The Big Cross is Watching You

We love the great big concrete cross up on the mountain at Ayios Savvas.

This thing is huge - we really need to get a picture that includes a human being standing at the base so you can see the scale of it.

It must be at least 30 feet tall and you can see it from everywhere down in the town.

At night time they light it up with great big spotlights so that at any given time of day you can witness the power of God.

It reminds you who your daddy is... The Greek Orthodox Church!

Property Opportunity?

Kalymnos in general and Pothia in particular are full of wrecked old houses. With a sign attached saying "poleitei" - which means "for sale".

Here's an example:

You could probably pick up a property bargain but you would have to

• chase the snakes out
• pull out the plants,
• put a roof on,
• instal plumbing
• get windows
• get doors

The upside is that you'd probably get on one of those TV shows.

You Know Where You Can Stick Your Law?

1. Riding without a helmet is illegal.
2. Riding three-to-a-bike is illegal.
3. Riding on a bike under-age is illegal.

Three laws, three people, three offences. Right outside the police station.

None of this is at all unusual. That's why the people here are happy.




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Strike!

So there's been quite a bit of striking recently. Folk are pissed off about something.

We think the bin guys have been on strike cos there was a bit of a build-up the other week and perhaps the electricity guys were having more than their usual fag-breaks cos there wre a lot of power cuts last week - last Saturday especially.



I think the old thing is that they're angry with the government because they're not going to get as big pensions as they hoped.

But that's it, isn't it?

Ageing population = less folk working age = less tax getting paid = less cash.

Start cultivating your own fruit and veg - that's what we reckonz

Guess Their Affiliation

These guys were snapped at the political demonstration last week.

Do you think they are right wing or left wing?

Or is there the chance that couldn't give a fuck?

Politics

OK, so they had this political action last week. It looked like this:


First they played some Greek music over the loudspeakers.

Then some bloke got up and talked for a bit a got a round of applause. Two more women speakers followed with lots more talking and more rounds of applause and finally the main bloke who had been running around telling everyone what to do got up and spouted for about 15 minutes non stop.

He got a small round of applause but everyone was pretty bored by then.

I think the gist was that the government are bastards and we want more money. Something like that.

Then everyone had coffee, gossipped about who was fucking who, and went home.

Democracy, live.

The Wedding Cake

And tonight, the cake will be...


...worn by the bride!

All dresses for sale in the many wedding shops follow the rules:

1. Yes - you may see the shoulders
2. No - you may not see the pussy
3. No dress has enough material
4. Or chandelier-style attachments
5. More is more
6. And then some