Culture – cinema

Cinema Paradiso

One of the more extraordinary cultural events that takes place in Mytilini is a programme of old. Classic movies, put […]

July 20th 1981

Struggled out of bed at 4 – Val was in a real daze.  Stopped off for coffee on the way,

October 20th 1981

My turn to provide breakfast in bed for Val this morning – the least I could do really.  And then

October 25th 1981

Magic!  The first day that we didn’t have to get up for work (for quite a while, anyway) so we

November 16th 1981

A terrific night’s sleep, + then breakfast.  And then, I think, a misunderstanding.  Val asked if we could possibly stay

January 24th 1982

Breakfast was at 8 – a special treat, since it was Sunday, of being an hour later.  Still could have

January 25th 1982

First day of school, eh?  Val + I were like a couple of kids, after breakfast, big brother packing a

September 10th 1982

I’d heard on the radio yesterday that David Bowie was on the island to film a movie, + then later,

September 12th 1982

Woke up wondering how on earth I’d made the nightmare journey across to the pontoon in my drunken state.  Of

September 14th 1982

Same routine for the morning, tho’ this time we made sure we had some porridge before going off.  We grabbed

September 15th 1982

The only problem we had this morning was that I discovered I’d left my plimsolls on Sofani, + since they

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