Out and About June 2022 -issue198
Welcome to the June 2022 edition Out and About Magazine Costa Blanca the weather is now in the 30's and summer is here! Enjoy reading our articles and finding out more about what is going on in Costa Blanca. You can find the handy A5 printed version of Out and About magazine, at local bars, cafes, shops, and restaurants which you can keep with you when you out for a walk or sitting on the beach.
Welcome to the June 2022 edition Out and About Magazine Costa Blanca the weather is now in the 30's and summer is here! Enjoy reading our articles and finding out more about what is going on in Costa Blanca. You can find the handy A5 printed version of Out and About magazine, at local bars, cafes, shops, and restaurants which you can keep with you when you out for a walk or sitting on the beach.
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18 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
Magic Travel<br />
Moments<br />
Highlight those (many) travel moments in<br />
my life when things have ‘sparkled’.<br />
by John<br />
David<br />
Moorhouse<br />
DAVID MOORHOUSE.<br />
Over the years we have loved exploring<br />
Ancient Greece sites <strong>and</strong> have taken<br />
many opportunities to visit, learn<br />
about <strong>and</strong> absorb their beauty, significance,<br />
historic atmosphere.... especially in Southern<br />
Mainl<strong>and</strong> Greece. where we have long-time<br />
connections.<br />
One temple site comes back to me today,<br />
not because of its historic significance but....<br />
all that remains of this Temple, one of many<br />
Temples dedicated to the Goddess Demeter,<br />
is its base with a few column ‘stumps’ <strong>and</strong><br />
pieces of marble scattered around the site....<br />
the Temple is set among olive trees in empty<br />
The Hiding Place<br />
hill-countryside; we arrived about midday,<br />
as the heat was starting to build up.<br />
Walking around one side of the Temple<br />
base I thought I saw something go ‘flashing’<br />
along the sculpted under-lip of its Floor....<br />
it was gone in a single, ‘Magic Moment’....<br />
a slender, darkish-coloured snake no more<br />
than 2 feet long.<br />
Had we disturbed its secret hiding place at<br />
the Temple? Was it angry? Was it the only one<br />
hiding there?<br />
OR was its appearance a ‘flee(t)ing<br />
message’ from the Goddess?<br />
If so, what was The Goddess saying to us?
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