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In Corfu Town I like to stay at the old harbour. A peaceful, yet central location, and you can possibly get a room with a decent view. More than one good option here, I can recommend both of these: The C-class Hotel Constantinopoulis The even better B-class Hotel Astron

Samos town has the excellent Hotel Samos: But there are good budget options too. I can warmly recommend also the immaculate Pension Trova (26. Kalomiris St.).

In Chios Town try the nice Hotel Diana.

In Mytilini Town – Lesvos you have this very nice option:

Although there is a long time since I visited Crete, I do know that these places still exist. Crete is a very difficult island when it comes to choosing places to stay and (especially!) places to eat… Iraklion: Hotel Lato Ag. Nikolaos: Hotel Doxa Hania: Hotel Palazzo

What Hotel to choose for your (walking or not) holiday? Well, there is plenty of good advice on e.g TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Hotels.com etc. But where I have stayed at some hotels I have found very good I will give some of those my personal recommendation here. For a walking holiday you will know that these … Continue reading »

If you are interested in “classic” heavy rock you can have a look at something I wrote most of in 1998, and maybe today I would be heavily (oh yeah!) disagreeing with myself, but I am not going to change one single point! This to honor the spirit of the moment, and to keep the … Continue reading »

This blog was never meant to be about music (well, it was not meant to be about a lot of things…), but I just cannot resist recommending this new album from a master.

View from Mark Webber’s F1 car at the European Grand Prix in Valencia today. Not the sort of view you would like from your car…

A couple of tips especially for older Macs. I have an old iBook G4 (MacOS X 10.4) that happily runs Opera 10.54 (it is even running Unite, and you can e.g look at my sharing of photos from Greece, see http://webserver.mrwalker.operaunite.com/photo_sharing/content/, i.e at least when the machine is actually ON…) and I can watch (sluggish) … Continue reading »