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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. I also produce calendars and sell them on-line through Lesvos Calendars. Please visit and have a look. You can also see more of my photographs on my  Robin Sanders Photography website.

Epiphany – 2013

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EpiphanyThe Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th. In Greece, Epiphany marks the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the River Jordan with the tradition of the Blessing of the Waters.

Molyvos was bitterly cold but the risk of hypothermia was not enough to put off the brave (some might say foolish).  The village gathered at the entrance to the harbour wrapped in their warmest coats. Except of course for the hardy few who await the chance of glory in their swimming shorts.

After the divine liturgy, the priest cast the cross into the water and the brave volunteers dive in and race to and retrieve the cross.

Epiphany - The start of the race

We salute all the young men who helped maintain an old tradition and congratulations to Alexandros Moliviatis who got there first.

Epiphany - The winner holds the Cross high.Epiphany-2
The Winner

Καλή χρονιά – Happy New Year

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Despite all the warnings, the world did not end on December 21 (well if it did, I apologise, but nobody told me). So 2013 is here and I wanted to wish you all Καλή χρονιά. Molyvos harbour 1st Jan 2013On New Year’s day, Molyvos was bathed in beautiful warming sunshine and we took the opportunity to sit out by the harbour and enjoy a coffee whilst watching the world go by. It is true that not much of the world did go by, winter here is very quiet, or perhaps the rest of the world did end and we missed it. That would be typical of the laid back attitude here, the world ends and Lesvos forgot to turn up! So assuming that there are still people out there to read this, I hope that in 2013 you

  1. find happiness
  2. enjoy fantastic health
  3. visit Lesvos and fall even deeper under its spell

Mytilene

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Many visitors to Lesvos only see Mytilene on the way to and from the airport. In my humble opinion, this is a mistake. It has a fascinating history and is a bustling island capital. This is reflected in the number of places around the city that are worth visiting.

If you don’t believe me, check out this e-guide to Mytilene.

The guide is a couple of years old but is still a great list of must-see locations as little has changed. Print it out, bring it with you, tick off the places you have visited and then send me a report [please].

Do you know of any other guides to Lesvos that can help visitors make their plans? Please share them here so that people get the most out of their visit.

 

Happy Christmas

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I hope that you have all been good boys and girls and Santa has brought you everything you deserve.

Perhaps 2013 will see you visiting Lesvos and enjoying its beauty and culture.

Best wishes for the coming year to you and yours from molyvos.eu.

Some Good News

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S&P raises Greece’s credit rating

Rating agency Standard and Poor’s ratcheted the credit rating on the troubled eurozone nation’s government debt up six notches from ‘standard default’ to ‘B minus’ following the successful completion on Monday of its bond buyback programme – one grade higher than expected.

The agency lowered Greece’s credit rating from CCC to ‘selective default’ after Athens invited bondholders to participate in a series of debt buyback auctions on December 3, saying it expected to restore the rating on completion of the programme.

S&P said in its statement: “The upgrade reflects our view of the strong determination of European Economic and Monetary Union (eurozone) member states to preserve Greek membership in the eurozone.

“The outlook on the long-term rating is stable, balancing our view of the government’s commitment to a fiscal and structural adjustment against the economic and political challenges of doing so.”