The Rainbow Warrior Ioana, 13 July 202513 July 2025 We saw the Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace flagship, in September 2005 when it visited Fremantle to campaign against whaling. Continue Reading
New Norcia Ioana, 13 July 202513 July 2025 New Norcia is a monastery that was set up in 1847 not far from Perth by Spanish Benedictine Monks. It is named after Norcia in Italy, the birth place of St Benedict. We visited it several times. 2005 Continue Reading
Limassol Carnival, Cyprus, 2002 Ioana, 12 July 202512 July 2025 In 2002 we were lucky to be in Limassol for their yearly carnival on the Sunday before Ash Monday. Continue Reading
Cyprus 2002 Ioana, 12 July 202527 July 2025 Machairas Monastery and Machairas National Park They are located in beautiful surroudings in the Troodos Mountains. This is also the home of three memorial places dedicated to Grigorios Afxentiou, second in command of the pro-Greek, anti-leftist and anti-British-occupation armed group, EOKA. His hideout (which is also the place where he… Continue Reading