First of all, our big news is that we're flying to Europe on the 31st of May. We'll be in Ireland for about a week, then Denmark for a few days, where we'll be just in time to see the fullsize Lego Technic Bugatti Chironat at Lego House. After the Viking Museum in Roskilde we… Continue reading Getting ready for Europe
Category: The Writing Project
Interview about ‘On a Greek Island’ on Chrissie Parker’s blog
Chrissie Parker, who herself has written a book about Zakynthos, called 'Among the Olive Groves', asked me to answer a few questions about 'On A Greek Island', which you can see on her latest blog post.
‘On a Greek Island’ is now available on Amazon.com
Finally, after four months on Zakynthos, and a month and a half off it, 'On a Greek Island: A Season in Zakynthos' is available as an ebook on Amazon.com. It's quite a thing to see it there after all these months. What started as an idea back in Brisbane about a year ago and got… Continue reading ‘On a Greek Island’ is now available on Amazon.com
Giostra di Zante
One day on our previous visit to Zante two years ago we noticed workmen clearing up a large amount of sand on Solomós Square, the main square in Zákynthos town. We went about our business and thought no more about it. Reading the local paper the next day I found out what the sand had been for:… Continue reading Giostra di Zante
Zante’s French connection
Of all the nationalities I could have been if I wasn’t Irish, French would have suited me best. That has nothing to do with my French-sounding surname, which actually comes from a far-flung corner of county Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, but rather from the affinity I've pretentiously felt with the language and… Continue reading Zante’s French connection
Walking the sage-scented hills of Marathiá, Zakynthos
After dropping one pair of Aussies off (Alexander and Eoin, at school), we proceeded to the crossroads at Lithakiá to pick up another. Louise, who runs the Zakynthian tradition, food and culture facebook group, and her sister Julie, had arranged to meet us there and come walk the Marathiá coastal trail with us this fine May morning. In fact, it'll soon… Continue reading Walking the sage-scented hills of Marathiá, Zakynthos
Protomagiá at last
Mayday in Greece The first of May is known as Protomagiá (Πρωτομαγιά) in Greece. People get the day off work, kids get the day off school, and everyone heads out into the countryside to pick flowers. Knowing far better than to ask Alexander and Eoin if they wanted to go for a walk after breakfast, we… Continue reading Protomagiá at last
A Morning Walk around Kalamáki
We parked on the edge of Kalamáki near the beachfront hotel that probably wouldn’t get planning permission anymore, and walked around it to get to Crystal Beach. Had the hotel taken its name from the beach, or vice versa? With the sun right in our faces, we tramped along the sand, appreciating the fact that there wasn’t… Continue reading A Morning Walk around Kalamáki
Easter in Zakynthos
The book about Zakynthos is coming along nicely, if slowly. I'm up to 12,500 words. That's still much less than I wrote for my Malaysia Diary, though. However, following advice I got on the Google+ Travel Writers community, I've downloaded Scrivener, a program specifically designed to help you write a book. I wasn't convinced that Word was the answer, nor Google Docs, which… Continue reading Easter in Zakynthos
Just write
I'm finally here in Zante, the travelling bit is over for the time being, and it's time to bang out the words. "A Season in Zakynthos" As a title for the book I'm thinking of "A Season in Zakynthos", which admittedly is derivative of "A Year in Provence", which itself can't be the first time someone thought to… Continue reading Just write
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