A different story...

This time we change a subject and we write a interesting story from Argentina.
Leandro Vesco, a very active Argentinian real estate agent and novelistwrote a novel about the water springs of Carhue village in Argentina. The writer wrote only the begining....the end was written by the village residents.

Everything started five years ago, when Leandro Vesco visited the Carhue village for the first time. The village is located 520km away from Buenos Aires and it is familiar for its thermal springs.

Vesco had already written many stories, which he was telling them only in artistic haunts, and none of them had ever been published. At the end of his stay in Carhue, he contrives a myth about a mysterious water spring of Soda. The water causes amnesia to whoever drinks it and starts the wrtiting of a novel. The characters are real residents of that village, but change their name and their job for their protection.

The novel cronicles the history of Carhue springs in our days, in about 500 pages. The story structures around the mysterious Soda's water spring of lake Epecuen, where Juan Calfulcura's army has gone to heal General Levalle. Nevertheless, the writer leaves the story unfinished.

The time that Vesco completes the first part of his book, he uploads some chapters of Facebook, www.facebook.com/novela.carhue. The second part of his book, it will be written by itself.

So, several Carhue residents, who knew them little, brought new ideas for the novel and they bacame more active characters. Wahtever age, the majority of the residents had an active participation in book's writting.

Other residents, used the Facebook page as a notice board, where the posted poems, notes, even researchning points of view about stray animals.

Until today, more than 1.200 people have visited the specific web page. An impressive number considering that only 1.000 residents of the village are connected with Internet.

Let's hope that we will witness something similar regarding Halkidiki and some of its villages!

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Chanioti is a modern lively village with shopping, leisure, entertainment and medical facilities. It is located in Kassandra, the first of the three peninsulas of Chalkidiki.

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Elections

Dear All,

After loooong time we are here again and ready to blog! I hope that you had a nice summer, despite that this summer for many reasons was different and unique. Anyway.

I do not know how many of you aware that Greece is running an election period as many other European countries. I will post for you the main political parties by mentioning further that these parliament elections have an urgent profile. Consider that the last elections were 2 years ago. The prime minister Mr. Karamanlis announced that such elections were needed for the reason of the financial problems that the country faces due to the global financial crisis.

The main political parties are:

* New Democracy: The party in the goverment now and its leader is Costas Karamanlis. Their page is: New Democracy (Nea Dimokratia). New Democracy expresses middle-right ideas and has some past roots with the extreme right.

*PA.SO.K: Pasok is quite well known in Europe due to its founder, Andreas Papandreou and his actions over 70s and 80s. The party's web link is: PASOK and their english version is: PASOK. Fairly suprisingly their english page is quite poor and out dated. At this moment PASOK is leading galops before the elections. Today's leader of PASOK, is the son of Andreas Papanderou: George Papandreou. Apparently, Pasok expresses the socialist middle.

* K.K.E: The communist party in Greece. KKE has a long history and for many years till late 70s was illegal. In the last elections was the third party in the parliament and its votes seems to be quite constant. The website of the party is: KKE and is leadered by Aleka Papariga.

* SYRIZA: a coallition of left parties. The main party in this coallition is the party of SYNASPISMOS that means coallition. A party expressing radical socialist opinions and we could say that is the party that the young people vote. Its leadered by Alexis Tsipras, a young politician.

Other two parties, is LAOS leadered by an ex member of the New Democracy. LAOS recently is very popular among the right wing voters and is very likely to be the fourth party in terms of its power in the new parliament. The last party is the Green Party, belonging to the wider movement of Green around Europe.

I forgot to say that the elections are on 4th of October. I know that many of you are not interested about politics but I thought due to the recent financial crisis to be updated about the politics in Greece. In the meantime if you are looking for a house in Greece, please check this website out: Properties in Greece.

Properties in Halkidiki

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Try different words like: Properties in Pelion, house in Greece, house for sale in Chalkidiki and check if the machine returns what you seek! Do not forget to press enter!

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A luxury villa with swimming pool

An interior designed villa located in the area of Halkidiki.
It is a two storey villa and has a total area of 130 sq. m. It is build using traditional materials like stone, timber etc.
On the ground floor there is an open plan kitchen with dining area and bar, a living room with fireplace, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a veranda which leads out to the private swimming pool and the patio. The first floor comprises of two bedrooms with one bathroom and a balcony with forest and sea views.
The villa has their own garden plot of up to 400 sq.m with swimming pool and private parking.Moreover, it has access to a private beach.

The villa has very nice panoramic views of the Aegean sea and mount Olympus, and has access to communal gardens and swimming pools, which are maintained daily. There are tennis, football, volleyball and basketball courts, playgrounds scattered in the beautiful gardens. Your safety and well being are ensured by security cameras and guard patrols on a 24 hour basis all year round.

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Halkidiki Maps and Information

Marmara is one of the most cosmopolitan villages in Halkidiki. It is a picturesque village that was built amphitheatrically on a top of a hill.

The village was founded in 1922 by some refugees from Asia Minor.

Today, the village attracts thousands of visitors every summer and every kind of facilities can be found: hotels, restaurants, fish taverns, bars, cafι, water sports…

The area has some of the most beautiful beaches of Halkidiki.

Full of golden beaches, eucalyptus trees and a picturesque harbour lined with excellent fish-taverns, Neos Marmaras is the most cosmopolitan village of Sithonia.

It was built amphitheatrically on a top of a hill, surrounded by a pure blue sea. The village was founded in 1922 by some refugees from Asia Minor, joined by some of the inhabitants of Parthenionas in 1970.

Just outside the village stands the modern and luxurious hotel complex of Porto Carras, offering three hotels, a marina, an open-air theatre, a golf course and a casino.

In its vast lands citrus, almond and pistachio trees are cultivated, while its vineyards produce the well-known Carras wines. Combining sea, mountain and full entertainment, Neos Marmaras is a great place to go for those who want to enjoy dynamic and crazy holidays.

Porto Koufo village Halkidiki: Porto Koufo is the southern most point of the Sithonia peninsula. It is a picturesque place with a golden beach and the largest and safest natural harbour in Greece.

Some caves, which visitors can visit by boat, stand on the rocky and steep coastline of Porto Koufo. The village is surrounded by incredibly dense vegetation.

Again, for those searching for a house in Halkidiki, this page could help you: House for sale in Halkidiki and Properties in Halkidiki

Some maps about Halkidiki are:

Halkidiki Map

Map of Halkidiki

Political Map of Halkidiki

Entertainment in Greece

While you are visiting Greece, you can combine your holidays with attending some interesting art festivals.

You can find an updated list of running Festivals in Greece and to book your tickets here: Greek Festivals. Thanks God, the page is in English :)

The most famous festivals are: Athens Festival, that mostly take place at Lycabettus Theater and Epidaurous Festival, a festival dedicated to the ancient Greek theater. The official websites can be found here: Epidaurous. Fortunately enough, the last page includes many events through out Greece.

If you are visiting Syros or Cyclades, you could attend an event of the Aegean Festival, hosted at the Apollo Theater in Syros. If you have visited Syros, but you missed to visit Apollo, you should do it! An excellent place to be. The official website of the Festival is: Aegean Festival-Syros.

In case that you are visiting any part of North Greece on 15th August (Dekapentaugoustos in Greece), keep in mind that almost all the villages of North Greece celebrate Saint Mary's name day. Indeed, an important day for the Greek tradition and the local life. I am definitely recommending you to look and attend these events.

And for properties in Greece, please visit the link: House for sale in Greece

I will update you with more soon!
Kalinixta!