In 2001, my partner and I visited Kardhamyli for the first time for a two-week vacation. We returned in 2002 and 2003, and in that last year, we rented an old 'pirgos' for six months in 2004, with the idea of seeing if this was the ideal place and if there was a suitable house to find. In the summer of 2004, we ended up in Kalyves, and in the fall, a deal was struck, and we became owners of a 'hut' in questionable condition.
From 2005 onwards, we began renovating, which in practice meant nearly completely rebuilding the house. In the subsequent years, I spent around six months each year in Kalyves and gradually became part of the community there.

So, this section will be dedicated to 'The Huts', which is the meaning of the name Kalyves. Over time, there will be a section here with the history of the village, general information about the village and its surroundings, and there will be a section with the travel reports that I sent home from Greece in the first years after the purchase.
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Tilburg, January 2011......................................................................