Hylden

Min lillebror Mike og svoger Ted skabte en hylde til vores pantry! 

An idea. Born in Greece. Measured, Designed, Prepared in Greece, Denmark and Tasmania. Huon Pine. An art native to Australia. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagarostrobos

Prepared by Shane and Lille bror Mike in Tasmania. Built in Poros by Ted and Mike, with clear directions and supervision from svend. Guided by kath and Barb drinking juice and iced coffee at the green chair cafe. 

Thanks for all your work. We love our new shelf! 

Achladítsas outside Ermioni

This must have been a big mining place. Room for ships to be loaded. 

Even a playground for kids. Deserted now. 

We wonder what this huge structures were for. Bolted to the ground. 

So many types of stone. Shapes. Ages. A ramp? Doors blocked off. 

The purpose? It would be great to see it all renovated. So many stories to tell. 

Blue Moon in the background. 

A mooring bout? For the big boats to tie up to? 

The slits in the rocks showing how they split them to find the copper. 

They even had beautiful lamp posts. 

If only the trees could tell stories. 

These eucalyptus trees - so beautiful. Surrounded by old fallen equipment and buildings. 

Behind the factory area, there were residential buildings, olive trees. Was that a goat? Many people lived here. 

And maybe even the boss. Or the owner? 

Road. Power lines. Street lights. And an abandoned  playground. 

Where have all the children? Voices? Laughter… gone? 









What will become of this place? Will it be used as a museum, and rebuilt, to show how copper was mined in the old days? How the people lived? 

Will it be torn down, and a resort built up, and all traces of its past erased, so that it only exits in the memories of the hundreds of hard working people that worked here? 

Will our crazy brother Mike fall in love with it and buy it for pennies and grow new dreams and projects? 

Kath and Ted 8.6.2022

June 7th 2022

The wedding was over. Sunday morning, a wonderful walk around "Seven Year Lakes" with our aunt Lissi and Ib, cousins Karen and Soren, the four of us siblings, and a great nephew. Home again, we picked up and cleaned up. Feasts of leftovers were sweetened with such a variety of cheeses and Barb'sdelicious homemade breads. Ted and I attended church held in Victoria by zoom at 7pm Denmark time.  

Monday morning, breakfast with the Danish family. Simon, Kathia and Barb presented their speeches from the wedding in ENGLISH for those of us who did not understand the first time. Incredible.

Farewell to the family, hugs and more hugs. And suddenly, it was just us four siblings and spouses. 

June 6th 0330 departure to Billund airport, and flight with all of us as far as Amsterdam where Kathi and Erik headed for Scotland and we headed for Greece.

Barb and Svend co-own a sailing boat with Danish friends. It seems like a perfect arrangement. The boat is well used, well loved, and well maintained. Our family gathered in summer 2019 for Mike to celebrate his 60th, but Ted and I did not attend, so that makes this trip even more sweet.

Sleeping arrangements - Ted and I have a berth in the bow of the boat, Mike sleeps in the living area on the couch, and Barb and Svend at the rear of the boat. It is a lovely older boat, moored in a small marina, ….

When the plane landed, and we had disembarked, we were greeted by fresh warm lovely air. Traveled to their boat by bus, ferry, a second wee ferry, and a few taxis. And by 7pm we were on the boat, making beds and headed for dinner. Ohhh. It was hot and stuffy in our cabin when we arrived. I wondered, "Am I going to be nauseated on this boat for two weeks?" Barb and I walked to a beach where we could swim, and got into the water, and swam! How refreshing! Perfect. (And the cabin was aired out and has been great).

Dinner – greeted by owner/chef/waiters of Barb and Svend. Sat by the ocean, at little tables, and ate delicious foods

Planning – the captain has ideas. And everyone is flexible, happy for whatever adventures together. 

June 8th – morning meeting, Svend presented the possible plan for today, Mike discussed his idea of leaving for a major hike/run on the island of Crete in a few days. Food shopping, fresh orange juice and beautiful flowers. 

The first leg of our journey, we headed north around the wee island/peninsula Methana and into a wee harbour Giorgio. Swimming is glorious. Ted and I went to shore, lay on a bench, slept, talked, repeat. 

And then went further for a walk, explored this wee community, with houses that are shuttered, very few with cars and appear to have people, and many homes that are not finished yet. While Ted and I walked, slept and talked… Mike went for a 20 km run.Mike found great treasures in his travels, homes built with rocks, partially dug into the earth, wee doors, no or few windows, a manger to feed animals, some sleeping benches… incredible. 

(PHOTOS) from Mike coming)

Thursday,

As we sailed from Giorgio to Vathi, Mike and Barb tried for hours to download an ebook about the hike on the Island of Crete to Mike's phone. Finally, he departed for his adventure… but with a sore foot, and perhaps missing us a bit, he is returning today! Which is great. 

The forecast had been for high winds today, so our plan is to stay here in Vathi for a second night.Breakfast and lunch on the boat, and dinners out at a wee restaurant. Eating outside at 9pm, bathed by warm air and gentle breezes, is wonderful.

Yesterday morning, after a day of swimming the day before… we discovered many purple jelly fish. And so, had a few cautious swims at Giorgio and here at Vathi. Ugh!! 

That is one of the best parts of being on this ocean, is being able to swim in warm water! I hope that we will visit bays where there are no jelly fish. Apparently these can cause pain. So are best to avoid! And they leave pieces of them behind, which can also attach to you? !! Ugh!

Today barb and I are going to do some painting. And welcome Mike back when he arrives. 

I hope that we will get in a walk, and a few good swims. It is overcast, and feels less hot, which is a good thing I think. The past few days have been lovely and hot, but also, difficult to cool off!

Photos Methana Georgio

Proud owners. 

Is funky the correct ? Word? 

Brother Mike just ran a 20 km walk up and over the mountain on Methana. 

Sunset over Epidauros. 

Boats at Georgio ‘marina’ 

Blue Moon in the background. 

Just another amazing eucalyptus tree 🌲 

Hibiscus 

The very shallow bay at Georgio on Methana. 

Opbygning og forfald. På smukkeste vis. 



Vedligehold og perfektion. I skøn sammenblanding. 

First Day with Aussie and Canadians on board

 We arrived in Athens after the big family 💒celebration. Bus to Piraeus and ferry to Poros. Then taxi to our boat blue moon in Methana. 

Our co owners had left the boat spotless and ready to move into. 
Beds were made (sheets and pillows) and then out for the Greek salad, tzatziki, and then grilled octopus, fried small fish, mussels and then watermelon for dessert. 
All very tired since our day started at 03:00 and we all turned in early. 

Next day we shopped groceries at the shiny new supermarket in Methana. Fresh orange juice at the restaurant by the sea. 
Back to svend at the boat who was busy preparing everything for our takeoff. 

A bit of wind on the sea towards Georgio, our favorite harbour on the north part of Methana. Only a few hours by sail. So small and no other tourist boats. Tiny. Beautiful. Run down in a beautiful way. 

Five people on the boat is a bit crowded. But when everyone wants it to work and make a good effort, it all works out. 

Enough places for shade, for swimming, mike going for a hike, a little morfar 💤   
A great summer cocktail. 

Sending good sunshine energy to all of you.