It must be Greek season on UK television – and we do need some good press, so we are very grateful; the BBC just aired its documentary about the Pavlopetri excavations currently taking place in the shallow water off the southern-most tip of Greece -For those who missed it, here is the link: Pavlopetri The oldest … Read More
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Our guest blogger is Kate Monro, author of the wonderful “The First Time,” which is a collection of tales about losing one’s virginity. This blog is about losing one’s heart though. Quite different. POSTCARD FROM ANTIPAROS – KATE MONRO ‘There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you have … Read More
“You are probably like me and know something or nothing about Greece” is how Joanna Lumley’s new TV series kicks off – so true, yes, but which is it Joanna? Something or nothing? After that though, it got going and was tremendous fun. I never knew that there is a village in Evia where there are still 40 old villagers … Read More
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There is genuine bewilderment in the voices of English, Swedish, Dutch, Canadian, German and other Fiscally Solid journalists and clients, who ask me why Greeks don’t want to pay taxes, and whether I think that their attitude will ever change. I have great sympathy for these questions, (especially from the Germans who are doing the … Read More
20th September That’s enough jet-setting for one trip. I said that arriving in Paros from Mykonos is like returning to the real world after an escapist dream, but in fact, an Italian film is being shot here by Berlusconi’s company Medusa films, called “Immaturi – the Journey,” which is a sequel to the hugely popular “Immaturi”, starring Paolo Genovese. … Read More
Mykonos September 19th. Five Star Greece goes to a wedding.. Just as well I left the donkey and straw hat behind on Ithaca – Mykonos is en plein fẻte, with the biggest wedding the island has ever seen dominating the island. Bill Clinton is reputed to be there, and many, many billion dollars worth of guests. Sleek … Read More
It really is time for me to leave Ithaca and these lotus-eating Ionian islands, in their zonked-out September golden haze, and sharpen up a bit… I realised this as I was moseying along the little country lane to Skinos, leading Daphne the donkey by her rope, and a couple of tourists stopped to take a picture, … Read More
September 14th. Kephalonia to Ithaca. The next morning I visited a very pretty property of two houses set in Tuscan-like countryside but with the sea glimmering beyond the cypress trees. Kefalonia really is a beautiful island. Long sandy beaches are gently washed by clear, pale blue water. Mountains dark with pine trees sun themselves in the … Read More
September 13th. My heart does not usually leap for joy when I drive off to Luton Airport at six in the morning, but…… What a fortnight – doctors, surgeons, emergency clinics, consultants, hospital administrators, insurance companies – I have developed a new Pavlovian reaction: whenever a man in a suit says hello to me, I wordlessly hand … Read More
No, it is not a chewing gum advertisement, nor one for toothpaste, air-freshener, deodorant or Coca cola – though it could easily sell any of those – It is a genuine, spontaneous, home-movie from dear clients staying in Mitzella, just below the Pelion peninsular. We feel it has star quality, and are very grateful to … Read More
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One Star Greece today – The worm’s eye view. Today’s blog is courtesy of my 20 year old son, just returned from a rather grubby island hopping trip to Mykonos, Paros, Santorini and Naxos, with which Five Star Greece had absolutely nothing to do at all… Mykonos: Lose the telephone numbers your well-connected mother gave … Read More