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<p>The second southernmost point on the entire European mainland (only Cape Tarifa / Punta de Tarifa in Spain lies further south)</p>
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<p>Εκβολές του Λουδία 14/11/26</p>
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ranveig/">Ranveig Marie Photography</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>A European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in Greece in May.<br />
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Another photo I came across for the first time while preparing for the presentation I gave at my photography club on Tuesday, about my three recent trips there.<br />
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<p>Pequeños palacetes</p>
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<p>Cuckoo at Meladia Valley</p>
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<p>Refectory of the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian, Patmos.</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/126574513@N04/">Dom Haughton</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>I only had to turn ninety degrees towards the north while standing in almost exactly the same spot to get a second image on that quiet little country lane out of Alykanas.  Straight across the colourful grapevines and beyond the town, towards the rounded bulk of Kefalonia, just a few miles over the sea from here.  Kefalonia was one of the first places Ali and I went to together.  It was a time before I took photographs and wrote stories, so many of the memories of that holiday have been lost to the passing years.  What I haven’t forgotten though, is how beautiful it was, and how pleased the locals seemed to be that we were visiting their island.  I also remember chancing upon what very possibly turned out to be the worst novel I’ve ever read on the bookshelf at reception.  The synopsis sounded interesting enough, but from there things rapidly went downhill.  Quite why the publisher decided to allow the rest of the world to read such an appalling pile of drivel is a question worth asking, but it was so terrible that I stuck with it until the bitter end, if only to see how a story should never be written.  To keep it fresh in my mind, the design on the cover was gradually peeling away from the surface in thousands of tiny flecks that clung stubbornly to my hands, painting them with silver.  It took forever to wash them all away.  Is this how King Midas really ended up turning to gold?  Did he find a trashy paperback with a gold leaf cover under a pew at the local acropolis and was unable to put it down, even though he knew it was an affront to literature?  <br />
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I think we would almost certainly have returned to Kefalonia, but a couple of years later the world plunged into a banking crisis and the operator went bust.  And while I always looked for Greece when it was time to book the next holiday, it seemed we had to fly from London unless we wanted to pay enormous amounts to travel from airports closer to home.  It was always much cheaper to go to Spain during the school holidays, which was the only time we could take annual leave because of our jobs, and so despite the fact that our first visit to a Greek island had ticked all the boxes (apart from the contents of the bookshelf at reception), this southeastern corner of Europe became an increasingly distant memory as the years moved on.   <br />
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Seventeen years later, recently retired and no longer limited to the most expensive holiday windows, we were finally back on Greek soil, a hefty stone’s throw away on the neighbouring island of Zakynthos.  A glowing evening in a little semi-rural Eden, less than a mile away from a tourist resort that was in the middle of its last half term hurrah before the locals closed down their hotels, bars and tavernas and joined in with the annual olive harvest.  We’d already been here for more than a fortnight by now.  It must be very different on these Greek holiday islands when the season ends and all the tourists go home.  I guess that once they’ve had a brief rest, the residents start preparing for the following Easter, painting and redecorating everything that doesn’t move and fixing whatever’s been damaged by over-exuberant visitors after getting a bit carried away on the Ouzo.  A hive of industry behind the scenes.  I’d rather like to see what it’s like here in January, but the chances are someone might hand me a paintbrush and set me to work.<br />
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Since this trip three years ago, we’ve visited Rhodes and Corfu in the same season each time.  I’ve really become quite attached to Greece in October now.  I’ve never been there in any other month.  I could easily spend the rest of my autumn seasons exploring this beautiful and surprising country.  A lifetime isn’t long enough to see it all, but I’m always dreaming up new plans.  From here it's just a short ferry ride across to the Peloponnese and a whole new adventure.  Crete is so large that you could easily fill a long holiday with it, staying in different parts of the island to explore its secrets.  Or we could just hop from one Ionian island to the next, all the way from Corfu in the north down to distant Kithira, which seems to cling to the archipelago in name alone.  You can even start your journey on the east coast of Italy and cruise all the way down the length of the Adriatic on the ferries, making up your itinerary from Piraeus across the Aegean all the way to the beaches of Turkiye.  A chance to visit some of the smaller, less well known islands away from the tourist trail.  And then there’s the mainland with its huge lakes, and the mountains and gorges of the north, close to the border with Albania.  <br />
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The possibilities are endless really.  It’s time to pull away from the easy comfort of package holidays, remove the stabilisers and start going all DIY, like we often do in other countries.  A modern day Odyssey all of our own.</p>
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/eu_echo/">EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>Helicopters deployed to Serbia following its activation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.  <br />
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The EU deployed 4 helicopters from the strategic reserve of the rescEU fleet based in Czechia, Romania and Slovakia.  <br />
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© Czech Civil Protection, 2026. All rights reserved.</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/eu_echo/">EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>Helicopters deployed to Serbia following its activation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.  <br />
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The EU deployed 4 helicopters from the strategic reserve of the rescEU fleet based in Czechia, Romania and Slovakia.<br />
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© Slovakian Civil Protection, 2026. All rights reserved.</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/eu_echo/">EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>Extreme heat and dry weather across Spain created severe wildfire hazards requiring rapid, coordinated action. <br />
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As part of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, a Bulgarian Fire and Rescue team was pre-positioned in Spain in July to directly support local emergency services on the frontlines. <br />
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Equipped with high-pressure hoses, crews worked side by side with Spanish teams to protect vulnerable areas and extinguish aggressive tree blazes. <br />
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© DirectorateGeneral 'Fire safety and civil protection' within Ministry of Interior of Bulgaria, 2026. All rights reserved.</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/eu_echo/">EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>Pictured are Canadair planes executing coordinated aerial containment operations in France. <br />
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Capable of scooping over 6,000 litres of water in just 12 seconds, these specialized aircraft form the EU rescEU fleet provide rapid, repeated water drops to cool extreme fire fronts so ground teams can establish safety lines. <br />
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©  Protezione Civile Italiana, 2026. All rights reserved.</p>
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