As regular readers of this blog may know, I attend a Greek class on a Friday afternoon. From these classes, a group of locals all with interests in Greece and the Greek language recently got together to form a “Greek group”. We all organise different events connected with Greece and the Greek language.

One part of all holidays that always seems to come very quickly is the day when you have to leave and return to the United Kingdom. You may remember reading a hint on last Thursday’s post that the journey home didn’t go as well as planned:

One of the places I spent a lot of time at was the accommodation for the holiday: Norma’s Village, in Panormos (Πάνορμος).

The Eastern side of Kalymnos is less inhabited than the West of the island; and a following short drive, only a few kilometers from Pothia, you arrive in the “second” Kalymnian valley.

Mountain villages are very common throughout Greece and many without electricity, roads or a mains water supply still exist both on the mainland and on the many islands.

I am a fan of small villages in Greece, because they usually have fewer tourists and fewer shops. Such a place is accessible from Kalymnos by boat – regular ones run every day from 8am until 12 midnight to this small island.

One of my favourite villages on Kalymnos is Emborios (Εμπορειός), the northern-most inhabited part of the island. Emborios is located about 27km North from this island’s capital, Pothia (Πόθια).

If you have been wondering why my blog hasn’t been updated for a few weeks, the answer is (unsurprisingly) that I have been on my annual holiday to Greece.

Καλημέρα! Έχει ληφθεί μου σε λίγους μήνες να εργάζονται έξω αλλά τώρα έχω το πρώτο μου blog γραπτή ενημέρωση στην Ελληνική γλώσσα! Δεν το έχω γραμμένο σε Ελληνικά πριν, γιατί δεν ήξερα τον κώδικα HTML που θα πρέπει να χρησιμοποιήσετε.

If you have read the page about my Greek lessons (click here to do so) then you will be aware that I have been designing a website for Linda, my Greek teacher who is also a member of the Corinium Radio team.