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We all take a lot of pictures on our digital cameras but it always surprises me just how many I take each week on Naxos. Today, I downloaded 331 pictures starting with our hike in Melanes last Saturday with Manolis and Maria and ending with our drive to the Naxos airport with Rob and Kelly. … Continue reading »

Of all the gods which have existed and do exist, I think the Greek gods were the coolest. That’s because they interacted a lot with humans. I really wish they hadn’t got bored and left Earth. It isn’t the same without them. There are so many great stories and one of my favourites involves Ariadne, … Continue reading »

Ed and Nancy arrived last Monday by boat after touring the sites of the Greek mainland. We had a fun drive around the island on Tuesday under cloudy skies. When we were close to our hotel at the end of the day it started to rain and hail and there was quite a thunderstorm throughout … Continue reading »

Naxos is the largest of the Cyclades but still easy to drive its entirety over a couple of days. Apallonis on the north shore is only 54 Kilometers but it takes a couple of hours due to the many mountain twists and turns. It doesn’t help that I’m older, wiser, and more fearful of driving … Continue reading »

This is our third visit to Naxos Island in the Cyclades having lived on the Island for 4.5 months in 2000/01. We were picked up at the port by Giannis who is our landlord for the next six weeks. We also got to see our old friends Andreas and Nelly as well as Katarina and … Continue reading »

On Wednesday January 30th, we “loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly….hills that is”. Okay that might have been nice but what we did do was drive a Uhaul truck to Hawkestone Ontario with ‘stuff’ accumulated over 18 months in Saskatchewan. We also towed our vehicle behind so Marilyn and I could ride together. … Continue reading »

It’s been a while since I’ve written on my blog. I guess the adventures in Saskatchewan aren’t as plentiful or as interesting as those in Africa. Still, its Christmas with lots of fun times planned for the holidays, so it seems like a good time to put pen to paper (huh….like I’m going to scribble … Continue reading »

If you’ve become a CFL fan, as one must be in SK, you’ve seen the snow falling and the cold air from Cow Town to Winterpeg and ToonTown in between. So it was a good time to head south. Marilyn and I took three days and went to Regina (which doesn’t seem to have a … Continue reading »

Sadly, Marilyn’s father passed away on Wednesday August 29th. He had started to become quite weak in the weeks before but each visit to a Doctor focused on his heart and ultimately each one missed the real problem which was cancer. Just two weeks before his death, he was finally diagnosed with cancer in his … Continue reading »

I just spent 10 fun days in Ontario and returned home to find our community ravaged by a severe storm with 100 mile an hour winds. I left Ryan and Sally’s house at 1 pm to catch a 4pm flight on Tuesday which was suppose to land in Saskatoon at 5:20pm. Unfortunately, we flew into … Continue reading »