Chrissi island...small, exotic island south of Crete!

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There is a small, incredible beautiful island 15 km south of Ierapetra, Crete, which definitely is worth a visit if you are on the east side of Crete. The name of the island is Chrissi or Chrysi (Χρυσή) which means the Golden island. It is also called Gaidouronisi - the Donkey island, due to the lack of roads I presume.

Det finns en underbart vacker, liten ö 15 km söder om Ierapetra (Europas sydligaste stad) som verkligen är värd ett besök om ni är på östra Kreta! Ön heter Chrissi eller Chrysi, vilket betyder guld - Guldön. Ett annat namn som används är Gaidouronisi - Åsneön.

From the middle of May til late October you can go by boat to this wonderful island, with only two inhabitants (!), from Ierapetra.

There is a taverna, a bar and a small church. You can read more here: Chrissi.gr

Från mitten på maj till i slutet på oktober kan man åka båt till den här underbara, lilla ön, med bara 2 invånare (!), från Ierapetra.

Där finns en taverna, en bar och en liten kyrka. Läs gärna mer här: Chrissi.gr

I´m not sure if it´s allowed, but in the summer there are always a few campers on Chrissi island.

Jag är inte säker på om det är tillåtet, men det finns alltid några få som campar på Chrissi.

Lovely crystal clear water to swim in...

Kristallklart vatten att simma i...

Chrysi island belongs to Natura 2000, a network of nature protected areas.

Chrysi island är ett av de naturskyddade områden som är medtaget i Natura 2000.

A few more pics also in my photo blog Greece in my Heart: Chrissi island


Have a wonderful day!

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Grekisk öl av hjärtans lust! ♥ Greek beers to one's heart's content!

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Hade tänkt skriva ett litet inlägg om "de 3 grekiska ölsorterna" och hade då Mythos, Fix samt Alfa i tankarna... :) Ja, haha, hade verkligen ingen aning om att det finns så många grekiska öl! Dessutom är Alfa inte ett grekiskt öl, utan ett holländskt som tillverkas i Grekland liksom Heineken, Amstel m.fl ölsorter.

De flesta sorterna tillverkas av små bryggerier med hjärta och lust! Jag hoppas ni blir inspirerade till att prova dessa, i många fall, lokala ölsorter (Rethymnon, Chania, Chios, Corfu, Santorini, Tinos, Euboea, Serres, Komotini, Messenia, Piraeus, Thessaloniki...) när ni är i Grekland!

I was going to write a small post about "the 3 Greek beers" and had Mythos, Fix and Alfa in my mind...:)

Well...I really had no idea there are so many Greek beers! And Alfa is not Greek as I thought, but a Dutch beer produced in Greece as well as Heineken, Amstel and many other foreign beers.

Most of these Greek beers are high quality beers brewed in small breweries (microbreweries) with heart and soul! I hope you'll get inspired to try these, in many cases, local beers (Crete, Chios, Corfu, Tinos, Santorini, Evvia, Peloponnese....)when you are in Greece!

BRINKS BEER
Brink's Blonde
Brink's Dark

Beers brewed in Rethymnon, Crete.

CHARMA CRETAN BEER
Microbrewery founded in Chania 2007.



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CHIOS BEER
Fresh Chios Beer House Ale

Brewed at Kambos, Chios. If you happen to pass by their brewery they'll treat you a beer!

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CORFU BEER
Corfu Beer Real Ale Bitter
Corfu Beer Real Ale Special
Corfu Beer Ionian Epos
Corfu Beer Royal Ionian Pilsner

Beers brewed at Corfu!

CRAFT BEER
Microbrewery founded in Athens 1997.
Craft Pilsner
Craft Red Ale
Craft Smoked Lager
Craft Weiss
Craft Athens Lager
Craft Black Lager

DELPHI BEER
Delphi Beer
Marea Beer

New beers soon brewed in Chalkida.

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DONKEY BEER, SANTORINI
Yellow Donkey, Red Donkey, Crazy Donkey...Beers brewed at Santorini!


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FIX HELLAS
The first Greek beer, from 1846. The factory was closed some years, but since a couple of years it's on the market again. Brewed in Athens.
Blond lager
Dark Premium

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HILLAS BEER
Hillas lager beer is brewed in Rhodope by Macedonian Thrace Brewery. This beer is made for export (US) and I guess it can not be found on the Greek market.
Vergina Beer (see further down) can be enjoyed in Greece by this brewery.

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MARATHON BEER
This Greek Lager is brewed by Athenian brewery since 1971 for export (US, Canada, Australia, Italy, Israel, France...).

MYTHOS BEER




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NEDA BEER
Neda Lager is brewed by a microbrewery in Messenia, Peloponnese since 2007.


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NISSOS BEER
Made at the Cyclades microbrewery at Tinos island since 2012.
Nissos pilsner
(Can actually be enjoyed at the restaurant of the Acropolis museum! Also sold at AB supermarkets.)


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PEIRAIKI BEER
Microbrewery founded in Piraeus 2005.
Peiraiki Lager
Peiraiki Pale Ale
Peiraiki Pils

PILS HELLAS & BLUE ISLAND BEER
Pils Hellas is brewed in Atalanti, Greece, since 1996.
Blue Island Beer is a new creation of EZA brewery.


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SEPTEM BEER
Microbrewery on Evvia/Euboea since 2009.
Monday's Pilsner
Thursday's Red Ale beer
Friday's Pale Ale
Saturday's Porter
Sunday's Honey Golden Ale
Winterdays Porter
Citra Single Hop Ipa (6,5 %)
Mary Rose Premium Red Ale (?)
                                                                  Facebook: Septem Microbrewery

THITA BEER
Brewed by Thessaliki microbrewery in Thessaloniki
Thita (Θήτα) Pilsner
Zita (Ζήτα) Lager

VERGINA BEER
Brewed in Komotini since 1998.
Vergina Premium
Vergina Weiss
Vergina Red


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VIOS 5 LAGER
The 1st beer in the world made of 5 cereals is brewed in Athens since 2011 by Athenian brewery. This brewery(since 1963) is brewing 28 famous brands of beer (Amstel, Heineken, Fischer, Buckler, Alfa, Sol, Erdinger...)for the market in Greece.


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VOLKAN BEER
Brewed on Santorini since 2011.
Santorini Blonde
Santorini Black
Awarded at the International Beer Awards in Prague 2013.
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VOREIA BEER
Microbrewery in Serres
Voreia Pilsner
Voreia I.P.A (India Pale Ale)


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ZEOS BEER
Microbrewery on Peloponnese founded 1998.
Zeos Pilsner
Mak - Lager
Black Mak - Black weiss


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Talented guys, "Bottle Boys",  making music with beer bottles:)...(just over 2 min video and it's Michael Jackson's Billie Jean!)


Have a great day! ☼

Credits
Corfu Beer picture from CorfuDirect.eu
Septem picture from in2life.gr

Jet set party på/at Skorpios! (and...Greek islands for sale!)

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Onassis ö, Skorpios, såldes i april 2013 till den ryske biljonären Dmitry Rybolovlevs dotter Ekaterina Rybolovleva för drygt 100 miljoner dollar (den exakta summan verkar vara hemlig) av Onassis barnbarn, Athina Roussel, trots att Onassis skrivit i sitt testamente att ön skulle skänkas till Olympic Airways (flygbolaget skapades av Onassis) eller till den grekiska staten om inte hans arvtagare kunde/ville ta hand om ön.

Nu är det party där i dagarna tre. Biljonärens dotter och ägare till ön fyller 25 år och det måste firas...! De inbjudna (prinsar, fotbollsstjärnor etc)anlände i lyx yachts och privata flygplan. Den grekiske sångaren Paschalis Terzis och superstjärnan Beyoncé underhåller de rika och berömda gästerna....

Du kanske vill köpa en egen ö i Grekland och ha födelsedagsfest? Det finns några till salu för en spottstyver:
St. Thomas, 15 milj €
Strongilo ("rund") island, 4½ milj €
St. Athanasios, 1½ milj € (Passa på!)
Tokmakia island, 4 milj €

                                                             ▲Jackie Kennedy-Onassis on Skorpios

Skorpios, the island of Aristotelis Onassis, was sold in April 2013 to the daughter of the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev for more than 100 million dollars(the exact sum seems to be a secret...).

The beautiful paradise island was sold by the granddaughter of Onassis, Athina Roussel, even though the shipping magnat had written in his last will and testament that Skorpios should be donated to the Olympic Airways (belonged to Onassis 1956-1974) or to the Greek state in case his inheritors couldn't or didn't want to take care of the island.

▲Ekaterina with her father, Dmitry Rybolovlev

Now it's party time on the island for 3 days. The daughter of the billionaire and the owner of the island, Ekaterina Rybolovleva, has her 25th birthday and this has to be celebrated...!

The invited guests (princes, footballplayers and so on) arrived in luxurious yachts or private jet planes. Somehow they forgot to invite me. The Greek singer Paschalis Terzis and the super star Beyoncé will be entertaining the rich and famous guests.

Maybe you also would like to have your own Greek island for your birthday parties? There are a few on sale for a bargain:
St. Thomas, 15 million €
Strongilo ("round") island, 4½ million €
St. Athanasios, 1½ million € (Opportunity!)
Tokmakia island, 4 million €

Have a nice afternoon!

Credits:
Pic of Jackie Kennedy-Onassis at Skorpios: Madame LeFigaro
Picture of the Russian tycoon and his daughter + photo of the island: Greek reporter

Gamla foton från Mykonos ☼ Old pics from Mykonos

Bara några gamla fotografier från Mykonos som jag scannat från mitt fotoalbum.





Just a few old photos from Mykonos I scanned from my photo album.

Old black and white photos of Heraklion, Crete!

This post in Swedish: Gamla svartvita fotografier från Heraklion, Kreta

When on Crete this summer I found these lovely old black and white pictures of Heraklion:

Dikeosinis street, 1950. The Lion square is a little bit down on the road to the left and the market street is to the right.

"The Lion Square" because of the lions on the Morosini fountain. The official name of the square is Elefheriou Venizelou. 1950.

The central market is on the street named "1866". Most often called "the market street". This picture is also from 1950.

Another market in Heraklion, long time ago. Anyone knows where this photo was taken?

Dikeosinis street from Platia Eleftherias (Astoria). "Ta dikastiria" - the Courts are in the building to the left. Probably around 1950.

25th August street, 1940. This very busy street became a pedestrian street about 5 years ago.

This picture is taken from the same place as the first, but 20 years earlier, 1930.

This photo is from 1902! The name of the city had recently (1898) been changed to Heraklion from Candia. The beautiful Venetian Basilica of Saint Mark is to the right.

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Maybe of interest:
The impressive Venetian fortress in Heraklion - "Koules"

More posts from Crete:

Gouves
Malia - Potamos Beach
Matala
Plaka
Provolos, the windmills
Hippie festival in Matala
Olympic Champion, the ferryboat

The "Olympic Champion" of ANEK

Home again!
We were travelling with this nice, big ferry, "Olympic Champion", which
started to operate the line Pireas- Heraklion this summer. Built 2000, takes 1850 passengers and lots of cars and trucks of course. The ship belongs to ANEK (Ανώνυμη Ναυτιλιακή Εταιρεία Κρήτης Α.Ε.), which is a Cretan company founded after a big accident 1966 when a ferry sank.

Really nice paintings on the walls...

Two big ferries are leaving from Pireas to Heraklion and vice versa every day. They are leaving at about 9 o'clock at night and are arriving at 05.30.

But the dogs' cages were beneath contempt! Most of them were not even possible to close! Broken with holes here and there, rusty...Ugh, Anek! Get better - safety also for animals, thanks!

ANEK lines F/B "Kriti" (also Igoumenitsa and Patras, as well as other destinations: ANEK)
Minoan lines (also Corfu, Igoumenitsa and Patras)

More Crete:

Old black & white pictures from Heraklion
The Venetian fortress in Heraklion
Gouves
Malia - Potamos Beach
Matala
Plaka
Provolos, the windmills