Continuing with my adventures on Crete in 1979 People ask me how it is I can remember so much detail of events that happened nearly forty years ago, and there are several answers. I really do naturally have a good memory, and my earliest dates back to when I was around three or a bit … Continue reading Mea Culpa Moped Misery
Abroad
Back in 2013 this blog started its life as 55 Days with Gwen – the story of two months travelling the Balkans with our good friends Jay and Waddy.
Since then, it has grown to include much more.
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S’Agapo – M’Agapas?
My shifts at the hotel on Crete were usually split, four hours each breakfast and dinner, not allowing much down time for anything but writing letters and working on my tan. I must have had one or two days off a week, even though I can't remember now, because I wrote to my mum of … Continue reading S’Agapo – M’Agapas?
Digging Deeper on Crete (1979)
At the hotel in Stalis (Crete) where I worked in 1979 the accommodation for the females was in one large basement room. By July, there were eleven of us sharing the room, with just enough space for us to get in and out of our single beds, as you see in the photo below. As … Continue reading Digging Deeper on Crete (1979)
GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree 