2013 was all short-haul for a change.
It was Poland for the British Guild of Travel Writers’ AGM in February with stays in Krakow and Zakopane and its ‘alkoholes’ where much Polish vodka was drunk.
An Alkohole in Zakopane
Soon after, I had to dash off to Glasgow..
George Square, Glasgow
In March it was three weeks in Hungary where I was hit by the snow and had to do my research in temperatures of -8C.
Paprika in Balaton, Hungary.
April belonged to Germany: three weeks from Munich to Cologne via Freiburg.
Heidelberg
Late May and early June it was Greece; mostly and Athens and Rhodes where I was struck by Lindos
The bay where St Paul anchored in Rhodes.
July and it was the beautiful north of England: Durham Newcastle and Lindisfarne which I found fantastic.
Lindisfarne Castle
September and it was Greece again (Lesbos).
Molyvos, where my Greek roots are from.
In August I found out I was GCSE material.
November was quite fun with the WTM and all that.
The Slovenian Tourism Office demonstrates a Roman iPad.
December: well it had to be Vienna and its Karlskirche.
Vienna Christmas bric-a-brac
The highlights were far too numerous to mention, with honourable mentions to Heidelberg and Lindisfarne but managing to find a century-old church on Lesbos built by my great grandfather can’t be compared to anything else.
The church of St John the Baptist, built my great grandfather outside Molyvos, Lesbos, Greece
So what do I have to look for in 2014? France, Greece, Romania so far planned.
Oh well. Here it goes again…
Dear John,
Please forgive me. Just now, I looked at your website and realized I have infringed on your copyright. Unfortunately, the publication I used your photo in has been sent to print and I can’t recall it.
Maybe it will help if you know that I not only gave your name as the copyright holder of the photo, but also included the URL of the site where I found the photo. The photo is of the Chapel of St. Methodia on Kimolos. I used it in a publication we call the “Aid to Worship” at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Durham, North Carolina. Only 30+ copies will be printed for tomorrow’s Divine Liturgy. It will not be used for anything other than that.
I retroactively ask your permission to include your photo in the St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church “Aid to Worship” for 12 October 2014.
If I may,
Thank you,
Glenna Keener
Hi Glenna
That is fine, permission granted.
However, I am not sure how well it will come out. All my website images are low-res (non-printable quality) so that they are good enough on the web but cannot be used for publication. Had you contacted me earlier, I would have sent you a high-res, printable version.
Best wishes
John