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| Eleni on ferry from Evia to Sterea Ellas |
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| Eleni and Jan at Meteora |
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| Three musketeers at Meteora |
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| Eleni at Delphoi |
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| Me and Jess at some hovel in need of renovation. Doesn't he look like Tach T. here? |
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| Yorgo's grave: marble vestments on the way |
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| The two Elenes thimiasing. |
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| Theo Andoni and Thea Katina's grave on left, Elias Raftopoulos' on the right |
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| House for sale in Machaeroi |
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| A cousin's house in Machaeroi |
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| Cypress forest at Machaeroi |
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| The two Elenes on top of Farangi of Samaria |
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| Jess at cafe at Farangi, with Tsikoudia! Highest peak of White Mts. in background. |
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| Same spot as above, only the mountain is bleached out! Sorry... |
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| Dinner at sunset at Honolulu (in Chalepa, Xania) Great dinner! Two Elenes and us... |
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| Elias Marathaki working at his uncles Zaharoplasteio: this guy is awesome. |
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| Irene Marathaki in middle at Eleni's Chania home. She's doing great (thanks to Eleni's help) Still speaks great English. |
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| Tunnel designed and built by my Papou in the White Mts. Thrilled to go through it. |
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| Eleni at Hora Sfakion--wonderful Sfakiot cheese pita...Delish. |
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| Jess with 3rd cousin, Manouso Kelaidis, who owns that Taverna: blue eyed handsome devil. |
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| Daskalogianni: our ancestor (named Pano Kelaidis) was killed fighting with him. |
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| Psiloritis (Mt. Ida: upper left center) from our table at a wonderful restaurant between Chora Sfakion and Rethymno |
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| Xeriscape at the Limani in Rethymno (which was unrecognizable--the city, not the xeriscape) |
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| Full moon in Rethymno (usual suspects) |
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| One of two oners of cheese factory in Perivolakia on left (Manoli (I think) Papagiannaki. Center, sitting, is another cousin Papagiannaki who owns the olive oil press nearby. Wonderful visit. |
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| Stele honoring another ancestor who fought in Theriso |
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| Fabulous dinner at Niko Kornaraki's (right) |
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| Konstandina on left, Niko's lovely wife on the right... |
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| Panagioti (right) with son-in-law (whose name I forgot--a Dr. in Castelli--Kostandina's husband) |
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| Rafaela (Kostandina's baby) and Panagioti (Niko's). Too kyute! |
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| Rafaela reminds me a lot of Annoula as a baby. |
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| Whole clan |
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| Kostandina's clan |
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| Niko's clan |
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| Chalepa at Sfakopighadi: my mom used to play up there |
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| Adoring cousins |
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| Panagioti cutting Vleeta for us to take to Chania (Jesse never had enough of these) |
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| Next trip en route to Elafonisi we ran into the OTHER cousin who owns the cheese factory in Perivolakia--a marvellous fellow (Papagiannaki). Forgot to photograph the Milk truck. Sorry |
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| Chrysoskalitissa |
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| Elenes at a fish tavern in Kastelli (very funny dinner--and good too) |
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| One of the three blond babies my sister Mary baptised--this one from Sfakopighadi: her maiden name is Patinioti. We bumped into her at a kafe we were sampling in Kastelli |
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| Niko and two Panagioti's at a Cretan dance exposition in Kissamo village |
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| I met Manoli Kelaidis (I'm 2nd cousins with his dad): a real Cretan palikari, albeit born in Athens! He spends every moment he can spare at his family home in Machairoi. His gorgeous wife is Slovakian born and speaks fluent English as well as Greek. That's the Acropolis glowing overhead: they treated us to a sujmptuous dinner at the loveliest place imaginable with unimpeded view of the entire Attic valley at sunset. Enchanting, as was every day of the trip... |
