Eleni on ferry from Evia to Sterea Ellas |
ditto |
Eleni and Jan at Meteora |
Three musketeers at Meteora |
Eleni at Delphoi |
Me and Jess at some hovel in need of renovation. Doesn't he look like Tach T. here? |
Yorgo's grave: marble vestments on the way |
The two Elenes thimiasing. |
Theo Andoni and Thea Katina's grave on left, Elias Raftopoulos' on the right |
House for sale in Machaeroi |
A cousin's house in Machaeroi |
Cypress forest at Machaeroi |
The two Elenes on top of Farangi of Samaria |
Jess at cafe at Farangi, with Tsikoudia! Highest peak of White Mts. in background. |
Same spot as above, only the mountain is bleached out! Sorry... |
Dinner at sunset at Honolulu (in Chalepa, Xania) Great dinner! Two Elenes and us... |
Elias Marathaki working at his uncles Zaharoplasteio: this guy is awesome. |
Irene Marathaki in middle at Eleni's Chania home. She's doing great (thanks to Eleni's help) Still speaks great English. |
Tunnel designed and built by my Papou in the White Mts. Thrilled to go through it. |
Eleni at Hora Sfakion--wonderful Sfakiot cheese pita...Delish. |
Jess with 3rd cousin, Manouso Kelaidis, who owns that Taverna: blue eyed handsome devil. |
Daskalogianni: our ancestor (named Pano Kelaidis) was killed fighting with him. |
Psiloritis (Mt. Ida: upper left center) from our table at a wonderful restaurant between Chora Sfakion and Rethymno |
Xeriscape at the Limani in Rethymno (which was unrecognizable--the city, not the xeriscape) |
Full moon in Rethymno (usual suspects) |
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. |
Stele honoring another ancestor who fought in Theriso |
Fabulous dinner at Niko Kornaraki's (right) |
Konstandina on left, Niko's lovely wife on the right... |
Panagioti (right) with son-in-law (whose name I forgot--a Dr. in Castelli--Kostandina's husband) |
Rafaela (Kostandina's baby) and Panagioti (Niko's). Too kyute! |
Rafaela reminds me a lot of Annoula as a baby. |
Whole clan |
Kostandina's clan |
Niko's clan |
Chalepa at Sfakopighadi: my mom used to play up there |
Adoring cousins |
Panagioti cutting Vleeta for us to take to Chania (Jesse never had enough of these) |
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 |
Chrysoskalitissa |
Elenes at a fish tavern in Kastelli (very funny dinner--and good too) |
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 |
Niko and two Panagioti's at a Cretan dance exposition in Kissamo village |
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