Say hi :)

[Sikinos Lady]

How spooky !! We have lots of teacher friends as well, and you're quite right re student vs teacher ratio . . . easy job !! lol

[Rhodes Celebrant]

Hello everyone

Just wanted to introduce mysef. I am married to a Greek man and we live in Rhodes. We have moved around Greece quite a lot - living in Athens, Korinthos and Corfu - and have spent time in many other beautiful places, islands and mainland.

We have always loved Rhodes and although we have our issues with island life (!) and have threatened to leave many times, we always seems to come back.

Like you WKA, we are very fond of the "real" Greek people and miss the friendliness and lifestyle of the northern provinces - this is not an insult to the islands, just that they are so tourist orientated that they have lost some of their charm for us.

The economic crisis has not bypassed us here but we still think that we have a good quality of life in Greece and the thought of having to go back to the UK or elsewhere (for work) is frightening! Euro or Drachma, we'll stick it out to the end!

[Gerkin]

Im English, with Polish girlfriend,

We worked together for many years all over europe as keepers for different ZooCollections which eventually resulted in a house full of Birds.

The Internet being as it is a Greek friend was made, who explained to me the eco related issues with Fires & native animals being shot, so after 2yrs of planning, numerous visits with Gov officials, we shipped our collection of 40+ birds of prey here to make an educational project for schools.

We have been in Athens since December 2010 and have never regretted it!

One thing i will say thou...
Things could have been a lot harder if it were not the awesome greek guy that is my closest friend now!

[wka]

welcome Gerkin, wow, what a wonderful project you've undertaken! I recently visited the bird preserve in the Dadia Forest (Evros River), and I left feeling like a new person. Living in the city we have allowed ourselves to become so separated from nature. I hope you make yourself at home here on the board! Looking forward to learning more!

[Gerkin]

Originally Posted by wka

I recently visited the bird preserve in the Dadia Forest (Evros River), and I left feeling like a new person

Its on my "TO GO" map list..

Google Images just doesn't do greece any justice!

[Chrisles]

Welcome Gerkin,

What a great project. Have you been to Tilos? It's a small island near Rhodes. The locals (about 300) have voted to ban shooting any birds and develop the island for eco tourism. We saw eagles and a rare falcon while we were there.This was a few years ago, but it's to be hoped they've not changed this policy.

Cheers Chrisles

[MaidenScotland]

Originally Posted by Chrisles

Welcome Gerkin,

What a great project. Have you been to Tilos? It's a small island near Rhodes. The locals (about 300) have voted to ban shooting any birds and develop the island for eco tourism. We saw eagles and a rare falcon while we were there.This was a few years ago, but it's to be hoped they've not changed this policy.

Cheers Chrisles

Nice on... shows how well the forum works by passing on information like this.

I will try and get there if I ever get back to Rhodes.

[postman expat]

hi all, im new to the whole forum thingy so hope im doing it right, have been travelling bg in my old postie van for the last twelve months and loving the freedom, im heading to rhodos via turkey in may to do some helpex work, have full compliment of building tools on board and am looking for work for food(and use of a loo ) and or paid work..pocet,fuel money.. cant wait to be back on the road.....:-) x

[wka]

Welcome to the board, Postman!

[postman expat]

Originally Posted by wka

Welcome to the board, Postman!

thankyou! looks good here!