On this page you will find various links our members have found useful. If you know of any other useful links, please email with details to claire4parea@gmail.com
ENVIRONMENT AND WEATHER In case of serious fire near Stoupa - Adrian (tel 693 974 3046) from Mani Pools has offered their high power pump to use swimming pool or tank water, for fire fighting. Sea turtle protection Details of the work of the Greek sea turtle protection society in the Peloponnese - Kyparissia Bay, Lakonikos Bay and Koroni Sea temperature Sea temperature in Methoni with monthly min and max - updated every 10 days or so. This is the nearest we have found. Europe Web Fire Maps Live maps of the Peleponnese showing progress of fires. You can zoom into specific fires www.esepa.net/ E.S.E.P.A, Voluntary Corps of Greek firemen and replanters emsc-csem.org Earthquakes: Look down the list for ones that have the region name as: "SOUTHERN GREECE" and the Lat & Long something like 36.24N 21.74E.You can also enter search criteria for any area. www.meteo.gr/ The best weather! (Greek) 3 day forecast at 6 hourly intervals - English version available wunderground Good local(Kalamata) weather forecast for up to 5 days. You can use this site to monitor weather in other parts of the world www.freewebs.com/protect-mani/ A group concerned about the risk of desertification from over development and keen to encourage ecofriendly living First climate refugees A BBC broadcast from the Journey of a lifetime series. It is a journal following events as the inhabitants of a low-lying island that will soon be overwhelmed by the sea, are relocated. It’s a Green green world. If you are looking for a holiday, anywhere in the world, in a place that is ecofriendly, this is an excellent site. All the places listed have been evaluated as doing their best to operate in a sustainable way
GENERAL INFORMATION MANI HELLAS All kinds of information about the Mani past and present, collected by a Maniot. Greece is Home This site has a wide variety of forums which cover issues such as Culture and Leisure, Formalities, Daily Life and Techie stuff KISS flights Charter flights to Kalamata and other Greek and Turkish destinations from the UK - good prices Local news from BEST TV Translations into English or German are not good, but enough to get the gist of a topic such as the opening of the new road from Tripoli to Kalamata Messinia kennels A new (March 2010), high standard dog hotel run by Phil and helen Cooke. From 8 euros per day . www.zorbas.de/ Zorba’s Travel Agency with lots of interesting pages about Stoupa and the Mani including some local history and Athens-Kalamata buses http://livingingreece.gr/ Living working and musing in Greece. Blog covering many aspects of interest to foreigners living in Greece. Messinia and the mani: Blog by Sarah McKellen who is a local real estate agent and has lived in the area for many years. Often has topical information of interest www.allaboutavia.com ’Welcome to the municipality of Avia, the Greek Riviera!’Of particular interest to walkers and cyclists. Details of a number of walks mani.sonnenlink Mani Sonnenlink in Pyrgos. They host seminars, have appartments for rent in a stunning setting and organise a summer music festival Greek name days Listed by name or by date. For Greeks, name days ar more important than birthdays. Many villages celebrate the name day associated with their name eg Agios Dimitrios celebrates on October 26th. Tracking packages Tracking missing post in Greece. There is still something of a black hole between the UK and Greece where packages can disappear for up to 3 weeks, but at least it is now possible to see if a package has registered in the Greek system. Festivals, Celebrations & Holidays in Greece - On this page prepared by Matt Barrett the travel writer, you will find information on most of the Greek holidays and celebrations. Hellenic Cosmos. If you are going to Athens the ’tholos’ , in the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre, is an interactive virtual reality theatre which is well worth a visit.
PUBLICATIONS Kathemerini English edition Greek news in English plus daily TV guide www.stageplays.com/ The Internet Theatre Bookshop geometer The Summer of Ag Dimitrios - poems by Peter Hughes The Poetry Archive You can now listen free to English language poems recorded by their authors, and poems from the past. There is a special section for children Newsfinder : Newsfinder is an e-magazine.’ It is dedicated to discoveries, trends in the humanities, sciences, travel news, x-treme sports, martial arts, alternative, technology, culture, sports. Its intention is to provide an opportunity for academics and non academics, here and abroad, to publish their opinions, critiques, reviews, works of art, literary creations, music performances, and research articles that have contemporary perspective and relevance. We, hope it will attract people with multidisciplinary interests.’
OTHER www.mani.org.gr/ekdromes/ Inf. in Greek about Mani How to say in Greek translates words or phrases from various languages into Greek Free translation Short pieces of text can be translated automatically. www.justgiving.com/ Fundraising made easy. If you want to start a campaign or support an existing cause, this is a useful site www.fadderfriends.se The famous ’Fadderfriends’ led by Margareta and Lars Wolf . They are a Swedish based organisation which support projects in Albania and South Africa. They have regular fund raising bazaars in Stoupa. Mythical Mani Dave and Sarah Bown own and run the Mesarea olive farm where they produce organic olive oil. They have also produced an excellent on-line catalogue of local flowers in seasonal order www.stouparentals.com Bikes, electrical goods, cots, child car seats etc for rent, The owner Adrian, is English and very helpful. vpnuk For a small monthly subscription, UK, Swiss, Spanish, Dutch, French or German TV can be received through a Virtual Private Network, as if you are resident in the relevant country. The UK version works well here
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