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The Acropolis of Athens Receives the Recognition it Deserves from CNN
What would you do if you had 1.5 million dollars and two whole years of free time on your hands? Take a luxury vacation to visit all 962 UNESCO World Heritage Sites of course. And that is exactly what a … Continue reading
Acropolis from “above”
The word famous Airpano Group was invited to Greece by our company last September and they photographed Santorini, Acropolis, Mykonos and Piraeus. The 360o view of the Acropolis is now available and you can wonderful views of the Parthenon and the … Continue reading
What Can I Take Back Home With Me?
So your vacation in Greece has dwindled down to its’ final hours and you sit in a lovely cafe sipping a delicious ice-cold “Frappe” or at a seaside taverna gulping down your last exquisite morsels of fried calamari while the … Continue reading
Schinias National Park: An Ancient and Rare Ecosystem of Attica.
Spring has definitely arrived in Athens. This past weekend the temperatures soared to 26 degrees Celsius, 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit So what do we Athenians do on a how Sunday Spring morning after a long winter? We go to the beach! Athens is … Continue reading
A Day at Sea
A truly lovely day trip to take from Athens is a tour of the three islands of the Saronic Gulf, Hydra, Poros and Aegina. Take a break from ancient columns and museums for a day and enjoy a refreshing day … Continue reading
MY BIG FAT GREEK THURSDAY AT THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
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
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
Delphi – Where Heaven Meets Earth
Less than 200 kilometers northeast of Athens, nestled in the embrace of Mt. Parnassus, is perhaps the most sacred site of the ancient world. It was believed to be the center of the earth, the center of wisdom and spirituality. … Continue reading
The Vasilopita Tradition and St. Basil.
My grandmother baked tsoureki twice a year, on New Years Day and on Holy Saturday. On New Years it was in the form of a thick round Vasilopita with a shiny new coin hidden in the soft dough, commemorating Saint … Continue reading
The Oldest Tree in Greece
4000 years is a long time to be alive. 4000 years ago would be the Early Bronze Age. The Sumerian civilization was flourishing in Mesopotamia, the first settlers were arriving on the island of Santorini from Crete and the Minoan … Continue reading
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