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About winds and waters.
Water in Greece is a special topic. It even has its own god, Poseidon, and dozens of minor ones, to mention Hydros or the Nereids – sea nymphs whose name comes from the Greek ‘nero’ – meaning water.Despite of this, water in Greece is scarce to the point where shortages increasingly last for days, especially… Continue reading
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First floor brick walls | #week 60
We are stuck again. Very little progress on site, just few brick walls on the first floor. It’s Christmas time, that means, work will start again after Epiphany. Continue reading
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Cour anglaise, bricks, pool, mess | #week 58
It seems that things are now starting to run in parallel.While the masons have started to brick the walls on the first floor of the house, Edi is preparing the cour anglaise – underground windows to light up the staircase and one of the bathrooms in the section recessed into the hill. (added after 3… Continue reading
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Proper roof tile
Since few months – without visible success – we are trying to get proper roof tile for the house. The trick is, what “proper” means. Aesthetically, it is at least similar to what we see in the neighbourhood. With Chlomos – probably the second oldest village on the island – just around the corner, the… Continue reading
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Brick walls – ground floor | #week 56
Our house will have really thick walls: 12 cm of brick inside, 10 cm of styro or wool and insulation, 25 cm of limestone outside. First bricks have been laid then. Anyway, roof is still not started. Either we will have traditional tiles (heavier roof, worse ventilation properties, harder to repair and more expensive both… Continue reading
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New phase (after 40 weeks) | #week 54
Forty weeks: that’s how long it took to build the concrete structure. When we started at the beginning of April, it seemed that everything would already be ready in the summer. The external sewage connections are ready, so we can slowly backfill the house and start landscaping. Unlike on the project, we have a huge… Continue reading
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Ring beam, wall wrap and water supply | #week 53
Concreting is in its final stages – the horizontal ring beam will be poured this week, along with the internal stairs between levels. This will allow bricklayers, stonemasons and carpenters to start work. The construction has been carefully wrapped to prevent smelly dampness from entering the house in the part below ground level. We are… Continue reading
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A Man – Oriana Fallaci
For me, this somewhat forgotten novel by Oriana Fallaci, was an amazing journey into the depths of the Greek soul and an insightful observation of what a non-Greek feels when interacting with what constitutes modern Greece. This half-biography describes the story of two real people: Oriana Fallaci herself, an unconventional journalist, in love with a… Continue reading
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7 Plagues of Greece: Garbage
The garbage problem is evident in all tourist areas of Greece. Like many negative phenomena, in Corfu more so.A quick analysis of articles on local portal enimerosi shows that the same thing is repeated every year: piles of uncollected garbage, unresolved tenders, rescue actions, special meetings and measures to solve the problems. Interestingly, this does… Continue reading
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Columns, isolations, slowly | #week 50
Due to bad weather and other Greek plagues…just photos to document a little progress. Continue reading
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