Included in our wanderings was Moutsouna, a beach town on the nearly uninhabited east side of the island. The mining history visible there reminded me of Crete as told in Zorba the Greek. At one time this was the world center of emery mining and export. Now you can get excellent fresh fish dinners surrounded by historical artifacts. Like this ski lift, . . . I mean ore tramway.
While Paros is known for the ancient marble used in many famous statutes, Naxos is a major source of construction quality marble to this day. Can you imagine the vast tons that are sawed out of this mountain? We also saw another mountain being dismantled but couldn't get close enough for a picture.
Look closely for the large piece of machinery in the bottom center of the close-up photo for perspective as to the size of the pit. (It is on the first level of white.)We were quite interested in the news articles about the hordes of cicadas emerging in parts of the US this week. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/4820806.html
Update: For photos see Dana's Southern Gal Goes North blog.
These are on a 17 year cycle, others on 13 year cycles; both prime numbers so as to defeat their predators who can only divide by 3 and 5. O.K. so I've lost you; just read the original article.
Our Paros cicadas are the dumb ones; they come out every year. They fill our trees with their amorous decibels. As I grow more hard of hearing they bother me less. Still, it sometimes gets so irritating that I throw something into the nearest tree to be rewarded with about 20 seconds of quiet.
See, our life is not perfect.
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Except for the aforementioned rain our Art Workshop went well. Everyone always has a good time; this group spent almost as much time photographing as painting. Best of all they were very happy with how well their painting ability progressed.
Oh Yeah, the food was great too!
A fisherman with part of his catch.
Back to painting.
This is work?
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Recently we received an email from our friend Kristel Henauer with several of her offerings. I picked three to high light here. The first is in the same neighborhood that I wrote about here.
property Nr. 675: Several Studios are still available. Located in the south of the island, about 50m from the sea, sand beach. Consisting of a room, about 25m2, with kitchenette and bathroom, A.C., c-heating. sea view from the balconies, commune garden with BBQ. Prices: from 52.000 € til 67,000 €.
property Nr. 692: Old village house in Parikia, 110m2 in good condition, consisting of a kitchen and 3 large rooms, plus 2 in the ground-floor, 2 WC. price: 235,000 €
property Nr. 705: New villa, 130m2 on 3000m2 land. Possibility to build another 130m2. 2 bedrooms, 2 bath-rooms, large verandas, great view. price: 450,000 €
Two days after May Day I discovered our village of Aliki was also attempting a world record: The Most Flower Wreaths to Hang Above a Street?
Continuing the series from our veranda:
That same day Karin took these pictures at our beach. It seems some gypsies--or whatever they are correctly referred to as these days--use the public toilets to do their laundry. Fortunately it is only two or three times per year. At least they are colorful!
I thought this was a classic No Camping photo. Although we are fortunate that they do not actually camp here
You never know what is going to come your way when you sit at a computer at the beach like I do.
This week one of our guests is a movie producer/director from Los Angeles, Charles Evans. He came to Paros to investigate the feasibility of conducting a filmmaking workshop. He has fallen in love with Paros -- its scenery, its filming potential, its facilities and, of course, its people.
So we are off and running with our Paros Filmmaking Workshop. You can register now for the first shot at cast and crew of an "art house" film of a Greek idyll.
Plus all participants will own a piece of the action.
Get the details here.
May Day is the time for dancing through the spring flowers. Here in Greece it is the day to make flower wreaths. Read more from last year.
In fact on Crete they are seeking a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest floral wreath. Their finished product is 18 meters in diameter and weighs over 1.5 tons. (ANA)
This May 1 it is raining and I did not want to take a photo of that. So here is a photo of Karin's more modest effort last year.
