October 2021 As the pandemic began to ease a bit in 2021, we decided we had to get to Greece and get serious about finding a house, the loss of time giving a heightened sense of urgency to the project. That, and like everyone else, probably no longer willing to leave things to ‘later’ –… Continue reading Andros arriving
Category: Greece
Permitting Paleopolis
We were all quite excited when IE submitted our permit application in Syros in June 2023. In actual fact, he just uploaded it from the comfort of his Agia Paraskevi office, but it sounds more romantic to mention Syros. It had taken over a year to get to this point, with a lot of back… Continue reading Permitting Paleopolis
Seriously searching
Covid lockdown threw a bit of a wrench into the Greek island house hunt, but in early 2021 we began to craft a plan to more seriously tackle the search again. AD and PS were planning a long stay in Greece, including a winter season on Tinos, which would be the perfect experiment to confirm… Continue reading Seriously searching
Kea round two
August 2019 We decided to bring along everyone to check out Kea in the summer, see it at the height of summer madness, and confirm this is the one. Of course we enjoyed it, as JC says, what’s there not to like about any Greek island? Fair point, that. The main objection was that perhaps… Continue reading Kea round two
Kea round one
November 2018 The story begins in 2018, when the pipe dream of an Aegean home began to assume a bit of form as a late autumn trip to Tunisia and Israel offered the opportunity to spend a few days in Greece at a time of year when it wasn’t seething with tourists and heat. The… Continue reading Kea round one
Prologue
What is the Paleopolis project all about? It began as a vague and increasingly vital desire to ground ourselves somewhere other than just Canada. With all the wonders of the planet, it wasn’t difficult to quickly decide this second home would be in Europe, as it is both familiar and exotic, comfortable and exciting, and… Continue reading Prologue