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Category Archives: PEOPLE .jpg) The Heraklion central market For centuries, the Heraklion central market is a meeting point for the inhabitants of this lively port city of Crete: in the small old-fashioned shops, where the aromas of cinnamon, oregano and sage mix, people make small talk while deciding what they are going to prepare for lunch. Everything is fresh and […] .jpg) Leaving and returning to an original starting point “Etymologically, the word tour is derived from the Latin, ‘tornare’ and the Greek, ‘tornos’, meaning ‘a lathe or circle; the movement around a central point or axis’. This meaning changed in modern English to represent ‘one’s turn’. The suffix –ism is defined as ‘an action or […] .jpg) At the old port of Naoussa, Paros island I am walking quickly inside the traditional settlement of Naoussa, trying not to stop every two minutes to gaze at the elegant boutique windows that attract me like sirens. I am very excited because I am about to meet my friends Sophia, Panos and Christos at the […]  As Cycladic as it gets I couldn’t start talking to you about Mrs. Flora’s Aegean traditional home, without telling some things about her first; and it is very easy for me, because she is one of the kindest, good-hearted people I know… I close my eyes and imagine her walking in the streets of Marpissa, always having […] |
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