Itisallgreek2me

Photos 2013

: Costas and Carol

: Danny – Barman at Delfinia

: Sunny Skies

: Mansions – road to Old Harbour

: Brave Swimmer – 6th December 2013

: Belltower – Monastery of Agios Nikolaos

: On Feast Day of St. Nicholas

: Poinsettia

: Old Harbour – Spetses

: Fishing Boat passes the Lighthouse

: Colours of the Sea

: The Dapia – Spetses

: Resting Pigeons

: Flock of Pigeons

: Entrance to expansive property – Kouzounos

: Sun soaked home with Olive tree

: Tiny Island of Agios Ioannis (right)

: 3 Cyprus trees, 1 Bird!

: View to Snowcapped Mountains on Mainland Greece

: Kouzounos – Spetses

: Costas – Pool night at Delfinia

: Jerry and John

: Ducks on Kounoupitsa beach – Spetses

: 1st December 2013

: Storm swept Spetses

: The Jetty – Dapia, Spetses

: Seafront road – Spetses town

: High Seas hit the Dapia – Spetses

: Relaxing

: Remains of Old Windmill above Garyfalos Bay

: Tenderizing Octopus – Garyfalos Bay, Spetses

: Flock of Geese – Old Harbour, Spetses

: Yours Truly

: Wall feature at Church – Gorgoepikou Monastery

: Old Harbour – Spetses

: Spetses Town

: Church at Gorgoepikou Monastery

: Church Bells – Gorgoepikou Monastery

: Spetses Home

: Oil Lamp inside hilltop Church

: Inside Hilltop Church

: Hilltop Church

: Abandoned

: Old Harbour – Spetses

: Pityoussa – Spetses

: Gorgoepikou Monastery – Spetses

: Monastery Agia Pantes (All Saints)

: Pigeons on a Wire

: One Eye Blue, One Eye Green

: For Rent or Sale

: Pathway Flora

: Spetses Vista

: Costas with the Dogs

: Spetsopoula

: View from Hillside Track

: Our Walking Companions

: My Walking Partner

: Monastery Agia Pantes (All Saints)

: Herd of Goats

: Sheep and Rabbits

: Serenity

: Trikeri Island viewed from The Havana Club

: View from The Havana Club

: View from Kaiki Beach

: Roadside Shrine – Kaiki Beach

: View across to Mainland Greece

: Spetses home

: Rear entrance to Town Hall – Spetses

: Scene – Old Harbour

: Church of Panagia Armata – Spetses

: Old Harbour at Dusk

: Spetses viewed from near Lighthouse

: View of Spetses at Dusk

: Costas surveys rough weather on its way

: Seaside mansions on road to Old Harbour

: Waterway near Agios Mamas beach

: View of Agios Mamas beach on Friday

: Agios Mamas beach on Friday

: View of inside Quarter – Spetses

: Quarter’s rear doorway – Spetses

: Friday’s Fish Market – Spetses

: Laneway adjacent to the Square – Spetses

: Storm survivor

: Main seaside road – Spetses

: Partial view – main shopping street – Spetses

: Collapsed wall – Spetses

: Rear doorway – Quarter Restaurant

: Shattered window – Bank of Piraeus, Spetses

: Cleanup – the Square, Spetses

: The Square – Spetses

: Clock Restaurant

: Clock Restaurant

: Bouboulina Restaurant

: Partial view – main shopping street – Spetses

: A littered Agios Mammas beach

: Agios Mammas beach

: Agios Mammas beach

: Small road leading to the Square

: Waterway just above the Square

: The Square – Spetses

: Waterway filled with mud

: Costas with Chrissoula

: Costas on outskirts of his Grandfather’s Village – Taktikoupoli

: Poros

: Nissos Poros

: Hilltop Architect Designed Homes

: Ray and Costas admire the view

: At Temple of Poseidon

: Ray and Heather at Temple of Poseidon

: Costas and I at Temple of Poseidon

: At Temple of Poseidon

: Olive Groves – Poros

: View from atop Poros

: View from atop Poros

: Bikes on Poros

: Heather and Ray at Memories Cafe

: Costas in Memories Cafe

: Mountains resembling Woman Lying Down

: Cat on a Hot Tile Roof

: Clock Tower – Poros

: View from Poros

: Small Church – Poros

: White Bougainvillea

: Derelict building

: Beginning our stroll

: Lunch at Rota

: Hotel 7 Brothers

: Galatas viewed from our hotel balcony

: Island of Poros

: Moored near Poros

: Poros

: Poros

: Poros viewed from Galatas

: Islands close to Poros

: First View of Poros

: Costas and I aboard Water Taxi

: Heather and Ray

: Ray and Gerald

: Heather and Mike

: Costas and Anna

: Anna and Penny

: Kyle, Mike and Jerry

: Dinner at Nektarios

: Dinner at Nektarios

: Nektarios cuts my cake

: “Happy Birthday Dear Helen – Costas”

: The Birthday Girl

: Dinner at Nektarios

: Guy Fawkes night on Spetses

: Fireworks

: Fireworks

: Fireworks

: Costas with Heather and Ray

: Costas and Anna

: Barmaid Anna

: Roland and Ioanna

: Mike and Ray

: Tina and Gerald

: Banner “Happy Costas Closing Night 2013”

: Dance time – Sue and Geoff

: Sue, Penny, Carol, Anna

: Panayiotes

: Ray with Anna serving

: Costas with Jerry

: Mike and Jerry

: Jerry and Ray

: Setting the scene

: Costas and I behind the bar

: Anna

: Sue and Anna

: Costas a.k.a. Geoff

: Friends of Costas arrive at Bar Spetsa

: Heather and Judy at Rendezvous

: 1930 hours – helium balloons go up

: White Oleander and Cyprus tree

: The essence of Spetses

: Bouganvillea

: Kouzinos

: Colours of the sea

: Helicopter Pad

: Luxury lifestyle

: The beauty of Spetses

: View from coastal road – Spetses

: Roadside flora

: Wild Cyclamen

: Home in Anargyri

: Anargyri

: “The Magus” house (I believe)

: Agia Paraskevi beach

: Church at Agia Paraskevi

: Spetses coastline

: Heather-like roadside flora

: Roadside Flora

: Korbi Bay

: Zogeria area

: Olives and rejuvenating pines

: Zogeria – Spetses

: Animal enclosure

: Spetses coastline

: Church on water’s edge

: The Havana Club

: Shirley Valentine like scene

: Memorial to Mike

: Colours of Greece

: Lunchtime for street cats

: Fisherman mends his nets

: Resident Moggy – Old Harbour

: Old Harbour – Spetses

: Spetses home

: Spetses coastline

: Spetses scene

: Black ‘pencil’ plane – Wanganui/Auckland

: Luxury Boats – Old Harbour

: Moon Rising

: Paradise Bar – Agia Marina

: Paradise Bar

: Manos – Late Arrival

: Sucking Time

: Barman With Our Cocktail To Share

: Gerald and Angela

: Marilyn and I

: So attractive but Bougainvillea past it’s best

: No Customers – Agios Mammas

: BBQ Night at Ray and Heather’s

: Jerry, Me and Ray

: Costas behind the bar

: Heather and Me

: Costas and Ray

: Gerald’s Birthday

: Paragliding and Sailing

: Buggies and Bathers

: Saturday’s Racing viewed from Delfinia

: Racing – Saturday

: Agios Mammas Beach

: Spetsiot Moggy Takes a Nap

: Getting Ready to Race

: Ready to Race

: Spetses Flag – ELEFTHERIA I THANATOS (Freedom or Death)

: Parade of Sail

: SOFI II – Parade of Sail

: Regatta Week on Spetses

: Parade of Sail for Spetsiot Schooners

: Parade of Sail

: Parade of Sail

: Parade of Sail

: Parade of Sail

: Parade of Sail for Spetsiot Schooners

: Parade of Sail

: Parade of Sail – Spetses

: Bouboulina family’s boat leads the Parade of Sail

: Moorings near the Poseidonion

: Two modes of transport – Spetses

: Sweets Shop “Polites” – Dapia, Spetses

: Spetses Water Taxis

: Hydrofoil – Flying Cat 6

: Poseidonion Grand Hotel

: Moored near the Poseidonion

: Racing – backdrop Mainland

: Under Sail – Spetses

: Heather with Pavlos

: 14 June 2013 – off Spetses

: Yachts – Spetses

: Costas – photographer and his bicycle

: Pebble Mosaic – Spetses town

: Spetses – mainland in distance

: Two Seagulls – Spetses rooftop

: Hillside church – Spetses

: One of many small churches – Spetses

: Looking down on Old Harbour area

: View from Spetses hills

: View towards Old Harbour – Spetses

: Looking down on the Poseidonion Hotel

: View from hills on Spetses

: Morning Day 1 Spetses Yacht Race

: Churches x 2 – Spetses town

: Model boat in Spetses home window

: In Spetses Town

: “Official Moorings” sign – Bar Spetsa

: Costas – Bar Spetsa

: Katie and Costas play Scrabble

: Carolina and Costas

: Me, Ray, Marilyn and Heather at 1800 Cafe

: Costas and Ray – Lunch at the Poseidonion

: Sydney

: Ieros Naos Agion Taxiarchon Church

: Outside I. N. Agion Taxiarchon Church

: During the Baptism

: Nikos (Spiros’ father) Looks On

: Costas Watches On

: Typically Greek

: The Priest

: Before the Baptism Service

: Bomboniera’s

: Me on the Steps to Upper Room of the Church

: The Uphill Walk to the Church

: Little Church by Agios Mammas Beach

: Spetsiot Mansions

: On the road to the Old Harbour

: Pitiousa home

: Pitiousa – near Old Harbour, Spetses

: Gated community of Pitiousa

: Pitiousa – Spetses

: Near Paradise Beach

: Paradise Beach

: Bathed in Sunshine

: Along the road to Kouzinou

: Figs, Olives and Oleander

: Viewed from Kouzinou

: In the distance – Hydra and Trikari

: Agia Pantes Monastery

: Blue and White – Spetses town

: Costas and I in Bar Spetsa

: Paddy, myself and Wendy

: Paddy and Wendy with Costas

: Steve with Costas

: Sydney

: Our Garden

: New Pergola in our garden

: Flowerpots in our courtyard

: Our home on Spetses

: Zoes Club – Spetses

: Agios Mammas beach

: Local Transport on Spetses

: Courtyard of a home in Spetses town

: On my walk to the beach

: Home in Spetses town

: Antonia

: Stine Yiasou!

: Roma, Manolis and friends

: Maria and Yani

: Katina, Vassiles, Roma, Sotiris

: Five Generations

: Katina, Maria and Yani

: Manolis and Niki

: Vassiles and Vassiles play backgammon

: Roma and Vanna

: Anna, Niki and Odyssea

: Easter Sunday in Kastelli

: Easter Sunday meal

: Johanna, Maria and Yani

: Looking down on the garden from upstairs

: The Goat ready to carve and serve

: Anna – the family Matriarch

: Kostoula prepares the salad

: Rula’s turn at the spit

: Basting time

: Johanna and Katina

: Leon – new addition to the family

: Kalitsounia

: Antonia and Vassiles with the twins

: Antonia with the twins

: Maria and Vasilakes

: Vivienne and I – Auckland Airport

4 Comments

Comment by Monica mckay:
Saturday, May 25th 2013 at 6:40 am |
Hi Helen I have a new toy IPad and found your Greek site. No wonder you like going back to Greece all the time lit looks fabulous I saw the photo of David and your dear mum I would not have known David.

Hope this gets to you ok if not I’ll contact you when you are back in NZ

Regards Monica
Comment by Patricia sheridan:
Sunday, June 2nd 2013 at 6:00 am |
Hello Helen Oh how beautiful! Love the photos. The figs and olives, the sea and sunshine… enjoy every moment. It is not long before we shift now.
Regards Patricia
Comment by Phyl Bromley:
Saturday, June 15th 2013 at 4:16 am |
Lovely pics Helen you certainly give us a great insight into the Greek way of life – thank you for sharing. xx
Comment by fran todd:
Thursday, July 18th 2013 at 9:26 pm |
Hi Helen, dont know if you remember me from Spetses. Beautiful photos, my daughter Katie playing scrabble with Costa being my favourite of course! Glad to see you looking so well and happy x

Itisallgreek2me

Photos 2013

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