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Dig dug | #week 20
The excavation for the first level of the house appears to be monstrous. From the photos, it is difficult for us to even grasp the entire construction site with our thoughts. But the most important thing is that the work has started. In addition to the construction work, we have also decided to trim the Continue reading
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Mud | #week 19
Levelling of the ground floor is delayed because of mud. Weather isn’t best last days, so trucks can’t go down the plot. We are waiting also for trimming of olives on the plot, since these have been neglected for years. Nevertheless, it’s less than 4 weeks till our next visit! Continue reading
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ελιά | #week 17
The construction of the house begins with the destruction of an olive tree that is more than a century old.It is so sad that let the pictures speak. Continue reading
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Earthworks | #week 16
Finally, here we go. Spiros marked out with tape the place where Dmitris would start digging. Our concrete workers – Leonidas and Adonis – agreed on the order of work. The hill is ‘difficult’, both for earthworks and concrete. This will take whole spring and the most of summer, probably. A verdict has been passed Continue reading
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A cliff in front, a stream behind
μπρός γκρεμός και πίσω ρέμα. We became familiar with this Greek saying quite some time ago, laughing that our plot of land actually has a rhea and a cliff. The rema is dry, the cliff has been stabilized, but we are being hit harder and harder by the weaknesses of building in Greece. We are Continue reading
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The Hill | #week 12
After the Christmas break, the sixth and final layer of gabions was laid. A huge job, a huge pile of stones, a hill changed forever. Among the thoughts on our minds is whether to put a fence on top of the hill. That was the plan, to give our house and its guests privacy, but Continue reading
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The stoned hill | #week 9
Almost all minecraft work is done! Just before end of 2023. We are still not sure, how to arrange entrance gate, fencing from the top, but what is most important: now the time has come to dig the pit for the house. Continue reading
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Toteninsel
The Island of the Dead is the best-known painting by Swiss symbolist Arnold Böcklin. An inspiration to many, this bleak painting was created in five versions. According to Nabokov, a reproduction of it hung in every German home. Many researchers say, the inspiration for the Isle of the Dead was our lovely Pontikonissi, which every Continue reading
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Retaining wall in progress | #week 7
Dmitris the Excavator and his team started to erect the reinforcement structure. After two weeks, more than 100 tonnes of stone had already been laid in the gabions. By hand, stone by stone. The work was unfortunately interrupted by rains every few days, but it looks like the risk of the road falling on our Continue reading
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Panta rei | #week 4
Corfu is known for its multi-day rains and flash floods. This is caused by air masses from the cold, high mountains of Epirus colliding with extremely humid and warm air from the Ionian Sea.Adjacent to the Meraki Hills is the rema – a deep gorge that is mostly dry. It is an extension of the Continue reading
Meraki Hills: secluded Corfu retreat 