Tag Archives: greece
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Olympic Stadium: Athens
1Wednesday 11 May, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Architecture of Syros
4Saturday 07 May, 2016 by Uncle Spike
The Greek island of Syros is the northernmost isle of the Cyclades, and covers 83 sq km (32 sq miles) with …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract (IV)
11Thursday 28 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My fourth and last entry for the ‘Abstract’ Weekly Photo Challenge is a rather unique door knocker. I think of it as …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract (II)
8Sunday 24 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge is some abstract art, of sorts, on an area of plaster of a half …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime (II)
10Saturday 16 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My second Weekly Photo Challenge memory trigger of ‘Dinnertime’ is of a great little Mexican place we found in a small …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Hellenic Parliament
Leave a commentWednesday 23 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Harmony (III)
2Thursday 10 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third Weekly Photo Challenge entry is a sneaky photo of a family in harmony, all wearing their respective …
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Astypalaian Backstreets
11Tuesday 09 February, 2016 by Uncle Spike
If there’s one thing I love, it’s exploring backstreets of the places we visit. These are a few of the …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Anastaseos Church
1Wednesday 27 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Alphabet (III)
6Monday 18 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge concerns three distinct letters of the Greek alphabet, O, X, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Alphabet (I)
17Friday 15 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a signpost to the castle on the Greek island of Astypalea. …
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Ready for action!
9Thursday 14 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Weight(less) (IV)
2Monday 11 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My final Weekly Photo Challenge entry is a dock crane on the Greek Cyclades island of Syros, captured at dusk. …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle (I)
11Friday 01 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows the suckers of an octopus; perfect circles no less. …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Gathering (II)
2Sunday 20 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My second Weekly Photo Challenge entry was taken on the Greek island of Amorgos, easternmost island of the Cyclades, as folk gathered …
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Macro Monday: Greek Island Thistle
5Monday 07 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s Macro Monday image is part of a thistle, growing on a mountainside in one of the Greek islands. …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Victory (II)
9Monday 16 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
I’ve not felt very in tune with the theme ‘victory’ with all that is going on; it seems somewhat inappropriate. So, today …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treat (II)
3Saturday 31 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge represents travel; one of my main passions in life, and …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treat (I)
16Friday 30 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a personal favourite, a fresh salad served with hot spicy …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Careful (IV)
6Monday 26 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a set of steps that you really …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Extraordinary (IV)
2Monday 19 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is another Greek Island shot – one of …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Extraordinary (III)
5Sunday 18 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a case of ‘which direction?’ Although perhaps not all that extraordinary, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Extraordinary (II)
8Saturday 17 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is one I’ve posted before, but love it, so why not share …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy Place (II)
15Sunday 11 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows four images of secluded coves in the Greek Dodecanese …
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Stavros the dog!
6Wednesday 30 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Even though I was brought up with dogs, and decades later still have a farm pooch, I’m not one to …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid (IV)
Leave a commentMonday 21 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the wooden latticework or grid of a …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid (I)
6Friday 18 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the tiny Greek island of Telendos, as taken from Kalymnos. As for …
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The church at dawn
Leave a commentThursday 17 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This small orthodox church sat atop a hilltop on a Greek island in the Dodecanese was dark and mysterious as …
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View from Leros island
4Tuesday 15 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Serene Sunday
1Sunday 13 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Orthodox Cathedral: Naxos, Greece
4Tuesday 01 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Bell Tower
3Saturday 22 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The bell tower next to the cathedral in Pothia, Kalymnos A fine structure that is a dream to photograph Would …
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The Bakery
3Tuesday 18 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Just love this elegant little backstreet bakery 🙂 Pothia, Kalymnos, Dodecanese, Greece . .
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Cathedral Square
3Thursday 13 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This is the cathedral in Pothia, Kalymnos With its beautiful mosaic courtyard .
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Beneath Your Feet (II)
4Monday 10 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is of our small person, walking towards Dimitras Temple on the …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: ‘Half & Half’ (II)
7Sunday 19 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a view of the Aegean, split half and half by …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Symbol (IV)
4Monday 13 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a symbol I guess…. looks like a …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Door (III)
3Sunday 05 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the door of a rather special little car we came across …
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Flower Friday ~ House Plant?
9Friday 12 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ Streets of Syros
14Friday 05 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
. So it’s Friday again, and time to dig out another flowery treat. The Greek island of Syros was a …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Broken (IV)
2Monday 25 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is what appears to be a rather broken …
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Images of Naxos hinterland (2 of 2)
4Sunday 24 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
In the first of this two-parter about the Greek Cyclades island of Naxos, you’ll have seen a few general pics of …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Broken (III)
4Sunday 24 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is all about the almost broken economy of Greece. Things are now at a crossroads, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Broken (I)
6Friday 22 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a WWII Greek army jeep. No more words are necessary. . …
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Images of Naxos hinterland (1 of 2)
6Sunday 17 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Naxos was a fleeting visit for us; sandwiched between time spent on a couple of other Greek islands, Astypalea and …
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Flower Friday ~ The Entrance
3Friday 15 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
A simple, yet effective combination of flowers against paintwork. Nothing fancy; just peaceful and welcoming. Naxos, Cyclades, Greece, early September …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Motion (IV)
2Monday 27 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is our kiddo swimming on the Greek island …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Motion (III)
3Sunday 26 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the flag of our neighbours, Greece, flapping away in the wind …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Motion (II)
6Saturday 25 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge captures the motion of our kiddo running from the surf …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Early Bird (IV)
4Monday 20 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is one of my personal favourites. We were back on …
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