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December 31, 2017 at 2:26 pm · Filed under The Captain's Table, Uncategorized and tagged: holiday, holidays, Lesbos, lesvos, Lesvos accommodation, travel, travelling, vacation
4 reasons why you must take a holiday in Greece this year
Come to Lesvos, the island once visited is never forgotten
Why A Holiday!
1. Stress reduction.
A study released last year by the American Psychological Association concluded that vacations work to reduce stress by removing people from the activities and environments that they associate with stress and anxiety. Similarly, a Canadian study of nearly 900 lawyers found that taking vacations helps alleviate job stress. These effects last beyond the duration of the vacation: A small study from the University of Vienna found that after taking time off from work, vacationers had fewer stress-related physical complaints such as headaches, backaches, and heart irregularities, and they still felt better even five weeks later.

Vacation
Means spending quality time with people you care about
2. Inspiration.
During a break from work is when people come up with their best ideas. Los Angeles psychologist Robert Butterworth, told ABC “The break will allow you to refresh your brain cells”. The author of How To Succeed In Business Without Working So Damn Hard, Robert Kriegel says that many workers get their best ideas away from work. The new settings and free mind gives people more perspective when dealing with problems.
Vacation
Means laying back and relaxing
3. Improved productivity.
In our perpetual rush to be productive, we often undermine our very ability to consistently perform at peak levels. Getting more done in less time allows us to get ahead and be more productive, but it takes consistent focus to be truly productive. Ernst & Young, a professional services firm, conducted an internal study of its employees and found that for each additional 10 hours of vacation time employees took, their year-end performance ratings improved by 8 percent. Another study conducted by the Boston Consulting Group, found that high-level professionals who were required to take time off were significantly more productive overall than those who spent more time working.
Vacation
Means experiencing new things
4. Better sleep.
Restless nights and disrupted sleep are common complaints –often stemming from the fact that we simply have too much on our minds. A lack of sleep leads to less focus, less alertness, impaired memory and a decreased quality of life. Researchers say, that vacations can help interrupt the habits that disrupt sleep, like working late into the night or watching a back-lit screen before bed. If you have stress from work and you find your sleep is disrupted because of anxiety or tension, take some time off and reset your sleep pattern.

Taking a vacation will create fond memories
So now you have an excuse to book your next holiday to Lesvos
June 26, 2017 at 10:42 pm · Filed under Authors, Uncategorized and tagged: dance, dancing, donkey excursions, Donkey riding, donkey trackes, environment, Greece, Greek dancing, holidays, Julie Smit, Lesbos, lesvos, michealis, Mike and the donkeys, travel

Yamas, Michaelis
I am sure they have ouzo
in heaven
although I am not sure
if there are donkeys or any horses
grazing above the clouds
You embraced life as a free man
loving donkeys, horses and women
You were always full of crazy stories
to celebrate life and friendship
while your Greek heart
could not beat without music
and dancing
as long as something was in the glass
and the table surrounded by company
You kept on smiling
whenever crisis or human disaster struck
you would fill a glass
raise it to heaven and challenge the gods
in order to drink to a happy life
you thought that lasted forever
and then you danced the night away
Your donkeys known by the entire village
in the winter finding their food in mountains and emptying my garden
in the summer carrying the weight of tourists
while you taught them how to live as a Greek,
enjoy sun, water, food and Ambrosia
I am sure you took everything
life offered you
and now it is time
to give back that free life you lived
to rest in heaven
where you probably will raise your glass once more:
Yamas, Michaelis!
This was written by Julie smit and i feel she has pictured Michalis life and you can follow her posts http://smitaki.blogspot.gr
December 26, 2016 at 2:19 pm · Filed under Accommodation, Molyvos Friends, The Captain's Table, Uncategorized and tagged: Christmasmolyvos, Greece, Greekholidays, GreekTraditions, lesbosholidays, lesvos, Lesvosholidays, travel
Greece has many lovely and unique Christmas traditions, and the holiday here is not yet quite as commercialized as you will see elsewhere. During the day on Christmas Eve, children go from house to house singing kalanda (Greek carols) and playing the trigono (triangle), for which they are rewarded with sweets and pocket money.
Families are known to keep a fire burning in the hearth to keep away the Kilikantzari, our very mischievous Christmas elves/goblins that enter houses during this season through unlit fireplaces and play tricks upon the family.
Although many Greek families now celebrate with a Christmas tree, the tradition still remains to decorate a boat with lights, as St. Nicholas is the saint of sailors and fishermen.
Most families have a lunch of roast pig and christopsomo (Christ bread), a sweet bread decorated with a cross. Christmas gifts are exchanged after midnight on the 31st of December, once St. Basil (Father Christmas) has entered your house and broken a pomegranate with a stone.
In our Molyvos home, Christmas is a time for celebration, family time and enjoyment of the off-season quiet that wraps the village like a blanket. These are the weeks when we restore ourselves, reunite with friends and begin to look forward to what the New Year will bring.
In 2017, we encourage you to spend your holidays in the breathtaking village of Molyvos, Lesvos, and enjoy for yourselves our famous traditions. Our lovely, thoughtfully appointed properties offer comfort and luxury, catering to friends and visitors in all seasons—though summer is most special when everything is blooming, the water beckons and the The Captain’s Table offers the best tastes of the island

Do visit www.lesvosaccommodation.com and come see us soon!
Christos Anisis (Merry Christmas in Greek)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
with gratitude from
Melinda and Theo
April 20, 2013 at 6:20 pm · Filed under Authors and tagged: airoplanes, castle, fishing, flights, Greece, Greek Island, holiday, holidays, island, Island hopping, islands, Lesbos, lesvos, Melinda, Molyvos, Mytilene, travel, traveling, travelling, trips to greece
There is an airline that travels between our Greek islands and one of the islands is Mytilene. So yes another way to get to Lesvos island.
Hurray !!!
I have known of some flights between us and other islands but not so regularly. I really wanted to share this with everyone.
http://www.skyexpress.gr/en-us/home.aspx
April 29, 2012 at 7:04 pm · Filed under Authors and tagged: alternative holiday, Angela Farmer, aqua therapy, Eastern belly dancing, exercise, festival, Greece, Greek dancing, Greek Island, Greek lessons, harbour, healing songs and dancing, holiday, hot spring spas, Lesbos, lesvos, Melinda, Molivos, Molyvos, Moving in Molivos, Moving in Molyvos, natural hot spring water, nature, Nia, party in molyvos, Summer holidays, Tai Chi, The Captain's Table, The party in Molyvos, traditional greek music, travel, travelling, vacation, Victor van Kooten, walking on Lesvos, walking on Lesvos. sight seeing, well being, Yoga
The Moving in Molyvos festival is part of a new creative approach to the promotion of the island’s well-known health-giving properties such as the natural hot spring spas. These are already enjoyed by both holiday-makers and participants in the many health and well-being seminars held on the island every year.
Now the local tourist association is bringing together the many teachers and workshop leaders working on Lesvos to celebrate their work in this unique three-day event.
The festival offers the chance to take part in a fascinating series of workshops, open to men and women, at the special festival price of 5 euro per class in:
• Yoga (three different forms)
• Nia,
• Tai Chi
• Chi Gong,
• Healing Dances and songs
• Aqua therapy.
• Greek dancing
• Eastern Belly dancing
• Nature walks
All participants are invited to a series of complimentary Greek lessons and special free evening events:

• Welcome drinks to introduce the festival and the teachers
• Sunset at Molyvos castle with ouzo and traditional Greek music
• A chance to dance! Enjoy a short performance of Greek dances
before getting up and joining in – encouraged by some Greek wine
and snacks.
During the festival, there will be an exhibition of classic and contemporary work by local artists at the Trifon building on the harbour every evening, with free entrance for everyone.

All the festival events are designed to complement each other and to foster well-being, strengthen the mind and body, and energize the individual.
You can look at the festival programme and create your own, personal timetable of classes, leaving time to experience the special energy and vibrance of Greece’s third largest island.
On our part, we look forward to welcoming you and providing a unique experience that maximises every aspect of Molyvos- our very special Aegean village.
A significant proportion of the festival income goes to local charities.
For more information check out our website. http://www.movinginmolyvos.com
