Wherever there is a florist's in Greece, there is probably a a church or cemetery close by, and this particular road is filled with florists, as well as marble stone cutters, another requisite of the traditional final resting place of the Greek people.
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.
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Can you show us a cemetery and translate a tombstone or two, sometime?
ReplyDeleteThere is a strip of florists across from the Molfetta cemetery, too.
ReplyDeleteI like the florists. I like most when they put the flowers across the sidewalk and see them when we pass by the store.
ReplyDeleteYep..."Last Resting Place, All Passengers Change, All Passengers Change please...thank you."
ReplyDeleteFlori$t$ at the Cemeteries and the Hospitals as well, where mothers to be are giving birth :-D
The Irish spent much time and money tending their graves. There are only two florists in town and they are expensive.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful photo and very interesting post.
ReplyDeleteA business that never runs out of customers I guess...
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