One day in Hania...

The old minaret adjacent to St Nikolaos church is a perfect reminder of the way the East met the West in the town I made my home, Chania, Crete, Greece. The photographs I post all help to tell a part of a longer story that focuses on the town and its citizens, whether they are living there now, or have made their home in other parts of the world. As a newer resident, by writing about the town in this way, I am trying to put some order into the chaos that I seem to be confronted with.

Monday 12 May 2008

Souvenirs

Souvenirs, anyone?

The ceramics trade in my town has always played an important role in the tourist trade. These ceramics are being sold at the old port, the most significant tourist site in my town. I live close to a tourist beach which is lined with ceramics shops, but it could also be called a dying trade because the kilns are not worth operating these days, and are closing down. This could only mean that we are probably going to be importing a lot of our tourists' souvenirs, probably from China - where else?

1 comment:

Martin Belam12 May 2008 at 13:56
At least if they come from China, it is *almost* an anagram of Chania ;-)
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