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| Fri 22 Feb - ithacagreece finally has online lift-off. vroom vroom speed, woweee!!! Bit the bullet and bought a wireless connection today. Goodbye Otenet, I'm sorry you will be a couple of thousand euros poorer each year, but this is what happens when you don't give the service that is (over) paid for. What will I do now that I won't be swearing 4 hours each day? Below - Rainy weather closes in on Ithaki. Low cloud covering everything. |
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As Greece nears Carnival time, Ithaca too, gets into the pre-Carnival spirit. A childrens party tomorrow (23) in Kioni square, where the kids gets to dress up and mums and dads look on proudly. In Vathy at night, there is Athena Arsenis production of the Pigs Planet on at the Cultural Center and on Sunday 24, Vathy Square gets into pre-carnival celebrations also. Let's hope the rain is on the Aegean side by then. |
Sat 23 Feb - Many of you who log into ithacagreece.com know that in my previous life I had an alternative band in Australia, Hard Candy, some of you know that my ithacan project is lola demo, but I don't think anyone knows that before all of that was Ape The Cry. There's a good reason for that, it was in the 80s. The 80s are not just embarrassing for us, but I think for most bands. Seems our video maker of that era, Terry Sean Munro, now known as Tee, put our videos online with YouTube recently and reminded me that I kept the hairdye makers in business for quite a few years. 4 Videos - 1. Let's Ride click here 2. Swim Click here 3. You Might Call It Dirty Click here 4. Push Click here Watch 4 first to ease into the embarrassment. |
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Now that ithacagreece.com has wireless broadband, we'll have some videos of ithaca online in the near future, ithaca on the move. Keep tuned. |
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Right - At 4pm this afternoon, the Kioni community had some pre-Carnival celebrations with the Childrens' Party on the bayside. Families from all over the northern island came along to take part. Click here or on photograph right for more pics. |
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Carnival time is one of the most colourful times on Ithaki. Everyone gets into the spirit by dressing up and hamming it up, as Maria above, who adorns the mobile all Ithacan women should be carrying around this coming season. It's alot of fun. To see more, click on photo right. (2.7 mb movie - a few seconds of Ithaki) |
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Thu 28 Feb - Today is Burnt Thursday with grilling going on all around the island. ithacagreece will be eating Stavros souvlaki at the Community Hall where the school community will also be raising funds for the school. Eat a souvlaki and add to the kitty. Below - The Look Out seat at Hani (Chani) just beneath Ithakis new favourite place to drink and eat, the Hani Cafe and Restaurant. |
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Mon 25 Feb - Left and Below - It's the start of Carnival time on Ithaca. This year the Council and Fimios have gone all out to make this time of year fun for all the family. Carnival started with a big bang last night with music, dancing and fireworks in the Vathy Square. |
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Above Right - A walk around the hillsides of Platrithia toward Afales, where green fields, cypress and olive groves sweep down to the bay.
NOTICE - THU 28 FEB - THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUE WITH EMAIL FORWARDING FROM ITHACAGREECE.COM SERVER. THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED, SO I HAVEN'T BEEN RECEIVING YOUR EMAILS. IF YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO ITHACAGREECE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY PLEASE WRITE AGAIN BY CLICKING HERE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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| Thur 28 Feb - Left - Burnt Thursday at the Community Center in Stavros. The Primary school put on a big Grill for this public holiday and the weather came to the party with a clear blue sky and sunshine. Click here or on photograph left for more. |
It's March and it's Carnival time |
Sun 2 Mar - Below - Northern Ithaki starts off Carnival with the Childrens' Carnival in Stavros. Sunshine and mild temperatures had the community dressing up big time with more colour than you could poke a stick at. MAJOR KEFI, MAJOR LAUGHS and a good time had by all. Click here or on one of the photos below for 3 pages of pics and for a little movie - Click here. Sorry, but only for pc so far. If you can't see the movie, you get it all in the pics anyway. |
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ithacagreece.com server has today transitioned the site to another platform, so please let me know if there is something missing or not working properly. thanks. (now I know why the mail is going into outerspace) |
Mon 3 March - The Forkis Theatre Group Party has had another date change. It will now be held on the original date 8 March at the Cultural Center in Vathy. It's going to be great so just turn up in your 60s best. 22.00 start. |
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