The first time I visited the island of Poros was actually on a class trip in the eighth grade, in May 1999. So I already ...
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“Laid back” Elafonisos
Many of you have probably heard of Elafonisi on Crete, but how many of you have actually visited Elafonisos, this beautiful little island just a ...
“Low season” on Paros
Paros is probably the Greek island I first visited. From the time I was just over a year old to the age of ten, we, ...
Greece’s stray dogs and cats
You usually see them strolling the streets or lying in the sun for hours in the squares around the country. The stray dogs and cats ...
My Samos
VathiPotami beach I first became acquainted with the island of Samos after my Swedish father bought a small traditional house in Ano Vathi, the old ...
Nafpaktos
I returned to Athens from my last excursion to Lefkas (which you can read about in a previous post of mine) only a couple of ...
Visit a street market
Street markets or, as they say in greek “Laiki agora” (The People’s Market) are very common in Greece. In the bigger cities every area/townpart has ...