tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490006963576901612024-03-13T04:17:02.156-07:00mikoslopermikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-7899291059672177702014-03-06T13:53:00.002-08:002014-03-06T13:53:40.043-08:00beer bath in karlovy vary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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they added hops and malt to karlovy vary's famous water.... so it wasn't LITERALLY a beer bath... but it sure felt luxurious and decadent... and we drank quite a bit of local beer while we were there....<br />
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we sang "baby it's cold outside"... lotsa fun!<br />
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here we are at the border between germany and the czech republic: no passport request, no guards, just a marker. ain't the EU grand!?<br />
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there's gotta be a joke that starts off this way...<br />
we saw many more leprechauns than buddhas in ireland. many gardens have cute little leprechaun statues, just as many german gardens have cute gnomes.<br />
we were quite lucky in terms of weather: how often do tourists return from ireland with a suntan?<br />
music everywhere, and literary references, too. our favourite event was a literary pub crawl in dublin, hosted by two actors who did short scenes from plays, and recited poems etc.<br />
and i found several beers with much more character than guiness.<br />
yes, guinness tastes better in ireland than it does when exported; but there are some craft micro-brews which have more hops and therefore more flavour. smooth is good, but REAL beer should be gnarly.<br />
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oscar wilde and a pal of his invited me for a chat. you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose....</div>
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my good buddy randall had never taken his two boyz on a long-distance bike tour. we decided it was time to get them started, so we planned a trip here in germany and the czech republic.<br />
they rode like champs!<br />
we averaged around seventy kilometers per day on a five-day ride. we spent the first two days getting over to the Elbe river, and then followed it upstream to prague.<br />
our first night's hostel was in a castle atop a hill. colditz is famous as the site of a WW2 prison camp for british officers.<br />
some of our roads were rough, some perfectly smooth. very little interaction with cars: huzzah!<br />
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here is my latest costume-clad role: sinter klaas makes his rounds on december sixth. the cartoon shows how he looks in a kids' book....</div>
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all right, it doesn't have anything to do with the Giants... but the beard was pretty awesome, no?</div>
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this beverage was available at a recent "viking camp" associated with leipzig's famous Goth Festival.<br />
for them what cain't understand deutsch... it is HEMP MEAD.... yes, folks, honey wine flavoured with hemp seeds... pretty tasty... no psycho-active effects...</div>mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-5368119706759481132012-07-08T09:39:00.003-07:002012-07-08T12:42:51.713-07:00miko as jacob in "joseph"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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has it really been three months since we performed "joseph and the amazing technicolored dreamcoat"?<br />
it was great fun; and we sold out all three performances....<br />
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some of my favourite exotic local beverages. odin trunk is honey beer. satan gold is a strong beer, quite full of hops. met is mead: there are mead-makers at the local tuesday market and the medieval fairs all have several meadmakers selling their wares. the hirschblut (deer-blood) is fruit wine. i confess i bought it because of the devils! [on some browsers it is necessary to klick the photo and bring it into a new window in order to see the whole thing...]</div>mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-19764427946504216172012-05-13T14:15:00.001-07:002012-05-13T14:15:42.887-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> mega biblios, mega kakos....</span></div>mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-38480967244603541522012-05-13T14:10:00.001-07:002012-05-13T14:10:53.501-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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i think i shouldn't put up anything current until i post this great shot from the local park: this is from february, but i keep neglecting this task... so now to catch up!</div>mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-32464297406386188172012-02-24T23:56:00.003-08:002012-02-25T00:28:59.258-08:00winter has come... (and gone already)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NT0yJXQAX5w/T0ibwrJ6eSI/AAAAAAAAAvw/Cm8Dkt2FMoo/s1600/canal.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NT0yJXQAX5w/T0ibwrJ6eSI/AAAAAAAAAvw/Cm8Dkt2FMoo/s400/canal.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712987387839805730" /></a><br /><br />we had some excellent snow, and people were skating on the canals and ponds... but this is all just memories. it was a short winter. there was no snow at christmas, but it came in late january, even after my birthday. but two weeks of frozen canals and now we seem to have spring, although there are no buds nor crocuses yet...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N4mZAM9ZpF0/T0ibhVn2uZI/AAAAAAAAAvk/zwoF6KkywtE/s1600/pond.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N4mZAM9ZpF0/T0ibhVn2uZI/AAAAAAAAAvk/zwoF6KkywtE/s400/pond.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712987124361771410" /></a>mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-64598439141957815322011-12-24T05:40:00.001-08:002011-12-24T05:42:12.968-08:00solstice @ labyrinth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hHnmSbWEFno/TvXWkq0j9wI/AAAAAAAAAvY/RhkBbj1fMsM/s1600/greenmanlab.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hHnmSbWEFno/TvXWkq0j9wI/AAAAAAAAAvY/RhkBbj1fMsM/s400/greenmanlab.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689689629710874370" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-41mAln_s0nY/TvXWb2AzYuI/AAAAAAAAAvM/EcUo08GDZFE/s1600/hands.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-41mAln_s0nY/TvXWb2AzYuI/AAAAAAAAAvM/EcUo08GDZFE/s400/hands.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689689478096184034" /></a>mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-26097857934019549122011-11-24T07:27:00.001-08:002011-11-24T07:35:45.304-08:00a night of music-making in the chapelstelios knows this region well, and so he invited us all to go camping next to a sweet little chapel on the hillside above the town where he was busking. we played tunes and made up stuff for a few hours. we unfortunately had neglected to buy wine, so the energy of the party was somewhat compromised without the influence of dionysos...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzTJN5uxpDk/Ts5iopSah-I/AAAAAAAAAvA/JmInuyXBxBA/s1600/chapel1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzTJN5uxpDk/Ts5iopSah-I/AAAAAAAAAvA/JmInuyXBxBA/s400/chapel1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678584630578153442" /></a><br />i played finger cymbals...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7xtqFCxkoW4/Ts5ikWo-9bI/AAAAAAAAAu0/TwBFKKbmV04/s1600/chapel2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7xtqFCxkoW4/Ts5ikWo-9bI/AAAAAAAAAu0/TwBFKKbmV04/s400/chapel2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678584556853065138" /></a><br />and i turned the lectern into a drum.... mary surprised herself by playing the bouzouki well... i think it was her first time ever on the instrument!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-niJuVChLtu4/Ts5ift30pcI/AAAAAAAAAuo/1FFGwX59Ftk/s1600/chapel3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-niJuVChLtu4/Ts5ift30pcI/AAAAAAAAAuo/1FFGwX59Ftk/s400/chapel3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678584477189973442" /></a><br /><br />but stelios is a MASTER musician; he was generous and patient enough to play with a bunch of hippies from the north... you ROCK, stelios! (well, in a traditional cretan kind of way...)mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-5485783094025940242011-11-24T07:25:00.000-08:002011-11-24T07:26:24.862-08:00panorama from olympus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AtQA-OQP6Y8/Ts5iCP6TX6I/AAAAAAAAAuc/F-FJ9eI6Jpk/s1600/olympus2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 67px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AtQA-OQP6Y8/Ts5iCP6TX6I/AAAAAAAAAuc/F-FJ9eI6Jpk/s400/olympus2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678583970931105698" /></a>mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-36401437571541587422011-11-14T12:51:00.000-08:002011-11-14T12:56:06.288-08:00stelios master of lyra<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwFOLQ1MFyHRimJZv9g3bmF5fwuvClH9H7V3nGZEflUpBo8W0NSKrMc7S--Mf-Y1nn07b_HtZ5OqLT06hFvgg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />my friends pete and mary introduced me to a fabulous fellow: stelios the lyra-player.... here he is busking for his fellow country-men in a quaint-as-heck village (on the southeast slope of mount olympus....mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-64855172223933241992011-11-05T15:54:00.001-07:002011-11-05T15:58:07.362-07:00food of the gods<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XdQBaAemZqI/TrW_b53bkiI/AAAAAAAAAuA/guwFjNenfxE/s1600/theobroma.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XdQBaAemZqI/TrW_b53bkiI/AAAAAAAAAuA/guwFjNenfxE/s400/theobroma.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671649791853695522" /></a><br /><br />i took chocolate to the top of mount olympus and made an offering of it to zeus et alii, because the official linnean name of chocolate is cacao theobroma = food of the gods.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P91ofPvLQVI/TrW-0E5i0OI/AAAAAAAAAt0/sdizMPpFnog/s1600/trio%2Bolympus.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P91ofPvLQVI/TrW-0E5i0OI/AAAAAAAAAt0/sdizMPpFnog/s400/trio%2Bolympus.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671649107620581602" /></a><br /><br />my new friends mary and pete shared a bit of the offering, and later we shared several liters of wine at the Refuge.mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-56000422612847778482011-11-04T15:00:00.000-07:002011-11-04T15:03:00.130-07:00snow fields on mount olympus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kWorS5AjWu8/TrRguVUWbqI/AAAAAAAAAto/JbwKmB3z-es/s1600/olympus%2Bsnow.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kWorS5AjWu8/TrRguVUWbqI/AAAAAAAAAto/JbwKmB3z-es/s400/olympus%2Bsnow.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671264179879046818" /></a><br /><br />keep in mind that this is QUITE high: 2800 meters or so.... this snow has already been melting off for a few days, but there is still quite a bit left on the trail....mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-46625448681588559572011-11-04T14:55:00.000-07:002011-11-04T15:00:11.178-07:00magic appears<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NumspckEeZQ/TrRfdyi4jII/AAAAAAAAAtc/7H9f_sz7NaQ/s1600/chamois.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NumspckEeZQ/TrRfdyi4jII/AAAAAAAAAtc/7H9f_sz7NaQ/s400/chamois.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671262796155227266" /></a><br /><br />i mentioned to my hiking companions that there are chamois (a.k.a. gemsen) in this area, and then they were there-- we saw them just a minute or two after we referred to them! . a few minutes later one of my buddies mentioned birds, and then several crows swooped down on us.... a bit later we were talking about the lack of butterflies, and then we noticed a pair of them.... so i chanted "world peace... happiness for all sentient beings... world peace... happiness for all sentient beings..."mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-79702511255252379032011-11-04T14:51:00.000-07:002011-11-04T14:54:39.042-07:00mule train on the trail<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx3gHGf3dD_Yv-bqyPZMT0s3h3Ymc2MARgomNikXgkSo21kanx0qoZB3OlENkXyeUsUIp_36ofgw_gPZRMa1g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />i thought of this as a concert.... a collection of bell-players processing up the mountain providing acoustic wonders for those who chose to listen.mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-88255013901306115892011-11-02T13:09:00.001-07:002011-11-02T13:16:47.138-07:00sights and sites along the path to mount olympus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5GrgGmGQ3MM/TrGkAIzlRkI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/k9c37iZDP70/s1600/pool.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5GrgGmGQ3MM/TrGkAIzlRkI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/k9c37iZDP70/s400/pool.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670493728106956354" /></a><br /><br />the path up the mountain crosses a river (creek?) several times, and every crossing includes a lovely pool with a waterfall. i am certain that they are brilliant little swimming holes during the summer, but it was WAY too cold to consider a dip in october...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dHb65_daE6Y/TrGj46QT22I/AAAAAAAAAtE/xdUFSROlg14/s1600/cave.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dHb65_daE6Y/TrGj46QT22I/AAAAAAAAAtE/xdUFSROlg14/s400/cave.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670493603941833570" /></a><br /><br />this sacred cave features a spring which magically appears right out of the rock. the little hut was once a hermit's lodge and is now a chapel for passers-by.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Q3qFGyhKc4/TrGjqcMAolI/AAAAAAAAAs4/6GTplY-kheA/s1600/spring.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Q3qFGyhKc4/TrGjqcMAolI/AAAAAAAAAs4/6GTplY-kheA/s400/spring.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670493355352564306" /></a><br /><br /><br />this is the holy spring as it comes to the surface.mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-69166384641965005752011-11-02T05:33:00.000-07:002011-11-02T05:36:05.195-07:00mushrooms on the way to mount olympus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3R99RtFGChM/TrE4qcHqaQI/AAAAAAAAAss/cmDxIH5VVB4/s1600/shrooms.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3R99RtFGChM/TrE4qcHqaQI/AAAAAAAAAss/cmDxIH5VVB4/s400/shrooms.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670375707590158594" /></a><br /><br />these pretty fungi were growing on a log across the path on the way up to mount olympus. it is moist and cool in the thick deciduous forest... not at all like most of the rest of greece, which is quite dry.mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549000696357690161.post-9209125131981800332011-11-01T15:03:00.000-07:002011-11-01T15:08:22.737-07:00view from litochoro<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pGi6m5xoV0Y/TrBsuqlAAmI/AAAAAAAAAsg/NTD0bnLiOKw/s1600/litochoro.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pGi6m5xoV0Y/TrBsuqlAAmI/AAAAAAAAAsg/NTD0bnLiOKw/s400/litochoro.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670151479818715746" /></a><br /><br />the town of litochoro is the main starting-point for an ascent up mount olympus. this is how it looks in the morning: i was just heading out for the nine-hour hike up to the refuge. that big chunk of stone looks distant, but it was just the very beginning: look at how it appears from above (in a photo to be posted later).mikosloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375783904482542201noreply@blogger.com0