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In Mytilini Town – Lesvos you have this very nice option:

Although there is a long time since I visited Crete, I do know that these places still exist. Crete is a very difficult island when it comes to choosing places to stay and (especially!) places to eat… Iraklion: Hotel Lato Ag. Nikolaos: Hotel Doxa Hania: Hotel Palazzo

What Hotel to choose for your (walking or not) holiday? Well, there is plenty of good advice on e.g TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Hotels.com etc. But where I have stayed at some hotels I have found very good I will give some of those my personal recommendation here. For a walking holiday you will know that these … Continue reading »

If you are interested in “classic” heavy rock you can have a look at something I wrote most of in 1998, and maybe today I would be heavily (oh yeah!) disagreeing with myself, but I am not going to change one single point! This to honor the spirit of the moment, and to keep the … Continue reading »

This blog was never meant to be about music (well, it was not meant to be about a lot of things…), but I just cannot resist recommending this new album from a master.

View from Mark Webber’s F1 car at the European Grand Prix in Valencia today. Not the sort of view you would like from your car…

A couple of tips especially for older Macs. I have an old iBook G4 (MacOS X 10.4) that happily runs Opera 10.54 (it is even running Unite, and you can e.g look at my sharing of photos from Greece, see http://webserver.mrwalker.operaunite.com/photo_sharing/content/, i.e at least when the machine is actually ON…) and I can watch (sluggish) … Continue reading »

If you have read these pages over the years you will have noticed that there are little actual tourist information to be found here. Usually I only give some transportation timetables and list good eateries I have discovered. Once in a while I will also feel the need to warn against certain restaurants, but they … Continue reading »

As the height of tourist season is nearing by, ferries are almost queuing up in the busy port of Parikia. Hordes of people flock in the harbour area. I wonder how many of these people got to do any useful walking on the island. Paros might not be your typical walking island, but there are … Continue reading »

Even if this indirectly has been linked to before, I would again like to point out the superb quality wine found on the recently visited Greek island of Kefalonia. Read more about their wine and their wine history at the official web site of the ROBOLA WINE COOERATIVE.