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Audio special: Former babysitter Debbie with a Vlach poem

105 days ago

…mentioned more than once as I travelled up to Anelion in Northern Greeece a few years ago in search of …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/23673/audio-special-former-babysitter-debbie-with-a-vlach-poem

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Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel – the kids and I make a cake for Dad who died three years ago today

408 days ago

…my sisters and I and the suitcases up the hill at Anelion , lying helpless and wasting away in a bed …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/22671/photo-article-from-the-welsh-hovel-the-kids-and-i-make-a-cake-for-dad-who-died-three-years-ago-today

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Photo article - a view from the graveyard with the last blackberries of 2021 as I ponder a year since my father's death: Ha-ha!

1138 days ago

…climbing up the steep and narrrow footpath up to Anelion carrying both suitcases and children. I should …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/19164/photo-article-a-view-from-the-graveyard-with-the-last-blackberries-of-the-year-as-i-ponder-a-year-since-my-father-s-death-ha-ha

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A few more pictures from the Metsovo road trip 2021

1236 days ago

…have already seen the whole town of Metsovo from Anelion, on the other side of the valley,  HERE . … path trail which would eventually take you to Anelion. In the first one, you can see Anelion in the … the bottom of the valley and to the ski slope at Anelion on the other side. …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/18588/a-few-more-pictures-from-the-metsovo-road-trip-2021

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Photo Article from Anelion and Metsovo - War!

1237 days ago

…in the small town of Metsovo and tiny village of Anelion. Anelion first with fewer names. The first thing … came the disastrous invasion of Turkey which saw Anelion lose its first son. In 1940, the Italians invaded … from Albania and three more sons of Anelion perished in fierce fighting which eventually saw … the formal surrender and we see more folks from Anelion slaughtered by the Hun late into the war. Then of …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/18585/photo-article-from-anelion-and-metsovo-war

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Photo Article: Tears from Mike the Vlach in Anelion

1240 days ago

…came here, there was no road from Metsovo to Anelion; you walked down one side of the valley and up … lucky omen. Joshua and I pulled up on the edge of Anelion and walked to where I remembered Mike lived. His … researcher with Dad who had enjoyed time in Anelion, sending her love and after a while memories of D … tearful. His grandson had not taken the move to Anelion well and was screaming for his mother. Alega … Tom?” My sisters will remember that food in Anelion was not always that great. But it had to be …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/18578/photo-article-tears-from-mike-the-vlach-in-anelion

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Road Trip Part 1 – now in Metsovo: what would Dad think?

1241 days ago

…break. Tomorrow we drive over the valley to Anelion which we gazed at from the pool. In the old days, … is famed.  That I can ponder tomorrow after Anelion. Everything is after Anelion. …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/18577/road-trip-part-1-now-in-metsovo-what-would-dad-think

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A road trip from the Greek Hovel to Vlach land

1241 days ago

…the Pindus mountains and to the little village of Anelion, the other side of the valley from Metsovo. You … may remember that four years ago I went to Anelion, walking through the snow to seek out my … through the Pindus, some villages could, like Anelion, only be accessed by foot. And to get to the … fancy meeting one now. When I walked to Anelion in the winter snows, I was comforted that the …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/18576/a-road-trip-from-the-greek-hovel-to-vlach-land

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My father in Greece: the 25 chickens and penises

1243 days ago

…and a lot of walking, for many villages, even Anelion, were off road. It was not something you did with …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/18572/my-father-in-greece-the-25-chickens-and-penises

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Photo Article from the Greek Hovel - The view over a pool we cannot use: time for a Vlach Road trip to Anelion?

1244 days ago

…years ago, I walked, in the snow, from Metsovo to Anelion to see Mike. I would not walk today as, it being … Who knows? But having spent so many summers in Anelion as a child, maybe it is time to introduce Joshua …

https://www.tomwinnifrith.com/articles/18568/photo-article-from-the-greek-hovel-the-view-over-a-pool-we-cannot-use

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