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<title><![CDATA[Στη Φαιστό και την Αγία Τριάδα και από εκεί στα Μάταλα - Visiting Phaistos and Agia Triada and then walking to Matala]]></title>
<link>http://candia.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/festos2009/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>candia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://candia.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/festos2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[English version further below Νεα σελίδα στην ενότητα των φωτογραφιών, με εικόνες από την επίσκεψη σ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img src="http://candia.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/arrowblue-before-link.gif" border="0" alt="arrow" /><em><a href="#ENGphotosfestos"><span style="font-size:large;color:#0000ff;"><strong>English version further below</strong></span></a></em></p>
<p>Νεα σελίδα στην ενότητα των φωτογραφιών,  με εικόνες από την επίσκεψη <a href="http://candia.wordpress.com/photos/festos-matala-2009/">στη Φαιστό και στην Αγία Τριάδα και από την πεζοπορία από την Αγία Τριάδα στα Μάταλα.</a> </p>
<p align="center"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><em><a title="ENGphotosfestos" name="ENGphotosfestos"></a>&#8230;&#8230;.. English version &#8230;&#8230;..</em></strong></span></p>
<p>New page under photos section of the blog, where you can see pictures during <a href="http://candia.wordpress.com/photos/festos-matala-2009/#ENGfestos-text">a visit to Phaistos and Agia Triada and a walk from Agia Triada to Matala</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Buchkritik an meinem Buch]]></title>
<link>http://thewritingfranz.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/buchkritik-an-meinem-buch/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thewritingfranz</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Diese Kritik betreffend mein Buch fand ich im →Internet &#8220;Franz Kienesberger, Der Öleusweg oder]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Diese Kritik betreffend mein Buch fand ich im <a href="http://www.vonkracht.de/kreta/">→Internet</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Franz Kienesberger, Der Öleusweg oder wie ich auf Kreta Gott fand empunkt Verlag, 2007 [@bod.de, @amazon]</p>
<p>Ich muss gestehen: von mir aus hätte ich das Buch nicht in die Hand genommen, denn der Titel ließ mich das Schlimmste befürchten: Irgendeine obskure Erbauungs- oder Bekehrungsliteratur. Nun hatte aber der Autor einen netten Eintrag in meinem Gästebuch hinterlassen, und der Verlag stellte ein Rezensionsexemplar zur Verfügung &#8211; nun denn in Gottes Namen! Und nachdem ich durch Widmung und das &#8211; nun doch etwas frömmelnde &#8211; Vorwort hindurchgeeilt war, hat mich das Büchlein von Zeile zu Zeile mehr in seinen Bann geschlagen: Sehr lebendig und liebenswürdig schildert Kienesberger, wie er mit der Fähre nach Kreta reist und dann zum Ziel seiner Fahrt gelangt: nach Matala. Dort nimmt das Büchlein nochmal einen Dreh und der Autor begibt sich auf die Suche nach einem verschollenen unbekannten griechischen Gott, den er durch rastlose Forschungstätigkeit aufspürt &#8211; hier wird der Text wirklich komisch und skurril. Ich habe den Text an einem Abend verschlungen und war ganz begeistert. Das Buch ist eine der kleinen Perlen, die man an völlig unerwarteter Stelle findet. Es hätte definitiv einen besseren Titel verdient. Wenn es einen Einwand gibt, dann vielleicht den, dass ich mich gefreut hätte, im Text noch etwas mehr über Matala, Kienesbergers Lieblingsort auf Kreta, zu erfahren. Ich reise nämlich in zwei Wochen dorthin und bin sicher, er hätte in seiner leichten humorvollen Schreibe noch das Eine oder Andere interessante über den Ort zu erzählen gewusst. Bewertung: In jedem Fall ist dieses Büchlein jedem Matala-Besucher dringend ans Herz zu legen. Ich wünsche ihm viele Leser.&#8221;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Properly Cleaning Filter Pads – Water Garden &amp; Feature Q &amp; A – Week Ending June 6th]]></title>
<link>http://blog.thepondguy.com/2009/06/04/properly-cleaning-filter-pads-water-garden-amp-feature-q-amp-a-week-ending-june-6th/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thepondguy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Picture of Matala Filter Pads. Water Gardens &amp; Features Q &amp; A Q: I have been cleaning my fil]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><strong>Water Gardens &#38; Features Q &#38; A</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><strong>Q: I have been cleaning my filter pads once a week with a garden hose because they are filled with gunk all the time. This doesn&#8217;t seem normal. How often should I be cleaning my filter pads? &#8211; Tonie of Massachusetts</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;">A: There are quite a few customers that I talk with that don&#8217;t know why their filter pads build up with &#8220;gunk&#8221; so fast. I didn&#8217;t understand it either when I first stepped foot into water gardens, but filter pads provide a very important role in your water garden&#8217;s ecosystem and in reality should not be cleaned very often.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.5pt;color:black;"><strong>The Purpose of Filter Pads</strong><br />
Filter pads (or other filter media) contain a large amount of surface area. This surface area within time will grow increasing amounts of beneficial bacteria. This beneficial bacteria (also called nitrifying bacteria) will break down ammonia from fish waste into nitrates. Also,  some customers mistakenly believe this beneficial bacteria is &#8220;gunk&#8221; and will unfortunately clean it off having to have the beneficial bacteria start over again!<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.5pt;color:black;"><strong>The Proper Way to Clean <a href="http://www.thepondguy.com/category/water-gardens-and-features-filter-media">Filter Pads</a></strong><br />
If the &#8220;gunk&#8221; on your filter pads becomes over abundant and restricts water flow from your <a href="http://www.thepondguy.com/category/water-gardens-and-features-pumps">pump</a>, only then would it be necessary to clean them.  Usually when this is the case, it has a buildup of other debris besides  beneficial bacteria. To properly clean the filter pads I suggest to take  a bucket of water from your water garden and dip the filter pad into the  bucket knocking off any debris and leaving the &#8220;gunk&#8221;. I DO NOT recommend  using tap water from your garden hose to do this because the water contains  heavy metals or chlorine that will kill off the beneficial bacteria on  your filter pads. After cleaning your filter pads or if you accidentally used tap water to clean them, you can use <a href="http://www.thepondguy.com/product/482/water-gardens-and-features-filter-media">PL Gel</a>. PL Gel is like injecting beneficial bacteria directly into your filter pad. PL Gel will reduce bacteria start-up time by up to 80%. I have found it to be very successful.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.5pt;color:black;"><strong>Yearly Maintenance &#38; Replacement</strong><br />
You should really only have to clean your <a href="http://www.thepondguy.com/category/water-gardens-and-features-filter-media">filter pads</a> a couple times a year. Once during spring startup and again during fall shutdown. Most filter pads will last up to a year before you should have to replace them. If you are looking for longer lasting filter pads we highly suggest the Matala Filter Pads. They will last several years. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.5pt;color:black;"><strong>POND TALK: </strong>Tell us how often you clean your filter pads? </span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[2009: Neues Jahr, neues...]]></title>
<link>http://matala.wordpress.de/2009/05/27/2009-neues-jahr-neues/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 16:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>heim</dc:creator>
<guid>http://matala.wordpress.de/2009/05/27/2009-neues-jahr-neues/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Glück? Neue Erfahrungen? Jedenfalls bin ich hier wieder in Matala. Schon seit zehn Tagen. Sei]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8230;Glück? Neue Erfahrungen? Jedenfalls bin ich hier wieder in Matala. Schon seit zehn Tagen. Seit Mitte Mai. Habe aber noch keine Zeit und Muße gehabt, meinen Blog zu pflegen. Das bedeutet zweierlei: Erstens  &#8211; das Wetter ist deutlich besser, als in den vergangenen beiden Monaten im Mai und zweitens &#8211; keinerlei Langeweile.</p>
<p>Doch schon im vergangenen Jahr hatte &#8211; nicht nur ich &#8211; mich gefragt, was wird aus Matala? Darauf lässt sich noch keine abschließende Antwort geben. Meine ersten Eindrücke: Es ist &#8220;adretter&#8221; geworden, die Geschäftsleute und Kneipiers sind etwas bemühter um die Kundschaft. Aber das ist aus dringend nötig. Denn alle klagen: Von Jahr zu Jahr weniger Gäste. Der Trend besteht seit mindestens einem Jahrzehnt. Das will man aber nicht gerne hören. Es müsste aber im Portemonnaie der Geschäftsleute und Hotelbesitzer längst deutlich zu spüren sein.</p>
<p>Die Gründe? Ich muss spekulieren. In den letzten Jahren ist die Abwärtsentwicklung zuerst durch neue Reisende aus den ostdeutschen Bundesländern, danach aus Osteuropa überdeckt worden. Sie alle wollten zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben ins legendäre Kreta. Wer könnte das nicht verstehen? In den vergangenen zwei Jahren traf man unendlich viele Rentner aus Frankreich. Doch auch die scheinen sich neue Ziele ausgemacht zu haben.</p>
<p>Ach ja &#8211; der Hauptgrund: Die Generation der echten und der Möchte-Gern-Hippies ist vorbei. Auch wir fangen an, den Komfort von Vier-Sterne-Hotels und Spitzenküche dann und wann zu schätzen. Und den gibt’s hier nicht. Gott sei Dank! Gott sei Dank?</p>
<p>P.S.: Die neuen Fotos werden nach meiner Rückkehr nach Deutschland nachgepflegt. Also ein bisschen Geduld. Danke!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[11 Matala]]></title>
<link>http://buglio.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/11-matala/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>buglio78</dc:creator>
<guid>http://buglio.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/11-matala/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oggi direzione sud verso la famosa spiaggia di Matala. Resa celebre negli anni 60, questa località é]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Oggi direzione sud verso la famosa spiaggia di Matala. Resa celebre negli anni 60, questa località é diventata nota in quegli anni in quanto era meta e dimora di una vasta comunità Hippy che trovava alloggio nella scogliera e precisamente in delle grotte scavate dai Romani ed utilizzate come tombe,  diventate in seguito come delle piccole case per questi inquilini molto particolari.</p>
<div id="attachment_139" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://buglio.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/matala011.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-139" title="Matala" src="http://buglio.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/matala011.jpg?w=300" alt="Matala - La spiaggia e le grotte" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Matala - La spiaggia e le grotte</p></div>
<p>Qui la comunità viveva, campando di pesca, suonando la chitarra sulla spiaggia alla sera, dormendo in queste spartane abitazioni e forse fumando qualcosa&#8230;.. poi gli Hippi sono stati allontanati ed ora sono rimaste solo questi buchi nei massi. Ancora oggi in qualche scritta sui muri e visto alcuni frequentatori, si respira un pò di quell&#8217;aria, anche se naturalmente la situazione è molto cambiata visto la grande quantità di turisti che si riversa qui attratti dalla sua notorietà.</p>
<div id="attachment_136" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 370px"><a href="http://buglio.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/matala02.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-136" title="Matala creta" src="http://buglio.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/matala02.jpg" alt="Matala - Il tramonto" width="360" height="240" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Matala - Il tramonto</p></div>
<p>La giornata, invece, noi la trascorriamo con la classica routine di spiaggia che va dal tuffo in un celestiale mare al pisolino&#8230;&#8230; Il tramonto, anche qui magnifico, ce lo godiamo ad una taverna che si trova lungo la costa nei pressi della spiaggia e dove ammiriamo il rosso del cielo in cui si staglia la silhoutte di un&#8217;isola.</p>
<p>Durante il ritorno vorremmo fermarci anche a Festos, avevamo l&#8217;idea di fare una capatina alle rovine, ma ormai é troppo tardi, quindi ci limitiamo a vederle da fuori. Mi dispiace un pò, comunque avevamo letto che questo sito é più frammentario e meno bello di quello di Knossos e di difficile lettura, quindi forse non ci avremmo capito niente.. comunque ormai é andata così.</p>
<p>Stasera la cena é preventiva per Othonas, una taverna nel corso principale di Rethymnon, segnalata dalla guida come l&#8217;unica degna di nota in questa zona perché ancora fedele alla tradizione greca e non propone una cucina standardizzata ai gusti degli stranieri (come invece fanno quelle limitorfe) ma sapori genuini e locali. Le nostre aspettative non sono deluse, giudizio buono, prezzo giusto, i soliti 30 Euro in due che ormai spendiamo tutte le sere. Alla faccia dell&#8217;Italia che con questi soldi non ci metti neanche benzina&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kriti: Matala]]></title>
<link>http://trzecieoko.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/kriti-matala/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>trzecieoko</dc:creator>
<guid>http://trzecieoko.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/kriti-matala/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dla ucieczki przed turystyczną sztampą złożoną z basenów, leżaków, sklepów z pamiątkami, godzin zbió]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dla ucieczki przed turystyczną sztampą złożoną z basenów, leżaków, sklepów z pamiątkami, godzin zbiórek i przewodników. Dla zerwania z ładem i porządkiem północy na rzecz południowej dzikości, kolorowo radosnej prowizorki. Dla frajdy, pierwotnej radości wędrownej. Dla wypróbowania zwinności bosych stóp na skale z piaskowca, pojemności płuc w kontakcie z morskim wiatrem, pojemności umysłu na medytacyjną energię finezyjnych i metafizycznych jaskiń skalnych&#8230; Dlatego wszystkiego warto (było) udać się do Matali. Tam wysiąść przy samej plaży, zdjąć buty i sunąc po ciepłym piasku uśmiechnąć się to widoku jak ten..</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Matalę namierzymy na mapie kreteńskich plaż mniej więcej w połowie drogi między różową laguną Elafonissos a palmowym lasem na Vai, na południowym<span> </span>- nie tak cywilizowanym<span> </span>- wybrzeżu wyspy.<!--more--> Piaszczyste plaże na Krecie są raczej wyjątkiem niż regułą, jeśli dokładniej przyjrzeć się linii brzegowej. Samo to wedle przewodników nadaje im rangę atrakcji wartej zwiedzenia. Jednak tylko łagodne zejście w spienione (środziemno)morskie bałwany nie starczyłoby za motywator do ściągnięcia człeka znad drugiego morza coby autobusem i autostopem, żywiąc się zrywanymi po drodze pomarańczami i błąkając się po okolicznych ruinach antyku do tej tu<span> </span>Matali zawitał. Rolę tego<span> </span>magnesu odgrywa fantastycznej urody skała wyrastająca na skraju plażowej zatoki. A także duchy orbitujących wokół owej skały legend.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Legenda najpierwsza mówi, że o tą skałę rozdarł swe poszycie statek króla Menelaosa wracający spod Troi, czyli trofiejnymi skarbami po brzegi obładowany&#8230; Tak właśnie. W Grecji bawiąc, przywykamy w mig, że we wszystkich oczkach taplały się nimfy, a i trudno znaleźć wąwóz gdzie heros pewien nie uwolniłby okolicy od siejącego grozę potworzyska. Nie wspominając już, mocne że do co drugiej wsi zaglądał czasem młody bóg zwabiony tym i owym, stąd mieszkańcy jej dzisiejsi przetaczają jego niebiańską krew w swych żyłach&#8230; Prócz niej przetaczają także słońce i rakiję, co razem rodzą w głowie fabuł za fabułą. Ale jak już zostawimy mitomanię na boku, wychodzi, że skała jest mimo wszystko nadal historyczna. Zbudowana bowiem z delikatnego piaskowca genialnie uległa erozyjnemu działaniu sił natury formującym w jej bryle groty malownicze a magiczne też nieco. Jaskinie te dały schronienie pierwszym kreteńskim chrześcijanom, służąc prześladowanej sekcie z Galilei za katakumby &#8211; sekretne miejsca modłów i pochówku zmarłych. Ślady tych mistycznych mieszkańców wyczujemy dotykiem badając ukształtowanie wnętrza jaskiń i<span> </span>trzecim okiem, otwierając się na aurę tamtych zapomnianych epok.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A jeśli pozostawimy nasze trzecie oko jeszcze chwilę szeroko otwarte i szósty zmysł wyczulony wczujemy się w jeszcze inną aurę, dużo młodszą. Na mistycznej glebie wyrosły bowiem ładne kwiatki, kwiatki-dzieci  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pod koniec lat 60tych do Matali zawitali podróżujący znikąd do nikąd hipisi, których nie zagnało aż do Radżastanu, na Goa czy pod nepalską Anapurnę. Tylko bliżej ciut. Prócz wspomnianej mistyki skusiło ich także podzwrotnikowe ciepło i<span> </span>posmak końca świata. Byli tu<span> </span>z dala od Systemu za to blisko Natury, która oferowała mnóstwo wolnych lokali do wzięcia (niektóre w głębi połączone tunelami tak by można było w imię wolnej miłości roszady robić..) No i widoki, widoki dla których jutro może sobie nie przychodzić&#8230;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">W jaskiniach Matali zagnieździła się komuna o dziejach której opowiadało parę wczesnorockowych szlagierów, bywał tu nawet Bob Dylan, a mieszkańcy miasteczka &#8211; bądź co bądź konserwatywnej greckiej prowincji &#8211; mieli zapewniony szok kulturowy raz po raz. Groty w skale zawierają ślady tych wydarzeń namacalno plastyczne&#8230;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">a takze te pozazmysłowe i międzywierszowe, które odczytałem gdy rozsiadłem się w zagłębieniu skalnym bliżej na wysokości pewnej, odruchowo w lotosie. Energia transcendentnej medytacji wciąż tu jest, a wyciszony umysł wychwytuje ją, by zaraz puścić się szalonym biegiem w dół po skale i wzlecieć w górę nad tym niewiarygodnie błękitnym Morzem Libijskim i lecieć dalej nad jego falami nad Egipt, Etiopię i jeszcze hen hen&#8230; To się tak czuje. Tak tam naprawdę jest.</p>
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<link>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/30/quo-vadis-matala-was-wird-aus-matala/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 13:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>heim</dc:creator>
<guid>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/30/quo-vadis-matala-was-wird-aus-matala/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Naja, nun sind drei Wochen erhohlsamer Urlaub vorbei. Zurück in Hannover erscheint es hier wärmer, m]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img style="border:0;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/52363264_efbaa48a69_b.jpg" alt="Bucht und Barstraße von Matala" width="1024" height="768" />Naja, nun sind drei Wochen erhohlsamer Urlaub vorbei. Zurück in Hannover erscheint es hier wärmer, mediteraner als selbst im Süden Kretas. Ein Fazit? Schleichend verändert sich der Ort. Immer weniger Jüngere, die französischen und polnischen Senioren bestimmen tagsüber das Orts- und Strandbild. Und abends geht die Post auch nicht mehr wirklich ab. Das gilt zumindest für den Mai. Das war schon mal anders. Manche Tavernen und Geschäfte stehen leer. Früher hätte man gesagt, noch, würde sich in den nächsten Wochen bestimmt ändern. Heute entsteht der Eindruck: ein mal leer &#8211; immer leer. Die Preise für Getränke und Co. haben spürbar angezogen. Matala und Südkreta sind längst keine Billig-Urlaubsorte mehr, das &#8220;alternative&#8221;, ursprüngliche Element scheint von Jahr zu Jahr stärker auf der Strecke zu bleiben. Mir fällt auf: Immer mehr langjährige Matala-Urlauber sind sich nicht sicher, ob sie nächstes Jahr wiederkommen. Mir schoß der Gedanke auch schon durch den Kopf. Irgendwie ist das &#8220;alte&#8221; typische Flair nicht mehr so vorhanden &#8211; selbst wenn die Bilder in meinem Blog das Gegenteil zu beweisen scheinen.</p>
<p>Ach ja, ich komme wieder. Schon im Oktober&#8230;</p>
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<p>Foto: Rudi Heim &#8211; mehr bei <a title="Bucht und Barstraße von Matala" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudiheim/sets/1136279/" target="_blank">flickr.com</a></p>
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<link>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/30/wo-ist-scotty/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 21:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>heim</dc:creator>
<guid>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/30/wo-ist-scotty/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Erschrecken im Mai 2008 bei allen langjährigen Matala-Urlaubern: Alles schein im Ort (fast) wie sons]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img style="border:0 none;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1422/1413292935_48821924e9_b.jpg" alt="Street Art in Matala" width="1024" height="683" />Erschrecken im Mai 2008 bei allen langjährigen Matala-Urlaubern: Alles schein im Ort (fast) wie sonst auch zu sein. Doch nur: Wo ist Scotty? Der &#8220;letzte Hippie&#8221; von Matala ist nirgendwo zu sehen, er, der doch seit Jahrzehnten so zum Ortsbild gehört wie die &#8211; pardon &#8211; Katakomben. Er ist im Altersheim, in Kokinos Pirgos hinter Tymbaki, lautet die Information, die man nach einigem Nachbohren bekommt. Ja, und er braucht eine Gehilfe.- Nach einigen Tagen stellt sich dann heraus: Am 1. Juni soll er wieder zurück nach Matala kommen. Gute Freunde machen sich aber Sorgen, denn ganz ohne Unterstützung wir es wohl in seiner alten &#8220;Wohnung&#8221; wohl kaum gehen&#8230; Mach das beste d´raus, Scotty!</p>
<p>Foto: Rudi Heim &#8211; mehr bei <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudiheim/1413292935/in/set-1275385/" target="_blank">flickr.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gute Nachrichten fuer Gartenfreunde...]]></title>
<link>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/17/gute-nachrichten-fuer-gartenfreunde/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 15:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>heim</dc:creator>
<guid>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/17/gute-nachrichten-fuer-gartenfreunde/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230; so lautete vorgestern die Kernbotschaft im ZDF-Wetterbericht fuer Deutschland: &#8220;Sie br]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img style="border:0;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/1490813603_e9684996d7_b.jpg" alt="Romantisches Pitsidia" width="1024" height="683" />&#8230; so lautete vorgestern die Kernbotschaft im ZDF-Wetterbericht fuer Deutschland: &#8220;Sie brauchen nicht zu giessen.&#8221; Hier auf Kreta hat sich mittlerweile das Sonnenwetter durchgesetzt und ich habe den &#8220;Fehler&#8221; gemacht, wieder mal in der Hitze zu Fuss nach Pitsidia zu gehen. Dort war mittags irgendwie &#8220;tote Hose&#8221;. Reisende, die zuletzt vor Jahren den  ehedem vertraeumten Nachbarort von Matala besucht haben, werden boes ueberrscht sein: Die Strecke entlang der Hauptstrasse wurde wild zugebaut. Schade. Und dann &#8211; so munkeln Einheimische &#8211; habe sich die Mafia breit gemacht. Ohne viele Worte wird auf ein ausgebranntes Geschaeftshaus unweit der Ouzeria verwiesen&#8230; Das oben im Bild ist natuerlich nicht gemeint.</p>
<p>Foto: Rudi Heim &#8211; mehr bei <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudiheim/1490813603/in/set-72157602279845785/" target="_blank">flickr.com</a></p>
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<link>http://thewritingfranz.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/spiros-von-matala/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 12:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thewritingfranz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thewritingfranz.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/spiros-von-matala/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hier ist er,  wie er leibt und lebt und redet: →Spiros, der Maler, Philosoph, Dichter, Koch und Musi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hier ist er,  wie er leibt und lebt und redet: <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/related/7127392/video/x3apkq_youtube-matala-crete-flower-power_travel" target="_blank">→Spiros</a>, der Maler, Philosoph, Dichter, Koch und Musiker. Der netteste Mensch von Matala, dem ich in meinem Buch <a href="http://www.amazon.de/%C3%96leusweg-oder-Kreta-Gott-fand/dp/3200010789" target="_blank">→&#8221;Der Öleusweg&#8221; </a>ein Denkmal setzte. Er brachte mir bei, nur noch Olivenöl zu verwenden. Leider habe ich im Buch seinen Namen falsch geschrieben, falsch Paganakis, richtig Panagakis (hoffe ich). Sorry Spiros.</p>
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<link>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/14/man-soll-den-tag/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 18:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>heim</dc:creator>
<guid>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/14/man-soll-den-tag/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230;nicht vor dem Abend loben. Die alte Weisheit bestaetigte sich mal wieder voll und ganz. Tagsu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img style="border:0;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/54630045_cda51d5777_b.jpg" alt="Blick auf die Bucht von Matrala" width="1024" height="683" />&#8230;nicht vor dem Abend loben. Die alte Weisheit bestaetigte sich mal wieder voll und ganz. Tagsueber traumhafter Sonnenschein und angenehme Temperaturen, abends kommt jetzt heftiger Wind und Boeen auf. Will sagen: Es macht keinen Spass noch im Freien zu sitzen.</p>
<p>Foto: Rudi Heim &#8211; mehr auf <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudiheim/54630045/in/set-72157602262649137/" target="_blank">flickr.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nichts zu meckern]]></title>
<link>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/13/nichts-zu-meckern/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>heim</dc:creator>
<guid>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/13/nichts-zu-meckern/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wiederum ein schoener Tag. Dass das Wetter jetzt wieder stabiler ist, haben auch andere bemerkt. Der]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img style="border:0;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/54630044_5988cfeb9e_b.jpg" alt="Tavernen am Strand von Matala" width="1024" height="768" />Wiederum ein schoener Tag. Dass das Wetter jetzt wieder stabiler ist, haben auch andere bemerkt. Der Strand ist zwar nicht ueberfuellt, aber laengst nicht mehr so leer wie noch gestern. Die Tavernen am Rande des Strandes (Foto) bieten uebrigens einen guten Ausblick auf den Sonnenuntergang uber der Bucht.</p>
<p>Foto: Rudi Heim &#8211; mehr bei <a title="flickr.com" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudiheim/54389847/in/set-72157602262649137/" target="_blank">flickr.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pfingstmontag: Return of the Summer]]></title>
<link>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/12/pfingstmontag-return-of-the-summer/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>heim</dc:creator>
<guid>http://matala.wordpress.de/2008/05/12/pfingstmontag-return-of-the-summer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Endlich ist das Wetter so, wie es hier im Mai sein sollte: Sonnenschein, Temperaturen irgendwo um di]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img style="border:0;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1071/1478398031_725e180a0a_b.jpg" alt="Die Hoehlen von Matala" width="1024" height="576" />Endlich ist das Wetter so, wie es hier im Mai sein sollte: Sonnenschein, Temperaturen irgendwo um die 22 Grad und die Moeglichkeit, herrlich am Strand faulenzen zu koennen. Und es soll noch ein bisschen so bleiben. Da zur Zeit die Tankwagenfahrer streiken, gibt es kaum Sprit. Und das bedeutet: leere Straende. Denn sowohl Einheimische wie Touristen sparen Benzin und bleiben zu Hause.</p>
<p>Foto: Rudi Heim &#8211; mehr bei <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudiheim/1478398031/in/set-72157602262649137/" target="_blank">flickr.com</a></p>
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<link>http://goodnewsdaily24.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/jeden-tag-gute-nachrichten/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>goodnewsdaily24</dc:creator>
<guid>http://goodnewsdaily24.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/jeden-tag-gute-nachrichten/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[MATALA- Wandern auf Kreta Achilles Kreta Touren hat sein Angebot erweitert: jetzt werden auch geführ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>MATALA- Wandern auf Kreta</strong><img class="alignright" style="vertical-align:top;float:right;" src="http://www.achilles-kreta.de/content/images/b8447103b4d91544ef08ec86d51c5b7b.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="170" /></p>
<p>Achilles Kreta Touren hat sein Angebot erweitert: jetzt werden auch geführte Wanderungen im Süden von Kreta angeboten. Seit über 20 Jahren veranstalltet Achilles jetzt schon für individual Touristen, Enduro-Touren, Motorrad-Strassen Touren, Jeep Touren und Bootsausflüge. Im Mai 2008 sind jetzt auch geführte &#8211; deutschsprachige &#8211; Wandertouren dazu gekommen.</p>
<p>Mehr informationen erhaltet Ihr auf der Webseite von Achilles: <a title="Kretawandern.de.ki" href="http://www.kretawandern.de.ki" target="_blank">Kretawandern.de.ki</a></p>
<p><a title="Kreta Wandern mit Achilles Kreta Touren" href="http://www.kretawandern.de.ki" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.achilles-kreta.de/content/images/12e0341f1b1710a0ecaaa57fa661f5a0.gif" alt="Banner Kreta Wandern mit Achilles Kreta Touren" width="468" height="60" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Aufnahme in die kleine Kretabibliothek]]></title>
<link>http://thewritingfranz.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/aufnahme-in-die-kleine-kretabibliothek/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 20:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thewritingfranz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thewritingfranz.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/aufnahme-in-die-kleine-kretabibliothek/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Das ist eine Freude. Mein Buch wurde in die →kleine Kretabibliothek aufgenommen. Das ist für Grieche]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Das ist eine Freude. Mein Buch wurde in die <a href="http://www.vonkracht.de/kreta/texte/kienesberger1.html" target="_blank">→kleine Kretabibliothek</a> aufgenommen. Das ist für Griechenland- und Kretafans eine unbedingt zu empfehlende Seite. Meine Güte, liest dieser Hajo von Kracht viel. Da beneide ich ihn und freue mich um so mehr, dass er als Kenner Griechischer Literatur mein Büchlein als &#8220;Das Buch ist eine der kleinen Perlen, die man an völlig unerwarteter Stelle findet&#8221; bezeichnet.</p>
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<link>http://thewritingfranz.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/mein-buch-bei-google-buchsuche/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thewritingfranz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thewritingfranz.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/mein-buch-bei-google-buchsuche/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mein Buch &#8220;der Öleusweg oder wie ich auf Kreta Gott fand&#8221; ist jetzt bei →Google-Buchsuch]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Mein Buch &#8220;der Öleusweg oder wie ich auf Kreta Gott fand&#8221; ist jetzt bei <a href="http://books.google.at/books?id=HInneOyHYq8C" target="_blank">→Google-Buchsuche</a> verzeichnet. Dort können auch die ersten <a href="http://books.google.at/books?id=HInneOyHYq8C&#38;printsec=frontcover#PPA19,M1" target="_blank">→zwanzig Seiten</a> gelesen werden, außerdem kann man meine handgefertigte Kreta-Karte sehen. Auch über den Künstler Spiros in Matala kann man ein wenig in dem Buch erfahren.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Joni Mitchell - Star of Crete]]></title>
<link>http://crete.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/joni-mitchell-star-of-crete/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
<guid>http://crete.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/joni-mitchell-star-of-crete/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have to say here and now that I am a great fan of Joni Mitchell. The posts that I have written her]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I have to say here and now that I am a great fan of Joni Mitchell. The posts that I have written here regarding her time in Crete and the video of the song Carey that I placed a week or two ago have generated so much response that I think that perhaps readers of this blog like her too.</p>
<p>Her songs are so unique. They are musically and poetically so different from other songs or artists that perhaps you either love her or loathe her. She has made many albums, some more successful than others but to see her &#8216;live&#8217; when she sang these songs was the most amazing thing.</p>
<p>She did a concert for the BBC Television in 1970 and she sang beautifully:</p>
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<p>Hard to believe that in fact she is older than me. She was born Roberta Joan Anderson on 7th November 1943 and she grew up busking on the west coast of Canada. Her life details are available to all on Wikipedia. The song Carey is available on her album &#8216;Blue&#8217;, an excellent album.</p>
<p>As far as I can make out she was in Crete, mainly in Matala, in 1968 to 1969. She must have written the song Carey about this time I guess.</p>
<p>Today she is approaching her 65th birthday in November this year. She is still singing. One of her earliest songs was called &#8216;Both Sides Now&#8217;. A lovely song of novelty and a freshness about about life. Here it is performed in 1970.</p>
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<p>Here is the lyric:</p>
<p>Rows and floes of angel hair<br />
And ice cream castles in the air<br />
And feather canyons everywhere<br />
I&#8217;ve looked at clouds that way</p>
<p>But now they only block the sun<br />
They rain and snow on everyone<br />
So many things I would have done<br />
But clouds got in my way<br />
I&#8217;ve looked at clouds from both sides now<br />
From up and down, and still somehow<br />
It&#8217;s cloud illusions I recall<br />
I really don&#8217;t know clouds at all</p>
<p>Moons and junes and ferris wheels<br />
The dizzy dancing way you feel<br />
As every fairy tale comes real<br />
I&#8217;ve looked at love that way</p>
<p>But now it&#8217;s just another show<br />
You leave &#8216;em laughing when you go<br />
And if you care, don&#8217;t let them know<br />
Don&#8217;t give yourself away</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve looked at love from both sides now<br />
From give and take, and still somehow<br />
It&#8217;s love&#8217;s illusions I recall<br />
I really don&#8217;t know love at all</p>
<p>Tears and fears and feeling proud<br />
To say &#8220;I love you&#8221; right out loud<br />
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds<br />
I&#8217;ve looked at life that way</p>
<p>But now old friends are acting strange<br />
They shake their heads, they say I&#8217;ve changed<br />
Well something&#8217;s lost, but something&#8217;s gained<br />
In living every day</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve looked at life from both sides now<br />
From win and lose and still somehow<br />
It&#8217;s life&#8217;s illusions I recall<br />
I really don&#8217;t know life at all<br />
I&#8217;ve looked at life from both sides now<br />
From up and down, and still somehow<br />
It&#8217;s life&#8217;s illusions I recall<br />
I really don&#8217;t know life at all.</p>
<p>It was a song from a young girl trying to understand life and also accepting her lack of understanding. Fast forward forty years and Joni Mitchell on her latest album has decided to sing this same song very differently. The words are the same but the song now seems to contain forty or more years experience. By choosing the same song that made her so popular long ago and singing it today almost in a new light shows her great ability and her dignity.</p>
<p>So here it is: &#8216;Both Sides Now&#8217; made in the year 2000 &#8211; 57 years after she was born.</p>
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<p>I hope you enjoyed her.</p>
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<link>http://crete.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/joni-michell-in-matala-crete/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[For all those of you who responded to my last posting, here are the words of Joni Mitchell herself r]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>For all those of you who responded to my last posting, here are the words of Joni Mitchell herself regarding Matala in Crete and the song &#8216;Carey&#8217;. It appears that Joni was in Matala, Crete around 1968/69 &#8211; three years after 1966 when I went there and it seems that it had developed a bit from my time. . . .</p>
<p>The following extract is from an interview with Joni Mitchell by Rolling Stone in early 1971</p>
<p><a href="http://crete.wordpress.com/files/2008/02/jonirs2.jpg" title="Joni on Early Rolling Stone Magazine"><img src="http://crete.wordpress.com/files/2008/02/jonirs2.jpg" alt="Joni on Early Rolling Stone Magazine" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;Matala was a very small bay with cliffs on two sides. And between the two cliffs, on the beach, there were about four or five small buildings. There were also a few fishermen huts.</p>
<p>&#8220;The caves were on high sedimentary cliffs, sandstone, a lot of seashells in it. The caves were carved out by the Minoans hundreds of years ago. Then they were used later on for leper caves. Then after that the Romans came, and they used them for burial crypts. Then some of them were filled in and sealed up for a long time. People began living there, beatniks, in the fifties. Kids gradually dug out more rooms. There were some people there who were wearing human teeth necklaces around their necks,&#8221; she said with a slight frown.</p>
<p>&#8220;We all put on a lot of weight. We were eating a lot of apple pies, good bacon. We were eating really well, good wholesome food.</p>
<p>&#8220;The village pretty well survived from the tourist trade, which was the kids that lived in the caves. I don&#8217;t know what their business was before people came. There were a couple of fishing boats that went out, that got enough fish to supply the two restaurants there.</p>
<p>&#8220;The bakery lady who had the grocery store there had fresh bread, fresh rice pudding, made nice yogurt every day, did a thriving business; and ended up just before I left, she installed a refrigerator. She had the only cold drinks in town. It was all chrome and glass. It was a symbol of her success.</p>
<p>&#8220;Then the cops came and kicked everyone out of the caves, but it was getting a little crazy there. Everybody was getting a little crazy there. Everybody was getting more and more into open nudity. They were really going back to the caveman. They were wearing little loincloths. The Greeks couldn&#8217;t understand what was happening.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://crete.wordpress.com/files/2008/02/jmitchell.jpg" title="Joni Mitchell in 1970"><img src="http://crete.wordpress.com/files/2008/02/jmitchell.jpg" alt="Joni Mitchell in 1970" /></a></p>
<p>Joni Mitchell &#8211; 1970<br />
photo by Henry Diltz</p>
<p>Then during a performance at The Troubadour, Joni introduced the song &#8220;Carey&#8221; with the following story (transcribed from the tape by Kakki).</p>
<p>&#8220;I went to Greece a couple years ago and over there I met a very unforgettable character. I have a hard time remembering people&#8217;s names like so I have to remember things by association, even unforgettable characters, I have to remember by association, so his name was &#8220;Carrot&#8221; Raditz, Carey Raditz, and oh, he&#8217;s a great character. He&#8217;s got sort of a flaming red personality, and flaming red hair and a flaming red appetite for red wine and he fancied himself to be a gourmet cook, you know, if he could be a gourmet cook in a cave in Matala. And he announced to my girlfriend and I the day that we met him that he was the best cook in the area and he actually was working at the time I met him &#8211; he was working at this place called the Delphini restaurant &#8211; until it exploded, singed half of the hair off of his beard and his legs, and scorched his turban, melted down his golden earrings.</p>
<p>Anyway, one day he decided he was going to cook up a feast, you know, so we had to go to market because like in the village of Matala there was one woman who kind of had a monopoly &#8211; well actually there were three grocery stores but she really had a monopoly and because of her success and her affluence she had the only cold storage in the village, too, so she had all the fresh vegetables and all the cold soft drinks and she could make the yogurt last a longer than anyone else, and we didn&#8217;t feel like giving her any business that day. Rather than giving her our business we decided to walk ten miles to the nearest market.</p>
<p>So I had ruined the pair of boots that I&#8217;d brought with me from the city because they were really &#8220;citified&#8221; kind of slick city boots that were meant to walk on flat surfaces. The first night there we drank some Raki and I tried to climb the mountain and that was the end of those shoes. So he lent me these boots of his which were like Li&#8217;l Abner boots &#8211; like those big lace-up walking boots and a pair of Afghani socks which made my feet all purple at the end of the day and I laced them up around my ankles and I couldn&#8217;t touch any &#8211; the only place my foot touched was on the bottom, you know, there was nothing rubbing in the back or the sides &#8211; they were huge and he wasn&#8217;t very tall, either, come to think of it was kind of strange &#8211; I guess he had sort of webbed feet or something but we started off on this long trek to the village, I forget the name of it now, between Matala and Iraklion &#8211; and started off in the cool of the morning and by the time we got halfway there we were just sweltering me in these thick Afghani socks and heavy woollens and everything, so we went into the ruins of King Phestos&#8217;s palace to sit down and have a little bit of a rest and while we were there these two tourist buses pulled up and everybody got off the buses in kind of an unusual symmetry, you know, they all sort of walked alike and talked alike and they all kind of looked alike and they all filed over to a series of rubblely rocks- a wall that was beginning to crumble &#8211; lined themselves up in a row and took out their viewing glasses, overgrown opera glasses, and they started looking at the sky and suddenly this little speck appeared on the horizon that came closer and closer, this little black speck.</p>
<p>Cary was standing behind all of this leaning on his cane and as it came into view he suddenly broke the silence of this big crowd and he yells out &#8220;it&#8217;s ah MAAGPIE&#8221; in his best North Carolina drawl. And suddenly all the glasses went down in symmetry and everybody&#8217;s heads turned around to reveal that they were all very birdlike looking people. They had long skinny noses &#8211; really &#8211; they had been watching birds so long that they looked like them, you know &#8211; and this one woman turned around and she says to him (in British accent) &#8220;it&#8217;s NOT a magpie &#8211; it&#8217;s a crooked crow.&#8221; Then she very slowly and distinctly turned her head back, picked up her glasses and so did everybody else and we kept on walking. Bought two kilos of fish which would have rotted in the cave hadn&#8217;t it been for the cats.</p>
<p>When we got back from that walk Stelios, who was the guy who ran the Mermaid Cafe, had decided to put an addition on his kitchen which turned out to be really illegal and it was so illegal, as a matter of fact, that the Junta dragged him off to jail and torture was legal over there &#8211; they burnt his hands and his feet with cigarette butts mainly because they hated, you know, all of the Canadians and Americans and wandering Germans living in the caves but they couldn&#8217;t get them out of there because it was controlled by the same archaeologist that controlled the ruins of King Phestos&#8217;s palace and he didn&#8217;t mind you living there as long as you didn&#8217;t Day-Glo all of the caves and everyone was like putting all of their psychedelia over all this ancient writing. So they carted him off to jail&#8230;&#8221; (End of tape)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Matala In The Sixties.]]></title>
<link>http://crete.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/matala-in-the-sixties/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Those of you who may have read my &#8216;Early Days&#8217; stuff on this website will have come acro]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Those of you who may have read my &#8216;Early Days&#8217; stuff on this website will have come across my visit to Matala in 1966. Or you may have heard the stories from the days when this tiny bay became the hippie capital of Crete. Why it happened I don&#8217;t know, but the bay was truly beautiful. It has lovely fine sand and the cliff on the right as you look out westwards towards the sunset has a large number of roman burial places, effectively caves where you could stay if you had a sleeping bag.</p>
<p>When I went there it was truly amazing. To have been through many cretan villages seeing only cretans, I washed up in this lovely place to see dozens of hippies just lying in the sun and enjoying themselves. Their colorful clothes a stark contrast to the cretans. There were one or two stone houses and a kind of cave church, but it did not seem that any locals lived there at all.</p>
<p>There was a temporary taverna stroke bar that one of the cretans had set up on the beach and with some beers and some wine and a souvlaki barbecue he did very well. I remember that he also had an old Philips record player there that worked on batteries and he played LPs over and over. That was the Mermaid Cafe as everyone called it.</p>
<p>Today there are hotels and rent-rooms establishments as well as tavernas and in the summer it is chaos. In the winter though, almost nobody lives in Matala. There are no cars and it is almost like it used to be, but no hippies, of course. Oh, and you are not allowed to sleep in the caves anymore.</p>
<p>I never met anyone famous when I was there, but one of the people that spent some time in Matala was Joni Mitchell and she wrote her famous song Carey all about the place, the beach, and it always brings it all back to me.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Matala by Craig Holden]]></title>
<link>http://rjscafe.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/matala-by-craig-holden/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[To listen to 3Rs review of Matala by Craig Holden in audio format &#8211; click &#8220;HERE&#8221; M]]></description>
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