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Category Archives: TRAVEL  I really don’t know why I love this picture so much…. It was taken during an afternoon walk, when Christos and I were exploring an abandoned garden – one of the so many that can be seen inside traditional island settlements. This old carved wooden door has probably been lying there on its green mattress […]  A story and a recipe… The 25th of March is a double celebration day in Greece. It is the anniversary of the day that the Greeks-under the motto Freedom or Death- started their revolution against the Turkish occupation in 1821, that led to their indepenence. It is also a religious celebration of the Evangelismos tis […]  One day before its restoration. When Christos e-mailed me these photos of an old canava in Oia, Santorini that was about to be restored, I couldn’t help smiling. All those spontaneous decorations, full of colors and messages, they bring an aura of distant days and ways that are over. 8 Track tapes, diaries, and advertising […]  Comfort food with a character. If you have ever stayed too long under the sun, lets say in one of the most beautiful beaches of Crete, like the Ballos beach, you know that after a while even if you close your eyes, you can still see the emerald and turquoise shades of the sky and […]  A blessed island! My father loves to tell me stories about his childhood in Paros. There ‘s the story about how at the age of twelve he helped his family friend Mr. Vrochas to make and sell the first ice creams in their village, and the story starts like this: Mr. Vrochas went to Naxos […] |
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