Category: Greece: ancient and modern

Greece! ideal for holidays

50 Vintage Travel Posters of Greece

    Beautiful blue sparkling seas, endless sandy beaches, sunny days, magnificent archaeological sites; all this, and much more, is what attracts people to Greece.  This, through the years, is what has been presented...

Hlektra Cinema Koutraki

Cinema Paradiso – Sicily Vs Cinema Electra – Greece

  Yet again, last night, I watched Giuseppe Tornatore’s splendid film “Cinema Paradiso” and once again vivid memories flooded back, of the many summer evenings, spent at the open-air cinema; Electra, Loutraki. Why this...

Greek Carol Singers

Kalanda – Greek Carol Singing

  The history of Carol Singing   Singing Christmas carols is said to have its origins in ancient Greece. Commencing on the first day of the twelve days of Dionysus, the origins of today’s...

Kallikantzaroi - Greek Christmas Goblins

Kallikantzaroi – Greek Christmas Goblins

    Many of the same customs and traditions as well as folklore are practiced and believed all over the World no matter where they originated. Through the years the stories have been tweaked...

Living on Greek time

Living on Greek Time

   τι ωρα ειναι? (Ti ora einai) – what time is it in Greek, not to be confused with Greek Word kairos – the ancient concept of time and opportunity Greeks seem to have no...

Athens and the Acropolis, Greece.. Photo; National Geographic

Athens Greece – Then and Now

   Everybody just loves poring over old photographs, well, I know I do and even more so when I actually know the places depicted in the pictures. After spending time this afternoon, looking at...

Homegrown in a Greek Garden

  I love my garden, although hard work, gardening is a rewarding hobby, sometimes a chore but the results make it all worthwhile. There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing that first tiny shoot emerge...

The seep blue sea - Loutraki

Loutraki Greece – 12 Quotes About the Sea

    After a week of dull, cloudy days, the sun has returned to Loutraki I shall take a walk down to to the harbour, or maybe take a walk in the park. Here, at the...

Great philosophers of Greece

Wise Words From 6 Ancient Greek Philosophers

  Each time we turn on our computers, we are bombarded with quotes, images and  “inspirational cards”.  We have “Life coaches” telling us to be” Mindful” and to have a “Mindset”.  “Mindfulness” It seems...

Loutraki Street Market – Photo Greeker than the Greeks

Greek Street Market – Loutraki

   I woke up to a dull and muggy day, it’s mid-November though, we can’t have summer twelve months of the year!  So far we’ve been lucky, weather wise, this winter, here in Greece,...