Posted in Events and Stories, Life on Aegina, tagged Greece, mountains, snow on 11 February, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I thought that those of you who have only been here during the hot summer months might be interested in this photograph. People sometimes do not believe that we get cold winters here!
The photo was taken while driving home along the north coast and shows the hills around Athens covered with snow.
We’ve had quite a smattering of snow [...]
Posted in Events and Stories, Life on Aegina on 30 August, 2007 | No Comments »
Thanks to everyone who has been in touch with us enquiring about whether we are all right.
We have been lucky enough not to have had any fires on Aegina. Like most of Greece we have pine covered mountains and so we are vulnerable like everywhere else. I posted a photo of the fires on Hydra [...]
Posted in Events and Stories, Life on Aegina on 28 June, 2007 | No Comments »
Phew!
While the UK and other places have had torrential rain, we have had an amazingly hot week. Even on Aegina, which is a few degrees cooler than the mainland, temperatures have reached 42° - 43°. This is unheard of for June and is the hottest weather for 110 years.
At least eight people died of the heat [...]
