Alexis Tsipras in Corfu, Syriza Political Rally; Guardian Q & A

Expatriate authors compare notes and take the opportunity to deconstruct political oratory,
 the rhetorical use of Greek and any inconsistencies in the speaker's polemical discourse and policies
(or simply having fun?)

Macropolis on Syriza and New Democracy

Q and A with The Guardian

Alexis Tsipras answers the questions 

Alexis_Tsipras 06 May 2014 12:13pm

"The political elite of Europe have led Europe to a dead-end. These are the people responsible for turning Europe back to the times of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables--they are the past. We are the future of hope and change".

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Corfu's Prison Bars

Corfu: it isn't easy to escape, once it's sunk its claws into you...

Prison Bars All Around Me, Junior Wells 

Britannia or the Lion of Venice? Corfu Icons

Corfu: Old Harbour, New Marina

Some progress is finally being made...I stopped to watch the crane at work, started humming this song:

Seferis/Moutsos: Einai palio to limani

Another interpretation

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From Macropolis

Reaction from Brussels

Kathimerini Greek article

Petreti, Corfu: Painting the Boats; Greek Flags, Egyptian Fishermen; Simadoures

Painting the boats:

An old style Sunday outing to a real working Greek island fishing harbour- but the fishermen turned out to Egyptians who seem to live on the boats, and they spoke only a little Greek. They use simadoures, a kind of buoy with a long stick, with plastic sheets attached to catch the wind and mark the position of the fishing nets: an Egyptian practice?

A local wreck: