Eternal Greece

Eternal Greece Specialist tour operating company offering thematic cultural and experiential tours to small groups and individual travellers in the Peloponnese, Greece.
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  Wrong again! Χρέος σας η δημιουργία ΑΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ σιδηροδρόμου, και λοιπών συγκοινωνιών (βλ. πχ και αρνητικές αποκαλύψεις α...
03/04/2023



Wrong again! Χρέος σας η δημιουργία ΑΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ σιδηροδρόμου, και λοιπών συγκοινωνιών (βλ. πχ και αρνητικές αποκαλύψεις από τους ελεγκτές εναέριας κυκλοφορίας).

Το άπειρο κάλλος του Φρουρίου της Λάρισας, κομπλέ με τη μεσοτοιχία με καφετέρια. Χρειάζεται μεγάλο ταλέντο για να δημιου...
10/03/2023

Το άπειρο κάλλος του Φρουρίου της Λάρισας, κομπλέ με τη μεσοτοιχία με καφετέρια. Χρειάζεται μεγάλο ταλέντο για να δημιουργηθεί και να διατηρηθεί τέτοια ασχήμια...

Old Man Winter σε αποδρομή.Also known as Life's a (frozen) Beach.
19/02/2023

Old Man Winter σε αποδρομή.

Also known as Life's a (frozen) Beach.

Observing the universe through a flat ice-scope.
19/02/2023

Observing the universe through a flat ice-scope.

Friendly ice-cubes.
19/02/2023

Friendly ice-cubes.

Old Man Winter σε αποδρομή.Also known as Life's a Beach.
19/02/2023

Old Man Winter σε αποδρομή.

Also known as Life's a Beach.

27/01/2023

A partial view of the splendid archaeological site of Vravron, Greece. This is about 40 km from Athens and is easy to visit on a day-trip. For more information please click here: https://eternalgreece.com/vravron/

Ναύπακτος, από ψηλά.Aerial view of Nafpaktos (Lepanto).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLNxK7J5000
26/06/2021

Ναύπακτος, από ψηλά.

Aerial view of Nafpaktos (Lepanto).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLNxK7J5000

This is aerial footage of Nafpaktos, well-known for its castle as well as for the naval battle of Lepanto of 1571.The clip is part of our series on both the ...

Χειμωνιάτικο λιόγερμα στον Κόλπο του Ναυαρίνου.Wintry golden sundown at Navarino Bay, Peloponnese, Greece.
26/06/2021

Χειμωνιάτικο λιόγερμα στον Κόλπο του Ναυαρίνου.

Wintry golden sundown at Navarino Bay, Peloponnese, Greece.

Just an excuse to play with my new 60mm macro lens. Shot on Mt Hymettus this Spring.  :)
25/06/2021

Just an excuse to play with my new 60mm macro lens. Shot on Mt Hymettus this Spring. :)

This Saturday 26/6 at 7 p.m. there will be a rally in Monastiraki (Athens, Greece) and a march to Syntagma Square agains...
24/06/2021

This Saturday 26/6 at 7 p.m. there will be a rally in Monastiraki (Athens, Greece) and a march to Syntagma Square against the unbridled commercialisation of energy, and the resulting destruction of the environment.

I will go too, because of the destruction of our mountainous environment by the extensive and constantly-increasing placement of wind turbines on our ridges, even in places of special natural beauty - and especially in places with special environmental characteristics, even in areas which are home to endemic species.
In other words, the environment is being irreversibly destroyed under the pretext of its own protection. Here is a fundamental logical failure which verges on the surreal.

This catastrophe is multifaceted and includes both the immediate environmental impact of wind turbine operation, such as the extensive killing of birds by the rotating blades, as well as the floods caused by the flattening of the wind turbine installation sites and, consequently, the change in natural runoff.

At the same time, there is both visual and acoustic pollution from wind turbines, with a potentially negative effect on both tourism and on residents of nearby settlements. At the same time, there are secondary negative effects, for example the opening of forest / mountain roads for the installation of the wind turbines, thus creating new passages in virgin ecosystems for both illegal hunters and lumber-poachers.

Finally, there is also the very fundamental question of the purported positive (‘green’) impact of the wind turbines, both in terms of their carbon dioxide footprint (yes, they do have one!), and their net energy contribution as seen from a life-cycle analysis perspective. More of this at a later juncture.

Although I support the concept of rational and balanced application of renewable energy sources, I am opposed to any exaggeration, especially when it negates the concept of renewable sources as a viable alternative / complementary solution to energy.
Please stay tuned for more on this very important topic.

Image from public domain at www.ekathimerini.com

In Greek:

Μεθαύριο Σάββατο 26/6 και ώρα 7 μ.μ. θα γίνει συγκέντρωση στο Μοναστηράκι και πορεία μέχρι το Σύνταγμα κατά της άκρατης εμπορευματοποίησης της ενέργειας, και της απορρεόυσας καταστροφής του φυσικού περιβάλλοντος.

Θα πάω κι εγώ, διότι επιτελείται - και μάλιστα με αυξανόμενους ρυθμούς - η καταστροφή του ορεινού μας περιβάλλοντος από την αχαλίνωτη τοποθέτηση ανεμογεννητριών στις κορυφογραμμές μας, ακόμα και σε σημεία ιδιαίτερου φυσικού κάλλους – και κυρίως σε σημεία με ιδιαίτερα περιβαλλοντικά χαρακτηριστικά, π.χ. σε περιοχές με ενδημικά είδη.

Με άλλα λόγια, καταστρέφεται ανεπιστρεπτί το περιβάλλον με πρόσχημα την ίδια του την προστασία. Εδώ είναι εμφανής μία θεμελιώδης λογική αστοχία, στα όρια του surreal.

Η εν λόγω καταστροφή είναι πολυσχιδής και περιλαμβάνει τόσο τις άμεσες περιβαλλοντικές επιπτώσεις από τη λειτουργία των ανεμογεννητριών, με παράδειγμα την εκτενή θανάτωση πτηνών από τις φτερωτές, όπως και τις πλημμύρες από την πλάτυνση των σημείων τοποθέτησης των ανεμογεννητριών και, συνεπώς, την αλλαγή στη φυσική απορροή των ομβρίων. Παράλληλα υπάρχει τόσον η οπτική όσο και η ακουστική ρύπανση από τις ανεμογεννήτριες, με δυνητικά αρνητική επίδραση τόσο στον τουρισμό όσο και σε κατοίκους κοντινών σε αυτές οικισμών.

Παράλληλα υπάρχουν και δευτερογενείς αρνητικές επιτπώσεις, γιά παράδειγμα η διάνοιξη δασικών/ορεινών δρόμων γιά την τοποθέτηση των ανεμογεννητριών, οι οποίοι δρόμοι είναι νέες δίοδοι σε παρθένα οκοσυστήματα τόσο από λαθροθήρες, όσο και από λαθροϋλοτόμους.

Τέλος, υπάρχει επίσης το πολύ θεμελιώδες ζήτημα του υποτιθέμενου θετικού («πράσινου») αντικτύπου των ανεμογεννητριών, τόσο όσον αφορά το αποτύπωμα διοξειδίου του άνθρακα (ναι, έχουν!), όσο και το τελικό ισοζύγιο της ενεργειακής τους συμβολής όπως αποτυπώνεται στην ανάλυση συνολικού κύκλου ζωής των ανεμογεννητριών. Περισσότερα γι αυτό σε επόμενη ανάρτησή μου.

Αν και υποστηρικτής του concept της λελογισμένης κι ισορροπημένης εφαρμογής ανανεώσιμων πηγών ενέργειας, είμαι πολέμιος της όποιας υπερβολής, και ιδίως όταν αυτή αναιρεί και καταρρίπτει τις ανανεώσιμες πηγές ως βιώσιμη εναλλακτική/συμπληρωματική λύση στο ενεργειακό.

Mείνετε συντονισμένες/-οι γιά περισσότερα γι αυτό το πολύ σημαντικό θέμα.

Φωτογραφία από το public domain από www.ekathimerini.com

Our new clip on the Pyramid of Hellinikon is now up on YouTube and includes both drone footage and a walk-around with (d...
21/06/2021

Our new clip on the Pyramid of Hellinikon is now up on YouTube and includes both drone footage and a walk-around with (dreadful!) narration. Watch at your own risk. 😉

Please check it out here, as it includes extensive written notes: https://youtu.be/jlNRW71P4Jc

This clip comprises both an aerial shot by one of our drones, as well as a walk-around and narration by me (Eric Cauchi, director of Eternal Greece Ltd). Th...

15/06/2021

Craggy Mt Polyphengous and the old monastery of Panaghia tou Vrachou (Our Lady of the Rock), 'painted' on the sheer rockface, just outside Nemea, this time as a clip.
Apologies for the sacrilegious low-res but fb accept clips of only 25 MB max.

In Greek: Και πάλι το εντυπωσιακό βουνό του Πολυφέγγους και η μονή της Παναγιάς του Βράχου 'βαμμένη' στo βράχο, λίγο έξω από τη Νεμέα, αυτή το φορά σε κλιπάκι.
Σόρρυ γιά τη χαμηλή ανάλυση αλλά το fb δέχεται μέχρι 25ΜΒ μόνο.

The old monastery of Panaghia tou Vrachou (Our Lady of the Rock), 'painted' on the sheer rockface of Polyphengos, just o...
14/06/2021

The old monastery of Panaghia tou Vrachou (Our Lady of the Rock), 'painted' on the sheer rockface of Polyphengos, just outside Nemea, in the Peloponnese.

Aerial pic taken with my new drone.

In Greek: Η μονή της Παναγιάς του Βράχου, 'βαμμένη' στις κάθετες πλαγιές του Πολυφέγγους, λίγο έξω από τη Νεμέα.

Εναέρια φωτό από το νέο drone μου.

13/06/2021

Ancient Phleious, Corinthia. One of my first flights with the new addition (DJI Air 2S) to my drone stable. Clip barbarically reduced to low-res to comply with fb rules.

In Greek: Αρχαία Φλειούς, Κορινθία. Μία από τις πρώτες μου πτήσεις με τη νέα προσθήκη (DJI Air 2S) στα drones μου. Ποστάρισμα σε χαμηλή ανάλυση γιά λόγους μεγέθους.

13/06/2021

It has been suggested to me that the 'sparrowhawk' in my previous posting is actually a kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), and am taking this correction on board. :)

A sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) frequents my balcony, and was caught here surveying the vicinity from a nearby building.
13/06/2021

A sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) frequents my balcony, and was caught here surveying the vicinity from a nearby building.

Another typical aspect of essential and eternal Greece.
05/04/2021

Another typical aspect of essential and eternal Greece.

Given that we can't travel, let us try and remember/visit the beauties of Greece virtually... so this is a start of a se...
02/02/2021

Given that we can't travel, let us try and remember/visit the beauties of Greece virtually... so this is a start of a series of photos taken by me from all over Greece over the years.

Hope the series ends soon.

This is photo 002, of a street-artist scene in Nafplio, January 2020.

Given that we can't travel, let us try and remember/visit the beauties of Greece virtually... so this is a start of a se...
01/02/2021

Given that we can't travel, let us try and remember/visit the beauties of Greece virtually... so this is a start of a series of photos taken by me from all over Greece over the years.

Hope the series ends soon.

This is photo 001, of a torrent in southern Euboea, early-March 2020.

As the attached card symbolises, I hope that 2021 will ease us all out of the darkness and back into the light.My hearty...
19/12/2020

As the attached card symbolises, I hope that 2021 will ease us all out of the darkness and back into the light.

My hearty wishes for Christmas and the New Year!

P.S. A small boat, preferably wooden, is the traditional hallmark of Christmas in Greece.

06/10/2020

Thought I'd make a small sampler of some of my video shots.

Please help protect the remaining pristine mountains of Greece by participating in this petition!Destroying nature 'in t...
04/10/2020

Please help protect the remaining pristine mountains of Greece by participating in this petition!

Destroying nature 'in the name of nature' (innumerable windfarms along the high ridges...) is a travesty that needs to be stopped.

http://chng.it/GKsyBTRkKS

Να αποσυρθεί το Αντι-Περιβαλλοντικό Νoμοσχέδιο Withdrawal of the Anti-Environmental Bill

03/10/2020

To quote Led Zeppelin, 'All That Glitters is Gold'.

And of course it is, this is splendid Greece after all !

26/09/2020

Making a splash at the Blue Lagoon (Vouliagmeni lake, Corinthia, Greece).

We are a small, specialist tour operating company focussing exclusively on the less well-known, yet fabulous spots of natural beauty and of archaeological and historical interest in Greece.

We offer same-day as well as multi-day tours in Greece all year round, whilst also specialising in programmes tailor-made to reflect the travellers' specific interests and requirements,

For more information -and inspiration! - please see our fantastic programmes at https://eternalgreece.com, and please feel free to ask us for info, ideas and tips at [email protected]

Please consider subscribing to our channel and to like our clips: this will go a long way in inspiring and encouraging the production of more quality content, which in turn can prove of value in your future trip(s) to Greece.

26/09/2020

We recently decided to expand the scope of our Facebook contents by including more day-to-day scenes and activities, as opposed to our more focussed content to-date, as tour operators.

Please let me know whether you think this is a good idea, and by all means feel free to suggest additional content, such as tips concerning travel to/in Greece.

For info and inspiration, please visit www.eternalgreece.com

Cheers!

26/09/2020

Dusk reflections, town of Karystos, isle of Euboea, Greece.

We are a small, specialist tour operating company focussing exclusively on the less well-known, yet fabulous spots of natural beauty and of archaeological and historical interest in Greece.

We offer same-day as well as multi-day tours in Greece all year round, whilst also specialising in programmes tailor-made to reflect the travellers' specific interests and requirements,

For more information -and inspiration! - please see our fantastic programmes at https://eternalgreece.com, and please feel free to ask us for info, ideas and tips at [email protected]

Please consider subscribing to our channel and to like our clips: this will go a long way in inspiring and encouraging the production of more quality content, which in turn can prove of value in your future trip(s) to Greece.

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