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Hydra, Greece: Traffic-Free Tranquility

Hydra, Greece: Traffic-Free Tranquility

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Hydra, Greece: Traffic-Free Tranquility beldengi: 3000 residents? I was there in Sept 2017 and asked a local what the population was and he said it was 25, 000. Charmian Clift and her husband lived on Hydra for 8 years in the 50s. They bought a house in 1954 and in her book Peel me a lotus written in 1959 Charmian stated that the population back then was 3000, and that many of the houses were empty. So one would think that there are more than 3000 residents, but Wikipedia records less than 2000 residents. So who knows?
Date: 2020-08-09

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I was there in 1979, on honeymoon, glad to see it hasn't changed much. We visited three islands and Hydra was one of the Islands on a two week vacation. We went for a day trip to Hydra liked it, and then decided to go back for another few days. While sitting on some ancient steps being photographed. I knew instantly that I had lived in the Greek Islands previously, in a past life, and had sat on those ancient steps.
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I just traveled to Greece recently and spent a day on hydra. So cool to see exact places i was! Also try not getting lost because i found myself on the other side of the island with just the wilderness around me. What an amazing experience!
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Oh gosh, I realise the recency of these videos. Did you just return from a Europe trip or something? Very interesting videos! I have been to some of these places but the insights you have given are very useful.
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_And people are called Greeks because they share in our education rather than in our birth. _
Isocrates (ancient Greek rhetorician; _from Panegyricus 50_ )

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What a beautiful isle, Hydra it is!
I was told Leonard Cohen wrote his song Suzanne or Marianne in Hydra.
I don't know whether it's correct or not.

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