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Plakias / Mitos Taverna by Church/Flights/Black Bin Bags

« on: October 31, 2008, 07:38:17 PM »

Obviously there was no offence meant, "we were saddened by... "gave the correct amount of respect I thought.

The Cretans are very fatalistic as you know and will always get on with life whatever the circumstances.

I appreciate the ticking off though, nice to feel like I'm back in school.

Damian & Viv

The problem is that e-mail messages are easy and fast to make but sometimes you do not realise who reads the messages.

On this forum its seems like you are chatting to friends, but as it is not a "private site" everyone can read our comments.

Sometimes this can be usefull but other times ...

As you say, I can not imagine us coping in the same way as this family.

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Plakias / Mitos Taverna by Church/Flights/Black Bin Bags

« on: October 27, 2008, 11:02:03 AM »

Dear Plakias Friends,

I do not understand how you can talk about the passing away of George of the restaurant at the church and binbags in the same message.

You must realise that we are not the only people to use the forum and that people from Plakias are also members and read our messages...

Have some respect please.

Our thoughts and support go out to the wife of George, his children, mother, mother in law, father in law and Nicos the brother of the wife of George.

Despite the death of her husband the wife of George has been able to put a few main menus on the menu of Anthonis place at the sea - I do not think I could have done the same.

We hope we will see you next year and think of you.

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Where to stay / Villa Ioanna - Plakias

« on: July 25, 2006, 06:47:35 PM »

A few years ago we planned on staying at Villa Ioanna. Our booking was confirmed by e-mail and we left on holiday only to find on the day of our arrival (after a long journey) that the only person there was the gardener ? or cleaner ?. He knew nothing and couldn't (or wouldn't) speak anly English. So we tried Greek - he didn't (or wouldn't) understand this either so we asked him the phonenumber of his boss.  When we called his boss he also knew of nothing.... So we were obliged to find logings elsewhere.
This is the only time on all our vacations in Greece that we have ever experienced such behavour !
I hope you have more luck !

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Holiday Companies / Olympic 2006 bookings

« on: June 15, 2006, 09:27:46 PM »

Let me guess:

The Saga Louts : a group of legendary ? men
The Skilos club: a pack of dogs (as a skilos is a dog in greek)

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Plakias / Psarantonis

« on: May 24, 2006, 02:21:24 PM »

Sorry Harribobs, we didn't see your answer before leaving for Crete.
We discovered the music of Psarantonis by accident when we stayed in Tsoutsouros (S-Crete) a few years ago.
Last June when we were in Plakias we saw that he would perform in Kalypso Village so we went.
This was the first time we ever went to Kalypso Village!  He performed in the theatre outdoors which was very impressive. He performed with in the background the rocks, it was dark, the wind was blowing and you could hear the sea..... Although we were in Kalypso Village, I think we were the only tourists. The performance was mainly visited by Greek people. Descriping Psarantonis and his music is very dificult.
Psarantonis' real name is Antonis Xylouris. He is the brother of Nikos Xylouris who was a very known lyraplayer. (he died in 1980). Psarantonis was born in 1942 in Anogeia of Rethymno. Psarantonis is said to have been a shepherd and learned to play the lyra when he was 10 years old. He has appeared several times in music festivals abroad in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Ukraine, Luxembourg, America, Australia and Canada. Psarantonis won his fame especially for the way that he plays the lyra, the sounds and words of his songs. He is often characterized as “weird”. His performance was certainly unlike anything we have ever heard before.

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Plakias / Psarantonis

« on: April 23, 2006, 08:39:18 PM »

does anyone know when and if Psarantonis will be performing in Plakias ?

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PlakChat / Beer, Beer we want more beer

« on: April 23, 2006, 08:33:20 PM »

For the beer lovers:

Found this on PalmBeachPost.com:

"
Beer Guy: Sampling Belgian beers
By Dan Oliver

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Belgium has been called "the Disneyland of beer" and with good reason. If a determined beer lover decided to sample one Belgian beer a day until trying them all, he or she would spend the better part of two years accomplishing the feat. And what a feat it would be! There are 110 breweries in Belgium, producing 650 different types of beer. The country is a popular tourist destination for that very reason, attracting thousands of devoted followers who flock there each year to sample the incredible variety of Belgium's unique brews"

And in Greece ......... we only drink and enjoy Greek beers like Mythos and Greek wines not only in bottle but from especially from the "spiti"
(or home wines).  

Do not tell us that we do not know what is good !    

 

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Plakias / January news Plakias

« on: January 11, 2006, 05:13:31 PM »

It really is sad to hear about robberies in Plakias.
Years ago on our first visit to Plakias we were let off the bus at about 4 a.m., having arrived at about midnight in Heraklion. We were surprised to find the front door of the Lamon Hotel wide open and the keys to our room displayed on the counter, ready for the taking. As we needed to unwind after the long journey we went for a short walk along the road. It was dark and no one was to be seen. We then noticed that the stalls of goods of a supermarket still stood outside and only were covered by a blanket. Then we realized that in this place the people apparently had no fear of thieves. We have never experienced any thieves, even when we forgot a camera on a chair outside it was kept for us waiting for us to come back and fetch it. It would be very sad if things would change. Having said this, we're under the impression that at least a number of the businesses are (being forced to) pay money for protection, or in other words: that a price is already being paid for the apparently authentical peace and quiet. There is more to this than meets the eye...

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Plakias / Christmas bazaar

« on: December 20, 2005, 09:08:45 PM »

Although we prefer to go to Plakias in the Spring or late Summer I sometimes wonder how life is in Plakias at this time of year.

Has everyone retreated to Mirtios or Chania or are there still possibilities of staying somewhere near the sea ?

Here (if it is not to rainy or foggy) it only gets light by 9 am and sometimes is already dark (inside, meaning you have to put the lights on in your house) at 15.30 pm.

Has anyone been in Plakias or Crete in the Winter ?

What kind of weather have you experienced ?

Or can anyone living in Crete give us any information ?

Thanks very much.

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PlakChat / Beer, Beer we want more beer

« on: December 20, 2005, 08:51:33 PM »

 Congratulations ! Just the glass you need Harribobs.

Have you already tried to drink from it ?

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PlakChat / Beer, Beer we want more beer

« on: December 19, 2005, 08:08:55 PM »

Nice photo ! Cafe Beveren is very well known for the atmosphere.

I am surprised you can buy Kwak over there Harribobs.

I expect you did not drink it in the long tall glas with the wooden holder ?

It's a very tricky way of drinking beer. Either you do not manage to get a sip or else you get the whole lot over you...

A warning: because of the fact that the beerglass and wooden holder are so special the tradition used to be that when you ordered a Kwak you had to give one of your shoes as a deposite. This shoe would only be given back when you returned the glass and holder. Your shoe would be put in a sort of fishingnet and would be raised up to the ceiling so that you could not reach it.   In some cafés this tradition still exists !!

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Where to go / Another interesting Crete site

« on: December 16, 2005, 09:12:01 PM »

Harribobs,

Indeed it seems wicked and selfish but there is no sense in promoting Plakias only to have it built full with a sort of Center Parcs.

Munich Beer Garden ?  The last year/two years I have the impression that Russian tourists and tourists from Slovakia, Poland.... were increasing.

I am not speaking of the people (I hope) like us, but about the nouveaux riche occupying a sunbed in front of your nose with a toy-boy, kissing etc.. fully decorated with gold earings, watches, .... the little (stupid) white dog that has been dragged along and then burping and spitting.

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PlakChat / Beer, Beer we want more beer

« on: December 16, 2005, 08:53:44 PM »

Beachcombers and Harribobs we are locals and also know F & F.

It might be nice to meet sometime in Antwerp (I must warn you that the weather is dreadfull at the moment, rain, wind, cold.... , but I expect that must also be so in England and Walcheren in the Netherlands ? )

I am amazed that you would know the Quinten Matsijs, it is not particulary easy to find...

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Where to go / Another interesting Crete site

« on: December 14, 2005, 01:45:34 PM »

Sounds like he camped out in the ditch !

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PlakChat / Beer, Beer we want more beer

« on: October 04, 2005, 07:08:51 PM »

 thanks harribobs, we do come from a beer country.... allthough I do like
 Scrumpy and all the other varieties.  The problem is that we have to go to a
 special British store to buy cider as it is not very popular here.  Cider is
 considered here as a drink for children. I must add that the cider on sale here is
 often this awfull stuff like cider with a peachy or strawberry flavour. Really
 horrible !