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Posted by: Iris | 25 December 2010 at 04:14 AM
Thank you Stavros for this music. Happy Christmas from Simon and family in England
Posted by: Simon Baddeley | 25 December 2010 at 06:20 AM
Simon and Iris,
Best wishes to you both.
Posted by: Stavros | 25 December 2010 at 10:47 AM
Stavro,
I have been reading this blog for the past year. At one point I made an attempt to write, then I gave up. Don't ask why. This time I noticed you had been to Poli in the summer. We don't know each other, but I know your theio-Ilia (I hope he is still alive) and I knew well your pappou Panayioti. In my youth he was more in charge of his "Alaska" restaurant than the grocery store, which was run by a kirio Dimitro. My father, known as Manol Berber to the locals had his shop diagonally across from the grocery. I have also spent a whole life in the USA and visited Poli in October. It would be nice if we could make contact with each other. Would you please write to me? I don't have your email address to write to you directly.
Posted by: Anastasis Lazaridis | 27 December 2010 at 11:31 PM