Crete Images

Crete, to me is home. A shore so pure and wide, of fine white sand… To the other side, towards Chania, barren cliffs the colour of lead – a wild, threatening sight! …Rethymno, you know, is built on the border between tameness and wilderness…...

Zorba the Greek

Well from the moment I opened up this novel by the great Nikos Kazantzakis I was spellbound, it was then, as it is now, a synergy of my thoughts and musings. It was affirmation that my choice of an adopted homeland of Greece was correct. I knew then that the Kraugi...

Zippi Zappa Malia

Opposite of where we worked was a very narrow, yet deep bar called Zippi Zappa. It was run by two smiling fellows,:Stavros and Michalis. We, Andy, Ian and I, often wandered in there at some stage of the evening for B52’s or Tequila Slammers. The place always had...