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There's this belief that August's full moon is the best in the year. I'm not
sure if it has to do with the fact that most Greeks take their holiday in August and they're more likely to combine it with romantic and carefree nights on the beach; however, it has been the case during the last years that the major archeological sites are open for those who'd like to spend the night or, simply, have an airy walk there. Well, yesterday was *the* night. All of us who have remained in Athens grabbed some beers and joined the tourists for a magnificent night in the Acropolis: http://www.e-kairos.com/img/moon_acropolis.jpg. It is so rare to see the central promenades of the old town so remarkably full of people at this time of the year, when Athens is virtually empty -and so great to live in. Yannis, SE Athens, in a romantic mood +28.9C, RH 42%, SLP 1005.5 hPa http://www.e-kairos.com/terpsithea |
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![]() "Yannis" schreef in bericht ... There's this belief that August's full moon is the best in the year. I'm not sure if it has to do with the fact that most Greeks take their holiday in August and they're more likely to combine it with romantic and carefree nights on the beach; however, it has been the case during the last years that the major archeological sites are open for those who'd like to spend the night or, simply, have an airy walk there. Well, yesterday was *the* night. All of us who have remained in Athens grabbed some beers and joined the tourists for a magnificent night in the Acropolis: http://www.e-kairos.com/img/moon_acropolis.jpg. It is so rare to see the central promenades of the old town so remarkably full of people at this time of the year, when Athens is virtually empty -and so great to live in. Wonderful picture, Yanni, thank you! Parthenon, and other reminders of glorious ancient time,still in scaffolding....Enjoy your empty Athens! Wijke, from a wet Holland, harassed by frequent rainstorms. |
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![]() Yannis wrote: There's this belief that August's full moon is the best in the year. I'm not sure if it has to do with the fact that most Greeks take their holiday in August and they're more likely to combine it with romantic and carefree nights on the beach; In Britain too the term august moon is a secular reference to the culmination of the summer. The wine on the dregs sort of thing. After the August moon, the weather tends to go downhill and of course most of the ingathering is over. But where does the reference to a particular phase of the August moon indicate that it is specifically the full moon? The earliest reference to the word moon as a month describes it as a division of of the zodiac not a period equivalent to an astronomical measurement of the moon. The word august predates the criminal in whose honour the western world has been saddled with the term for the 8th month. |
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