It's all about Greece, Greeks and all things Greeker!
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Life with a septic tank is never dull, well, not with our septic tank anyway, it has a life and a mind of its own. For about twenty years it behaved itself, we never gave...
Greeker than the Greeks - It's all about Greece, Greeks and all things Greeker!
