Rock Island

A Postcard from Crete

10 – 17 April 2013

A first visit, a new landscape to stimulate the senses and much to learn. An invitation to visit Agia Pelagia, near Spili, in the centre of the island. A landscape filled with the clamour of goat bells and the ‘singing’ of crickets and cicadas; the dappled shade and sunlight filtering through glittering leaves of ancient olive trees; a sky of clean, crisp azure unpolluted by the chalky scrawl of vapour trail graffiti; waves lapping lazily on multi-coloured pebbles of deserted and secluded beaches; wind and rain lashing through deeply cut weather beaten gorges; the cool, damp atmosphere of liberally scattered miniature chapels adorned with decaying wall paintings and icons; the distinctive flavour of locally brewed wine and raki; villages woven together with ramshackle houses swathed with character; battered cars, battered roads and an economically battered population – but the warmth and convivial nature of the Cretan people is an inspiration. To return is a must. It’s a different pace, and another world!

How do I deal with this???!!!! A first impression. 6 adjoining notebook scribbles of the extensive panoramic outlook from Peter & Monica’s terrace

Travelling toward Ligres

Working on the deserted beach at Ligres

Notebook scribbles from the patio of the Villas, Agia Pelagia

The Sea through the Gorge, from the patio of the Villas, Agia Pelagia

The Sea through the Gorge, from the patio of the Villas, Agia Pelagia

Looking south from the Villas, Agia Pelagia

From P&M’s terrace, a preliminary scribble

Looking toward the White Mountains from P&M’s terrace, with a strong breeze blowing!

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