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About Robin

We started visiting Lesvos such a long time ago we can't remember when. We simply fell in love with the island in general and Molyvos in particular. In 2005 we bought some land and tried to manage the building of our house from the UK. Holidays became site visits and our house was [mostly] completed in 2007. In 2009 we sold up in the UK and moved to Molyvos. This is now our home and we count ourselves amongst the luckiest of the lucky. I am a member of the Molyvos Tourist Association, providing photographs for their brochures and general publicity. Most of my time is spent on activities to encourage tourism or taking photographs of one of the most beautiful places on earth.

Beautiful Videos of Lesvos

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If you are planning your first visit to Lesvos and want to get a flavour of the island or you want to re-live your visit, these beautiful videos of Lesvos by Atlasvisual will most certainly meet your needs. Each video is set to music and shows wonderful views of the featured town. It makes me realise that even after 4 years living on the island, there is still so much that I need to explore.

The Salt Flats at Alikes

If you enjoyed that, there are videos about Molyvos, Petra, Skala Kaloni, Eressos, Sigri, Ipsilou, Mantamados and Taxiarhes village (near Mytilene).

View the rest of the videos here.

The YouTube videos have a pop up advert, click on the “x” in the corner to make it disappear. Remember that the video producer needs to make a living somehow.

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Day 1 of the Aegean Regatta

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The Aegean Regatta has now left Molyvos. What an amazing few days it has been. The Regatta brings a vibrancy and urgency to Molyvos which is normally totally relaxing. I am sure that everyone who visited during this time will take away memories of a very different Molyvos.

This is a fantastic video of the start of the Regatta from YouTube. You might not speak Greek but the images are stunning.

Aegean Regatta Postcards

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At last I can tell you about a project I have been helping the Tourist Association with. To mark the 2013 Aegean Regatta, ELTA (the Greek Post Office) is releasing a set of 10 Aegean Regatta Postcards in a folder. They feature landscapes from Petra, Molyvos and Skala Sykaminias. I am really pleased to be able to tell you that 7 of the images used in the folder and postcard set are mine. My 15 minutes of fame has arrived at last!

Aegean Regatta PostcardsThe sets are available now from the Post Office in Molyvos and will also be available from a kiosk in Molyvos Harbour during the Regatta weekend. They cost €7.80 for the set, a real bargin.

If you can’t get to Molyvos and would like a set, simply send me an email and I will give you details of how we can get them to you.

Who will you send your Aegean Regatta Postcards to?

There are also special commemorative sets of 4 envelopes and 10 stamps available on line directly from Hellenic Post’s philately website.

2nd Summer Guitar Academy

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EVENTS CALENDAR FOR THE 2ND SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY FOR CLASSICAL GUITAR, “ARION”

FRIDAY 2 AUGUST

21:00, MOLYVOS CONFERENCE HALL

Recital by DARKO PETRINJAK
Internationally renowned guitarist and professor at the Music Academy of Zagreb

SATURDAY 3 AUGUST

21:00, MOLYVOS CONFERENCE HALL

Chamber music concert by «IONIAN STRING TRIO»
SPIROS GIKONTIS, VIOLIN
ANDREAS GEORGOTAS, VIOLA
YIANNIS TOULIS, CELLO
Professors at the Ionian University

 

SUNDAY 4 AUGUST

21:00, MOLYVOS CONFERENCE HALL

Concert by the award-winning composer and guitarist NOTIS MAVROUDIS
Accompanied by GEORGE TOSIKIAN, guitar

 

MONDAY 5 AUGUST

21:00, MOLYVOS CONFERENCE HALL

Concert by the students of the 2nd Summer Music Academy for Classical Guitar, “ARION”

 

TUESDAY 6 AUGUST

21:00, MOLYVOS CASTLE

“Singing under the same moon: Arion, Sappho, Beatles, Hadjidakis, Sephardic…”
SAVINA YANNATOU, singing
KORINA VOUGIOUKA, guitar

 

ORGANISED BY

IONIAN UNIVERSITY – DEPARTMENT OF MUSICAL STUDIES
MOLYVOS TOURISM ASSOCIATION
REGION OF NORTHERN LESVOS
Artistic supervisor: Korina Vougiouka