Author Archives: Annie

Forty Days and Forty Nights

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Annie

With Fat Thursday out of the way you have  only 10 last days left to challenge your personal boundaries and inhibitions and honor your Dionysian side during carnival. Clean Monday is rapidly approaching and with that it all stops and gets serious … Continue reading →

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A Memorable Day on Pandrossou Street

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Annie

Spending a Friday morning at the tax office is about as  pleasant as a molar extraction but it had to be done. I still hadn’t had my coffee. I looked at my watch, it was a quarter to nine.  I had a … Continue reading →

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MY BIG FAT GREEK THURSDAY AT THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Annie

You can call it Fat Thursday if you are in Germany, Giovedì Grasso if you hail from Italy, or Jueves Lardero in Spain. If you come from around my parts of the world you would call this day Tsiknopempti (tsikno … Continue reading →

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A Great time to travel to Greece

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Annie

I came across this article the other day in the Seattle Times by travel expert and writer Rick Steves. With all the negative publicity that Greece has been receiving over the past several months it is so refreshing to see … Continue reading →

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The springtime of the fast has dawned

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Annie

On Clean Monday, which this year falls on Monday March 18, the 40 days of fasting, repentance, and forgiveness begins. Usually coinciding with the beginning of Spring in Greece, this is one of the most beautiful and spiritual  of seasons. … Continue reading →

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Mycenae was the most important and richest palatial center of the Late Bronze Age in Greece and a kingdom steeped in myth, tragedy, intrigue and legend and was constructed in the 13th century BC. It was home to one of the most … Continue reading →

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Annie | Leave a comment

Urban Spring in Athens

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Annie

I have been living in Athens off and on now for the last twenty years and I have witnessed many changes that have taken Athens into the 21st century. From the construction of the new airport, new highways, the metro … Continue reading →

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Street Food in Athens. A feast on feet!

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Annie

Athens is a fast city with fast people that need fast food – and fast. But fast food in Athens doesn’t necessarily mean greasy, salty, cholesterol ridden junk food. Fast food in Athens is very fresh, nutritious and most of the times … Continue reading →

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Teach Me To Dance

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Annie

THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT OF ZORBA Although I was just a little girl when I first saw the film it branded my memory and my conception of who I was and where I came from even if I hadn’t realized it at … Continue reading →

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CARNIVAL ATHENS

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Annie

It is a well known fact that the Christian religion “borrowed” much of its’ symbolism and ceremony from Pagan beliefs; as is the case with the tradition that we all know today as Carnival or “Apokries” as we say in … Continue reading →

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