Blog Review Ikaria 2008-2011 # 6
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 21 Μαΐου, 2012 Filed under: choses vécues, exploring, festivals, holidays, ikaria, photography, stories, travel, Uncategorized | Tags: aegean, airplanes, ancient ikaria, blog review, dance, environment, ferries, flood, Greece, highlights, history, holidays, ikaria, ikaria-in-winter, ikarians, ικαρία, photographer, photography, storm, therma, tourism, travel, weather, wedding, winter 6 Σχόλια-
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Can anybody of you count for me the blog entries about Ikaria that I have reviewed so far? I think they are about 16 and getting more every year. The harvest of 2011 was very rich as you may have noticed. A lot of travellers scheduled to visit Ikaria and as a lot of those travellers are bloggers as well, they wrote one thing or two about the island. Most of them seemed to have known beforehand what to expect. I was glad not to read again anything like «guys it’s all but a mountain!» or «there is no nightlife!». Instead, their reports talk about the rains, the weather, the waves, the gardens, the people, the way of life, the difficulties and the pleasures… In one word, the core of the experience.
Today’s review is dedicated to only one blog and blogger. I think you will agree that Jim Lesses, the multi-talented Ikarian/Australian from Adelaide, deserves all the space in my humble blogging room.
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In between several outstanding entries about many places of the world The Compleat Traveller has blogged about Ikaria since 2009. Going through his blog it’s a funny feeling for me to see my island feature amongst famous spots in Paris and Manhattan! But Jim has a way to put everything together. Does this ability come from his Ikarian or from his Australian side? Neither, in my opinion. Speaking of experience from my own days of travelling, there is no big place and small place, famous place, obscure place, but only special, significant places where we feel good; places that make us we want to tell our friends about them.
Dear readers, this is Jim’s Ikaria. I am recommending to you to read all his entries!
* Move your mouse over the titles and the photos to get
a glimpse of some paragraphs.
© 2009-2011 Jim Lesses All Rights Reserved..
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⊕ Friday Photo #7:
My Island Home, Ikaria, Greece
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⊕ Friday Photo
#11: The Longing
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⊕ Friday Photo
#14: Storage Containers
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* I am reblogging only one picture. You should see this in the original!
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* I am reblogging only one picture. You should see this in the original!
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This is all from Jim Lesses’ blog about Ikaria for now. A learned, comprehensive approach with an unofficially professional touch, won’t you agree? Check out his Blue Set on Flickr and tell me your opinion.
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All Texts & Photos © 2009-2011 Jim Lesses.See you next month!.- .
Eleni's Blog in Ikaria 
On your name day you should receive gifts, not give gifts.
But I assume the gifted sprout gifts any day. Beautiful blue. You have never used blue before in the blog. I assume again that you keep it for special cases.
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To be honest I am against the exessive use of blue. It makes me think of Greek nationalism. Though you know well that I love it in the natural form!
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I like his sister’s kitchen
the footage from Langada
and most of all his crazy nephew!
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Of course you do. I expected you would take a different angle. 😉
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Hella, Hella, Hella, I’m Ahmed if you remember me, from France and oud player,
The wind blow on my sail siga siga, to accost now in Iraklio where I work in crete panapestimiou. I met a lot of musicians, and life here sound nice, but Ikaria have still a magnetism on me, so happy to have news from you and Ikaria,
I will come, I will Come…
Taleme.
Ahmed
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Great news Ahmed. Crete is a real subcontinental island with a strong Arab influence and I think you will like it a lot.
There is an airplane conection so you can always come to small Ikaria on a holiday perhaps.
Good luck and happy winds to your sails.
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