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Monthly Archives: June 2010
If I were Greek Minister of Tourism…
June 26th I was telephoned today by a journalist from “To Vima”, Greece’s Sunday Telegraph. “What is Five Star Greece’s view of the state of tourism in Greece,” she asked, I took a deep breath and launched into a detailed account … Continue reading
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Five Star Puppies
I would normally never try to sell you anything on a blog…. but this is important. Evi has six puppies who are ready to leave home, (aka the Athens Five Star Greece office HQ) and until they are gone, I cannot … Continue reading
Last minute offers…
June 22 No, this is not a catalogue of last-minute offers on Five Star Greece villas, although of course there are plenty to be had even on our top VIP luxury Greek villas with pools. (Yes, I admit, I have had my … Continue reading
Medusa’s Island
June 20th Medusa’s Island When people ask me for my favourite island, one of the answers I often give is Serifos. The Gorgon’s island; the island of Andromeda and Medusa, of Perseus and Hermes. Apart from its right to have … Continue reading
Beyond a joke
June 18th I had dinner yesterday with the President of the Greek Chamber of Shipping (oh, all right then, my cousin…), and we both agreed that the failure of our Hellenic lawmakers to make reasonable laws that normal people would … Continue reading
The Greek Gatsby
June 17th Floods in Provence, unseasonable chill in Spain, but Greece is having a heatwave that leaves people gasping and flapping like fish in a net. The only place to be is by the sea now. As soon as Evi in … Continue reading
An Economics Tutorial for non-believers
June 17th My presence at Economics tutorials at Oxford was as much a trial to my poor tutor as it was to me – My delivery of a meagre essay on some topic such as the laws of Money Supply, … Continue reading
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Zdrastvuye Corfu!
June 11th I finally managed to view the villa where a group of Russian clients, (not ours) were staying; they very kindly let me have a quick scoot around. I brought out my best schoolgirl Russian and told them that dark … Continue reading
Corfu finale – My Animals & other Family
10th June Five Star Greece villa tour – Corfu continued My villa tour continued, with an animal theme; Villa SK, just above a secluded cove up the coast from Avlaki, has an elderly bull-mastiff called Abi, She is doted on … Continue reading
