Edition
Photos by P. Martins de Barros

I bought these cards on our latest vacation to Gran Canaria.

Farm Life

 Normandy, France

Sent by Gabrielle in Paris

sent on 19 Jan, 2019

travel time 37 days

Rare Ukrainian Black Dairy Breed

Sent by Irina in Dnipro, Ukraine

sent on 7 May, 2019

travel time 14 days

Welsh pony foal on the paddock

Sent by Kathleen in Bremen, Germany

sent on 6 Apr, 2019

travel time 5 days

Trees

Wisdom of the tree

Bilych Carpathian Region

Sent by Helena in Kralove, Czech Republic

sent on 26 Jul, 2019

travel time 8 days

Vacations in the countryside

Sent by Valeria in Minsk, Belarus

sent on 22 Jul, 2019

travel time 20 days

Road through the forest

Sent by Christin in Tangermünde, Germany

sent on 27 Jul, 2019

travel time 9 days

Turkey

 Canakkale, Turkey

The Trojan horse that appeared in the Brad Pitt movie Troy, now in the town of Çanakkale.

Sent by Elif in Darica

sent on 2 Oct, 2016

travel time 45 days

Çengelköy, Kuleli Military High School, Istanbul, Turkey 

sent by Idil in Istanbul

sent on 14 Jun, 2016

travel time 21 days

Temple of Hadrian is one of the best preserved and most beautiful structures on Curetes Street in Ephesus. It was built before 138 A.D by P. Quintilius and was dedicated to the Emperor Hadrian, who came to visit the city from Athens in 128 A.D

Sent by Sibel in Istanbul

sent on 8 Sep, 2017

travel time 31 days

Multiviews

Cape Town - South Africa

Sent by Anet in Cape Town

sent on 4 Apr, 2019

travel time 21 days

Greetings from Lake Balaton 

Sent by our family friend on her vacation to Hungary

Welcome to Ukraine
Beautiful places to visit

Sent by Tanya in Melitopol
sent on 3 Mar, 2014
travel time 8 days