From Orino to Monastiraki Sentence of the day : The war ceases or begins with you and with me Photo of the day: view of the gulf of Mirabello Meeting of the day: Olimpia Theodoli in Ierapetra Today has been a pleasant day. We didn’t have any rain even if it was expeced. On the [...]
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CamminaCreta day 03
Postato in Senza categoria il giorno 31 ottobre 2010 | 2 Commenti »
CamminaCreta day 02
Postato in Senza categoria il giorno 30 ottobre 2010 | Lascia un commento »
From Handras to Orino Sentence of the day It is in my nature to get old there is no way to escape from old age. It is in my nature to fall ill there’s no way to escape from illness. It is in my nature to die there is no way to escape from death. [...]
CamminaCreta day 01
Postato in Senza categoria il giorno 29 ottobre 2010 | Lascia un commento »
From Kato Zakros to Handras Sentence of the day: we practice in the way the lotus flower and the mud do. The lotus doesn’t think “I don’t want the mud”, it knows that it can flourish magnificently due to the mud. It is the same thing for us: we have negative seeds inside us, the [...]
Commitments
Postato in Senza categoria il giorno 27 ottobre 2010 | Lascia un commento »
we are walking eastward and I want to tell you of the commitments I took on on your behalf. First of all, to tell you what I will see walking along the 500 kilometers of Crete. Which way do I intend to do it? Every day I will send a diary of my travel which [...]
Motives
Postato in Senza categoria il giorno 27 ottobre 2010 | 1 Commento »
What has driven me to organize the “CamminaCreta” ? The first motive is public: to contribute to the revival of E4 in Crete, describing it in all its aspects, from life in Crete to the Gps track of the route. And then I want to tell you something of my personal motives. I am 49 [...]
Prodrome
Postato in Senza categoria il giorno 14 ottobre 2010 | Lascia un commento »
Tomorrow we shall leave ! For the Prodrome. What is a prodrome ? Let’s have a look at the etymology: prodome = lat.prodromus from greek prodromos, forerunner, composed by pro, forward and dromos, run . So a fact which anticipates another one. Is it possible then to make a Prodrome not running, but just walking [...]
Today is a packing day!
Postato in Senza categoria il giorno 14 ottobre 2010 | Lascia un commento »
Today is a packing day! Not easy at all! I have to prepare a backpack for the Prodrome and another one for the the CamminaCreta. Many things will be the same, i.e. sleeping-bag, air-bed, walking-sticks. Other things will be different. Clothes for the CamminaCreta will be heavier, because the season is becoming colder. Therefore: winter [...]
Turisti per caso
Postato in Senza categoria il giorno 12 ottobre 2010 | Lascia un commento »
Today we are on the homepage of the italian webmagazine “Turisti per caso” !! Here is the news: http://turistipercaso.it/trekking/60068/viaggi-avventure-a-piedi.html Thanks!
Have a nice trip!
Postato in Senza categoria il giorno 8 ottobre 2010 | Lascia un commento »
Alberto Liberati sent us this poem: “Ithaca”, by Konstantinos P. Kavafis When you leave for Ithaca, may your journey be long and full of adventures and knowledge. Do not be afraid of Laestrigones, Cyclopes or furious Poseidon; you won’t come across them on your way if you don’t carry them in your soul, if [...]
News of the day
Postato in Senza categoria il giorno 2 ottobre 2010 | Lascia un commento »
The day by day trip it’s on line now (page “The trip”). Surely we’ll not respect it, unexpected events in these trips always happen! There’s also a map of the walk in the same page. We suggest you some books that are useful to prepare the walk, if you want to do it by yourself. [...]




