AZOGIRES BACK TO NATURE

The Azogires Cultural Association put out an announcement asking for volunteers to come and help clean the streets of Azogires. Many promised to come, but less then 10 came. Those who did come were brave, curagious people, who actually care how the environment around them is. And they actually want a cleaner planet for all. They came at sunday at 10 am. Some were using their own vehicles, and some on foot. They managed to collect 3 dumpsters full, of bottles, cigaret-packets and things you can't even imagine. They bravely climbed down hills, and riscfully put their hands inside spikey bushes, to even get the last piece of plastic out. We appologize for not having pictures of all, cause we were all busy making Azogires a better place to live in. And less busy trying to record this historical event. A very special thank you to my parents, Antonis and Harriet Koukoutsakis, for feeding us all. and providing all the drinks we had. As good sponsors would. Also a very special thank you to A Gerard van der Meer, for the use of his cars that day, B to Horst and Annamarie Schaab, for the use of their car and for Horsts trashbags, also for participating and collecting under the hot sun. C to Ullrich and Gabi Deutschman for cleaning the road to the monastery, and climbing down the hills below the monastery to collect decades old trash. D to Yanni from Norway, who went together with Horst walking all the way to Asfendiles, and not even leaving a cigaret bud on that road. E to Martin Webster, who joined me all the way down to Paleochora and who noticed, that one gentleman has been throwing repeatedly his old hollborn tobacco packets along our road. F to George Tsourouflis for driving from Achladiakies to Azogires, and joining me down to Paleochora, G to Harold Qhrn, for sitting in the back of the car, and spotting every little piece of trash, from Achladiakies all the way down to the crossroad. Thanks to his strong legs, he ran faster, and we finished 2 hours earlier. H to Sissy Panegiotto, for holding the fort, and making sure we had a ready table to sit on, and enjoy our free sponsored lunch. We hope that all Greece will copy what we did. And that they will do it every year and in every village, and every town, nation wide. To make a better tomorrow for us, our children and the thousands of guests who come every year.