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.
Thursday 27 August 2009
This fabulous oak tree is growing in the middle of the outdoor dining area of a taverna in Armenoi, Hania. It provides natural much-needed shade during the summer, and when the wind breezes through the trees, it's like a natural form of air-conditioning.
It looks like an enchanting place to have lunch in the shade of the big oak tree! Our city of EAGAN has a big oak tree as its city symbol. Check out my EAGAN daily photo blog and see!
I seriously think I have been there. Because I remember the tree..... and have never seen a real tree in a restaurant apart from the one in Hania.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like an enchanting place to have lunch in the shade of the big oak tree! Our city of EAGAN has a big oak tree as its city symbol. Check out my EAGAN daily photo blog and see!
ReplyDeleteThe tree is great, but even just the name "taverna" makes me want to sit there.
ReplyDeletefabulous place!
ReplyDeleteIt sure is natural and sets up a certain ambiance found only in the Mediterranean ...I'll bet the food is great too
ReplyDeleteFor some reason your post put this song in my head, by Tony Orlando...and still humming:
ReplyDeleteTony Orlando
Hi Maria,
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my local tavernas. We live just up the road and you never called in . . .
Still I have this feeling that the tree is in fact a platanos - a plane tree. Not an oak.
Take care
Ray