Inside the Mani 2015 | Page 36

Sitting on their balcony, overlooking a lush, mature garden and the communal swimming pool, the first thing they did was to produce a series of photos they had brought with them, taken back in 1990. Looking at them, it’s clear to see how some things have changed and some have not. Horse-drawn carriages and olive and tamarisk trees on the seafront at Stoupa?! Perhaps the most striking difference is how empty and uncluttered the beaches looked. For Karlheinz, this was the most negative change, in particular the “ I couldn’t believe the number of sunbeds on both beaches it wasn’t like that before.” serried ran