Multiview Monday

Crete - The Best Island

Memories from Crete

Rethymnon

Analipsi

Hersonisos 

Knosos

 

Greece

Greece

Tilos, Livadia

Sent by my granddaughter on July 2022

Greetings from Chania

Sent by me to me on 5 May, 2018

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Archaeological Site of Delphi

UNESCO World Heritage Site

The pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, where the oracle of Apollo spoke, was the site of the omphalos, the 'navel of the world'. Blending harmoniously with the superb landscape and charged with sacred meaning, Delphi in the 6th century B.C. was indeed the religious centre and symbol of unity of the ancient Greek world.

Sent by Maria on 7 Sep, 2022 from Lesvos Island, Greece 

Greetings from Rodos - Lindos and Faliraki

Sent by my sister-in-law on 5 Aug, 1981

Multiview Monday

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Beautiful Soest, Germany 

Sent by Heidrun  from Soest

 Soest is a nice little town with many churches and surrounding walls. 

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Sent by Emil from Kroměříž

Kroměříž  is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It is known for the Kroměříž Castle with castle gardens, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town centre with the castle complex is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.

Barcelona views

Sent by my friend on her vacation to Barcelona on July 2016

Ierapetra, Crete, Greece

Sent by Olga on 21 Jul, 2014 from Kiev, Ukraine

Map Monday

Crete, The Best Island, Greece

From my vacation to Crete 

Wisconsin, The Badger State,  U.S.A.

Direct swap sent by a postcrosser friend from Wisconsin.

Holstein, Switzerland

Sent by a postcrosser friend from her vacation to Switzerland

Gran Canaria, Isla Romantica, Spain

From my vacation to Gran Canaria 

 

Sunday Churces

Rome, Vatican, Michelangelo

The Sistine Chapel. "Last Judgement"  1541

Holy Monastery of Gonia, Kolymbari of Kissamos, Chania, Crete.

Icon: The Second Coming. Painting by Dimitriou Papadopoulou. 1792

Holy Monastery of Gonia, Kolymbari of Kissamos, Chania, Crete.

Virgin the Merciful (Middle of 17th century)

The statue of the Virgin of Candelaria –often called Our Lady of Candelaria – carries a child in one hand and a green candle in the other, representing the supposed apparition of the Virgin Mary in Tenerife.

Memory Monday

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Crete, Rethymnon 

Sent by Sabine from Germany

 

Traditional Greece - little villages

A majority of the people in the villages are old. Most of the young leave after highschool to work or study in cities or overseas.  Many of the old people have lived in America or Australia and come back to their ancestral home to retire. Some of the old people never left and continue to work the fields and orchards their parents and grandparents worked. 

 and the work never ends...

Traditional Greece - fishing

Fishermen's net

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

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.

Mediterranean Sea

 Greetings from Cyprus

sent by my niece

Cyprus, Ayia- Napa

sent by my cousins on their vacation to Ayia-Napa

Ayia Napa is a resort at the far eastern end of the southern coast of Cyprus.

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Crete-Bali
travel time 41 days
distance travelled 871 km
sent by Daria, Polotsk Belarus

Bali is in Rethymno Prefecture on the island of Crete in Greece. It has several beaches of varying size and countless hotels and apartment complexes.

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Cap d'Agde
travel time 12 days
distance travelled 2,481 km
sent by Cendrine, Mazamet, France

Cap d'Agde is a seaside resort on France's Mediterranean coast.
 It is now one of the largest leisure ports on the French Mediterranean.

Cap d'Agde has a large family-style naturist resort. The Village Naturiste is a large fenced-off part at the north-eastern edge of Cap d'Agde, although it is accessible along the public beach from the east. It is a self-contained town (sometimes referred to as the "Naked City"), where nudity is legal and common in the whole resort. 

Map Monday

  Old world map of 1585

Sent by Inna, Astrakhan, Russia

O. Dapper. Rethymno, Crete, 1688

From me to me 

 Strahov Library - A symbolic map of Europe as a virgin (1592), Prague, Czech Republic

Sent by Iva, Hulin,   Czech Republic

Agios Nikolaos

Different to all other towns in Crete, Agios Nikolaos manages to mix - upon the three hills which support its girth - an arty, leisurely, sleepy and yet also bustling place. Built partly atop ancient remains of bygone residents' homes. Also known as Agios Nik or Ag Nik.

The name Agios Nikolaos means Saint Nicholas.  Agios Nikolaos or Ayios Nikolaos
 is a common place name in Greece and Cyprus, since Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors and of all of Greece.

My short (about one hour) visit to Agios Nik.

Chania Streets

Walking on the streets and alleys of the old town of Chania you can admire the buildings decorated with colorful flowers and plants or relax on a cosy cafe. Many of these buildings are homes, others house shops, stores, bars, cafes and restaurants. Several, mostly Venetian mansions, have been converted into hotels, while other buildings have been converted into museums and venues that host cultural exhibitions. 

And of course Grandmas :) 

  My favorite city! 

Postcards for the weekend 39: Traditional street scene