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The holiday season is here again. Cities are getting busier, islands are getting quieter. At five o’ clock in the afternoon, you look outside the window and it seems as the sea and the sky are one; a purple-blue veil covers the horizon and excludes all details and contours in a way that leaves you […]

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Winter in Santorini island: After several days of strong wind, the sea looks like oil, as Greek people say when they want to describe the calmness of the water surface. We seem to remain connected in a way with the traditions of an Aegean antiquity, when the offering of olive oil to a stormy sea […]

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  • Peter Macken18/12/2013 - 11:22 am

    Bravo Maria.
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We sat for a while on that wooden bench by the sea. Without sunglasses, with the eyes half-closed, we could feel the sun warming our face; A very summery thing even though it was freezing cold. Five minutes later, we stopped noticing the sounds of a busy town and our persistent Monday thoughts. In the […]

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  • Food Recipes10/12/2013 - 9:09 am

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In the winter time This photo was taken today, at Crete. It’s almost December and the beach looks so deliciously empty and welcoming… Do you ever go to the beach in the wintertime? There are dozens of things to do to make the most of a crowd-less shore: you can sit and enjoy the quietness […]

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