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Category Archives: TRAVEL

13/09/12, 18:00, Naxos  }  Yes, the time has finally arrived; I get to blog, outside, wearing a giant scarf, looking at the deep colors of the sky, drinking my coffee, just as I always have pictured the perfect ambiance for the imaginary artist in my head… I have all those cliché images from films and […]

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The on board vendors of Syros island Every time we travel in the Aegean and the ferry boat reaches the island of Syros, we gaze  the beautiful hills of Ermoupoli from the deck; Then, we hear the characteristic loud voices of the vendors that just spread all over the boat, to sell their fresh merchandise: […]

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…and back to the flavors of my childhood I am once again on the Blue Star Boat, returning to my island after several months of travelling and a big dose of Athens; I feel strange, the winter memories of the island being all quiet and calm are still vivid within my mind. Now, the ferryboat […]

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The wave whisperers of Messakti Beach   We are in Messakti beach, still in Ikaria island; Time seems to have stop as we hang out at one of the coolest beach bars of the Aegean; Listening to reggae and blues, drinking local refreshments, gazing at the sea… Okay, correction, gazing at the groups of surfers that […]

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Ikaria’s traditions and culture There are three important elements that according to the people of Ikaria make a panigiri successful: good music, good wine and good food. At the panigiri of Aghia Marina, at Arethoussa village that we visited some days ago, we experienced the core of Ikaria’s energy; the balance between the wild and the serene, the creativity and […]

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