Links
Wales links are via the 'Wales' page.
Greece
We love the country and the people of Greece and it is our favourite destination for summer vacations. Greece offers so much - physical beauty, warm seas, lovely people, fantastic history and culture, tasty food and drink too.
First stop - the Greece National Tourism website http://www.gnto.gr/
Nice tourist website with 360 panoramas of a selection of islands at Virtual Greece
So far our favourite Greek island is Samos. Good links about the island via http://www.pythagorion-club.net/
My mother regularly has articles published in the Greek-o-File, an annual booklet and useful website that I heartily recommend.
If you are ever going to visit Athens, or are entering Greece via Athens airport for exploration further afield, check out http://www.athensguide.com/index.html - it helped us find lovely places to eat, helped explain what an Ouzerie is, and gave us an introduction to George the taxi driver.
If you are visiting Zakynthos and want a pleasant walk and the opportunity to buy some ceramics call in at http://www.adamieion.com/index.html - lovely people and a great welcome (chilled fresh lemon drink) on a hot summer's day..
Our 2009 summer holiday was at Angel's Pool, Palaeokastritsa, Corfu. Hosts Angela and Stelios looked after us wonderfully and I can highly recommend it as a place to stay.
Want to try learning Greek? The BBC languages site is a good start at http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/greek/
Greece isn't the only place we go to - we're hoping to visit Anne's cousins in South Africa, one of whom happens to have a rather nice wine farm and holiday accommodation in the Western Cape - see http://www.alphaexcelsior.co.za/
If a visit to Greece kindles an interest in the Orthodox tradition see my faith page for more.
Cycling -
I'm a strong advocate of laid-back cycling on bikes / trikes called 'recumbents' - your feet are in front of you and you recline on a seat. I've owned several different models. Like all bikes they help keep you fit, stop you getting too fat, get you from a to b and have minimal environmental impact. Just what the planet and your body needs. My old web site had over 12000 hits on the recumbent cycling pages so I've copied them to HERE. A couple of other links - see 'Bentrider OnLine' and 'Velovision'.
UFOs -
Steve's seen them twice, yes he was sober, he was with other witnesses, and it happened way back in 1979 and 1981 - read more HERE.
Seiko -
Mr Ikuo Tokunaga is the master watch designer who perfected the Seiko titanium 1000m dive watch intended for professional saturation divers. Now retired, he has an online watch museum that's interesting if like me you're a bit of a watch nerd :-) See http://www.tokunaga.ne.jp/en/museum/index.html
Seiko divers reference pages can be found HERE
More Links Coming soon!
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