Moving pictures
A small collection of moving pictures made during the summer and autumn in and around the Vlatos Old School Museum.
Drone footage of the Topolia tunnel
See both sides of the tunnel in this nice footage made by a drone at the Topolia tunnel, the entrance and exit of Inaxorio. The music may be a bit over the top for some of our readers.
Saturday night at the kazani
The kazani of Milia Mountain Retreat is making tsidoudia (raki) again. On Saturday there was a very nice get together and here is some video of that event.
Christmas came early this year
This week not only brought the rain back to Inaxorio also Christmas appeared at the Old School Museum in Vlatos. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”42″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”240″ thumbnail_height=”160″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”0″ show_all_in_lightbox=”0″ use_imagebrowser_effect=”0″ show_slideshow_link=”1″ slideshow_link_text=”[Show slideshow]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
Museum signs
Today the second sign leading you to the old school museum in Vlatos was ready and installed.
A nice selection of Cretan wines
On the birthday of a good friend we drank some great Cretan wines. Here is a selection of them. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”41″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”240″ thumbnail_height=”160″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”0″ show_all_in_lightbox=”0″ use_imagebrowser_effect=”0″ show_slideshow_link=”1″ slideshow_link_text=”[Show slideshow]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
The olive harvest is here
It is that time of the year again. Nets are spread and linked together to catch this years olive harvest from the big trees. Everybody is busy now.
Wines of Crete, the movie
A video made by winemakers of Crete to give you an impression of our local wines and where they come from.
Wines of Crete: Romeiko
Romeiko wine is particular to Inaxorio. A resistant variety which gives lively red wines with high alcohol content, average acidity and variable color – due to the distinctive variegated grapes growing on the numerous branches of the plant. The traditional…
New floor for old church
In the past week the church of Vlatos got cleaned, the wooden floor was removed from the ceiling, all wood was oiled and a new floor was installed. Now let’s start the music, the theater and the laughs!
In the meantime in the old church
As part of the Old School Museum the old church, that never was a church because the roof collapsed when it was finished, the roof beams were replaced, the tiles cleaned and the mezzanine removed. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”40″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″…
A Chinaman In China by Jules Verne, adapted by Nikos Kazantzakis
Part of the collection in the Old School Museum of Vlatos consists of books. All are digitally stored by now and one of them is quite special; it is an adaptation of Jules Vernes’ A Chinaman In China by the…
28th October 1940: OXI
In the archives for the museum a couple of poster were found remembering the 28th of October 1940 when Metaxa told the Italians NO (OXI) and with that answer got Greece involved in WW2. Here are some of those posters….
Thoughts from the kazani
It is October and Inaxorio prepares the tsikoudia. This happens in a kazani, a special place to still the alcohol and have a good time with good friends.
Restoring the Old School Museum and Church
Apart from many wooden antique items that need to be cleaned and oiled, we also started to clean and repair the old church. Yesterday the wooden roof beams were cleaned and today holes in the wall are repaired. It’s getting…
Finally it’s raining again
It did not rain in Inaxorio since May but yesterday evening it finally rained again. Many weeks too late, so the chessnut harvest suffered but now the chance of fire is reduced to zero.
Syllogos Plokamiana restores the local school building
On Sunday the people of Plokamiana came together for the restoration of their local school building. After the hard work it was time for food and drinks. Great afternoon! [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”33″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”240″ thumbnail_height=”160″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”0″…
Thousands of years old olive tree in Plokamiana
Recently the people of Plokamiana rediscovered an enormous big and old olive tree. They cleaned the area and made a walking path towards this wonder of nature that measures 17,5m at its base . If you are in the neighbourhood…