Is this the country that is crumbling about our ears?
Looking at this prosperous, well-ordered landscape, it seems hard to believe.
And yet. Tractors are blocking the main roads at great cost to our stricken economy. Farmers are in endless dispute with the government who are finding it hard to negotiate with them, seeing as they were the ones who encouraged them in the first place.
As for the refugee situation, what is there to say? Everyone has seen the news. Our European ‘allies’ are in panic mode – the order of the day is sauve qui peut. Countries are looking to their own interests and repeated conferences and summits fail to come to any sort of agreement. Even measures that were supposedly ratified have not been implemented. Greece is making huge efforts but, unfortunately, it is too little, too late.
My friend Christina took these photographs on a road trip to Pelasgia, in Central Greece.
Just keep the views close at hand, and try not to dwell on the other stuff. I know I’m finding it hard to avoid, since our prime minister seems to think the UK deserves “special treatment”, which is ridiculous.
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Thank you for the beautiful photos… supporting BEAUTY and HOPE.
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Thank you for sharing the gorgeous photos.Such a treat for my eyes as we look at cold and snow here.
Everywhere is a mess where the government is concerned. I try to see the positive. And you too?
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Of course! And talk about it here. Only it’s hard sometimes
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Beauty pertains even in a time of horror
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The photos are stunning.
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Such a beautiful country! Wishing the people of Greece hope and prosperity.
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Such a beautiful place. The serenity of the photos belies the fraught situation.
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it is so sad that Greece is seeing such hard times! What a gorgeous country!
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You are surrounded by incredible beauty and in a terrible situation. I hope something happens to make it better very soon. Clare
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The cultural landscape is fashioned from a natural landscape by a cultural group. Culture is the agent, the natural area is the medium, the cultural landscape is the result.
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