В Греции нашли дачу Путина
С удивлением вчера услышал в передаче о покупке голландским наследником престола принцем Виллемом-Александром виллы в Греции о том, кто будет его соседями. Оказывается, это Шон Коннери и ... Владимир Путин... Сначала не поверил, сейчас глянул свежие газеты - так и есть. Все говорят (ссылаясь друг на друга, правда), что в в Южной Греции, на Пелопоннесе, в райском уголке под названием Краниди собрались теперь вместе все эти замечательные люди..
Вот она, наша русская Атлантида... Все искали ее на Черном море, копья ломали, аэрофотосъемку рассматривали - а она, оказывается, в Греции. Правду, видать, говорили герои старого фильма: "В Греции все есть!"
Вот ссылка, если кому любопытно. ВВС, как-никак (http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17725256).
The heir to the Dutch throne, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, has bought a villa near the Greek town of Kranidi.
Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin and actor Sean Connery are both said by Dutch media to own homes nearby.
The villa was bought for 4.5m euros (£3.7m; $5.9m) from German photographer Manfried Rieker, Dutch media say.
The prince had originally built a villa on land bought in Mozambique but sold it earlier this year in response to political criticism of the project.
Two years after buying four plots of land on the Machangula peninsula in the south of the country in 2007, Dutch MPs raised objections to his involvement in a larger development project.
Private beach
The Dutch government's information service said Prime Minister Mark Rutte was fully aware of the purchase of the Greek villa but it said no further information would be given because it was a private matter.
The couple's new villa is said to come equipped with its own swimming pool, private beach and marina and lies close to the resort of Doroufi, west of Kranidi in the Peloponnese in southern Greece.
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima knew the area from a wedding they had attended in August 2010 for Greek Prince Nikalaos and Tatiana Blatnik on the nearby island of Spetses, the Volkskrant newspaper said.
The prince had expressed an interest in buying the villa last summer. The photographer's wife told the newspaper "we can't say anything about it".
The villa has been used by Mr Rieker for his advertising work for Porsche and Mercedes, De Telegraaf newspaper says.
Вот она, наша русская Атлантида... Все искали ее на Черном море, копья ломали, аэрофотосъемку рассматривали - а она, оказывается, в Греции. Правду, видать, говорили герои старого фильма: "В Греции все есть!"
Click to viewВот ссылка, если кому любопытно. ВВС, как-никак (http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17725256).
The heir to the Dutch throne, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, has bought a villa near the Greek town of Kranidi.
Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin and actor Sean Connery are both said by Dutch media to own homes nearby.
The villa was bought for 4.5m euros (£3.7m; $5.9m) from German photographer Manfried Rieker, Dutch media say.
The prince had originally built a villa on land bought in Mozambique but sold it earlier this year in response to political criticism of the project.
Two years after buying four plots of land on the Machangula peninsula in the south of the country in 2007, Dutch MPs raised objections to his involvement in a larger development project.
Private beach
The Dutch government's information service said Prime Minister Mark Rutte was fully aware of the purchase of the Greek villa but it said no further information would be given because it was a private matter.
The couple's new villa is said to come equipped with its own swimming pool, private beach and marina and lies close to the resort of Doroufi, west of Kranidi in the Peloponnese in southern Greece.
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima knew the area from a wedding they had attended in August 2010 for Greek Prince Nikalaos and Tatiana Blatnik on the nearby island of Spetses, the Volkskrant newspaper said.
The prince had expressed an interest in buying the villa last summer. The photographer's wife told the newspaper "we can't say anything about it".
The villa has been used by Mr Rieker for his advertising work for Porsche and Mercedes, De Telegraaf newspaper says.