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About seashells During my visits to traditional Aegean houses, I often notice seashells as part of the decoration. I remember Flora’s house or Margarita’s grocery, in the village of Marpissa in Paros: sea snails and scallops, found in nearby beaches, demonstrate the connection between island people and the sea. People here appreciate their shapes, geometry and […]

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Posted in ARCHITECTURE,DESIGN,NATURE

…And my new favorite season Is it winter yet? The weather here doesn’t seem to decide: it feels like fall and it feels like winter in the same time. Ι think I like it! I can do all the wintery stuff, like light up the fireplace, make soup, even start thinking about Christmas; I can […]

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Posted in FOOD,PEOPLE,RECIPES

At the island ports Island people standing at the port saying welcome and goodbye to their loved ones: an image so familiar and as old as time. Ports know everything; because ports have seen everything; Boats that come loaded with people’s eagerness and expectations. Boats that are leaving, carrying the burden of so many goodbyes. […]

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Posted in LIFE,PEOPLE,PHOTOGRAPHY,TRAVEL
  • Zaneta Alipranti15/11/2012 - 6:17 pm

    Les photos, magnifiques;les mots, touchants comme d’habitude, refletent exactement mes sentiments quand je regarde le va et vient des bateaux.Merci Maria et Christos.ReplyCancel

  • Eva Oswalt18/03/2013 - 1:33 pm

    This is so very true: “The people that stand on the ferryboat deck watching the island lights disappear from the horizon will go back to their lives trying to create a plan that will permit them to come back.” Once you found a home for your soul you feel a kind of permanent longing to return…ReplyCancel

  • Nostalgia31/01/2018 - 12:56 pm

    […] men and their families had to be patient and strong, learning to live in the time gaps between a goodbye and a welcome. Travelling brought islanders to the world; it brought them life, but not without the pain of the […]ReplyCancel

  In this unique place on earth, Santorini, the light can be breathtaking in the winter. The clouds give a different setting every minute; the only thing that you have to do, is stand with the eyes wide open as an ecstatic observer in order to catch the beauty of this light! We are so […]

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Posted in NATURE,PEOPLE,PHOTOGRAPHY
  • Elena Ci29/03/2013 - 2:46 pm

    Missing that!ReplyCancel

  • Pia Vancoutren31/03/2013 - 2:03 am

    Just HEAVENLY! MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE ON EARTH! GOD”S CREATION!ReplyCancel

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