Still proudly rising up out of the surrounding plain and dominating the landscape, it’s impossible to walk through the ruined elegance of Mystras and not be drawn back to its glory days as regional capital to an already fading Byzantine Empire …….what a city it must have been! History in a Nutshell 1204 – The […]
Read MoreThis week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is SMILE London, East End (around Brick Lane) Feb, 2019 Waterford Walls Festival, Aug, 2020 Cyprus, May, 2022 Link to One Word Sunday at Debbie’s here
Read MoreA rather odd scene on my local beach this week – such seats wouldn’t appear here even in high summer…. Ah – film crew! And not an Irish production – we don’t have POLICE on our vans – we have GARDA!! An Irish lesson for you…… Soilse agus Gineadóirí do Scannáin agus Teilifís = Lights […]
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The road to Epidaurus is like the road to creation. One stops searching. One grows silent, stilled by the hush of mysterious beginnings. If one could speak one would become melodious…. (Henry Miller) Tucked away in a quiet valley in the northeastern Peloponnese, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Epidaurus is attributed by many as the cradle […]
Read MoreThis week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is LOW LOW tide, Sandymount, Dublin Bay…. Link to One Word Sunday at Debbie’s here
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