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)
Crete 1979 memories
Working & Playing on Crete, Summer 1979
As I mentioned in the previous post Maria and I would usually go to the Disco O La La after lingering over a long dinner at a local taverna. The disco would go until the early hours of the morning, and occasionally a group of us would then wander down to the beach and wait for … Continue reading Working & Playing on Crete, Summer 1979
Cruising to Crete
Kalimera. Ti kánete? Eisai kala? JUNE 1979 This must have been the first phrase I heard among my fellow passengers when I disembarked the charter plane in Athens, even though it would be a week or more before I began to use it myself in conversation. Greece was my next port of call after leaving … Continue reading Cruising to Crete
GWEN WILSON The Reluctant Retiree 