Two Outings

When I got up in the morn I did some exposure tests

Then Antonis and I went to start documenting the show.

Eleni, Maria's friend, offered a trip to a popular "view" and a beach beneath it.

While waiting for her to pick us up I made some snaps looking down at the beach right here.

Turning around, a nice garden inside an apartment building entrance.

 We drove across the island. Some of the olive groves are 500 years old. 

I mentioned before, the African dust comes with strong winds and you always have to clean your windshields and windows.

We are walking through the village to the view

The light is intense.

Not all views are perfect. NOTICE the islands in the distance.

Almost there

Benches for watching the sunset.

And the view

Mathraki, in the distance is about 8 miles away.
Turning around 180 degrees the beach we will be going to is to the left.

You can see the house we saw from the hill.

It is visually romantic.

Later
One of Antonis's friends and colleagues from the university invited us to his home in a small village for dinner. He is a historian. His wife is in the consular service and is currently serving in Jerusalem.

In an older hill village when the homes were built hundreds of years ago, long before cars, the streets are not wide.

Antonis had to park temporarily in order to let the car get past. You can see the sun is low.

The view from Theodosis's patio.

The Old Fort and the older part of Kerkyra are about seven miles away. The mainland lies in the far distance.

Dinner starts with pasta. Theodosis is sharing his view of the current Greek crisis.

A joke

Serving the main course

Theodosis

And saying goodnight, a wonderful meal and evening

Ta Leme

To the New Fort

Tonight will be the big student crit.

Antonis and I took a walk to the New Fort (1571)

 At sea level, looking through the orginal gate of the fort (city) wall. Keykra is considered, officially, to be the only walled city in Greece.

Having walked through the city and up in elevation, we enter the fort proper. The ruins of the the entrance tunnels.

Part way up and looking back at the city.

One of the tunnels.

Up higher, look across the city to the Old Fort (1543).

Walking up the incline to the third tunnel.

Looking back at the strategic switchback and inclined walkway. Just wide enough for a cart with supplies and ammunition.

You can see part of the new harbor and the cruise ships. Three are at the dock, you see part of two. The fourth is waiting for one of the three to leave so it can tie up.

The blue hull is German, the white Italian. You can see twelve decks showing. The rest, "down below" don't have port holes or windows. 4,000 passengers.

We are still two levels down from the top, as high as we an go.. The building on the left was built in the 1800's by the British for storage. Notice the gun firing slots.

The original fort is in the distance and to the right.

 Looking down at the old harbor. The restaurant with the white canopy is where we had our view camera class.

Looking past Antonis at the Old Fort.

A Mediterranean city.

Back at sea level and looking at the restaurant.

Three boats. A cruise ship, an excursion boat, and a glass bottomed tour boat.

But best for me, a classic one man fishing boat.

Notice the foul weather cabin.

Ta Leme

A quiet day with a Fun ending

Last night was the meeting with the students at the show.

In the afternoon I met with one of Antonis's advanced students, Thomas.

He has made a professional film of the famous English psychologist Anthony Stevens.

It was shown in New York city this month.

Thomas has a classic enlarger. It will work with 5X7 inch negatives.

He has wind billowed curtains to look through.

Down the street is a home never repaired from war damage.

You look right through it.

 

Though so many houses are so similar all are unique.

Babysitting the show gallery I play with the angles the wide angle can show

I like the way the base and capital of the column are contained by the lens distortion.

The students really seemed to enjoy my talk. Antonis gave me the title "Intentions" to work from.

this shows only a small portion of the class.

One student correctly surmised that the cat was not part of the original grouping I had intended.

 

More later.

Ta Leme

The Opening

It was fun

The ambiance with the moon shining.

The entrance

 

Students and colleagues

The superintendent of the Old Fort talking with friends.

Enjoying

Antonis outside talking with his students.

Maria talking with her good friend Elena.

Refreshments were served.

One of Antonis's colleagues, an Anthropoligist on the left. His wife, Antonis's German teacher.

Another colleague, a historian and Arianna talking as time winds down.

Closing for the evening.

Ta Leme