My Greek God – MGG – One You Won’t Have Heard Of
What made me leave England, leave friends and family behind and jump on a plane to Greece, in the blink of an eye never to return? Love made me do it. I had...
Greeker Than The Greeks
The History of Mani and the Maniates – the Fiercest and Most Ruthless People of Greece
Mani, located on the Peloponnese Peninsula, which was known in The Middle ages and Ottoman era as Morea, was one of the most inaccessible, wildest and mutinous parts of Greece which up...
35 of the The Creepiest and Most Haunted Places in Greece
Each year thousands of visitors travel to Greece and flock to all the usual tourist attractions. They sun themselves on the golden beaches and swim in the warm, turquoise waters, totally unaware...
The Caryatids of Athens and the Enchanted of Thessaloniki
Caryatids are draped, sculpted female figures, supportive Goddesses so to speak, used as decorative support in place of columns or pillars, called in Greek Karyatides. The most famous caryatids of Greece stand...
The Naked Sponge Divers of Kalymnos Greece
Owing to the fact that only 18% of the rocky, infertile land of the small volcanic island of Kalymnos, one of the Dodecanese in the southeast Aegean, Greece, was suitable for cultivation, the...
The Greek Myth of Pandora – First Mortal Woman
Pandora’s Box, one of the most loved Greek myths, is also one of the shortest, however, saying that, to fully understand this marvelous myth and how Pandora came to be the first...
Saint Vasilios – Basil the Great – Bishop of Caesarea
The Feast Day of Agios Vasilios, known as Basil the Great Bishop of Caesarea, is celebrated on the first of January, New Year’s Day. Traditionally Greek children don’t receive presents from Santa Claus,...
Saint Spyridon of Corfu Greece
Saint Spyridon (270 – 348 A.D), Bishop of Trimythous and Patron Saint of the Greek Island of Corfu (Kerkyra in Greek) whose Feast day is celebrated on the twelfth of December, was born...
Philhellenism and Famous Philhellenes – For the Love of Greece
Philhellenism comes from the Greek word “philos”, meaning friend and Hellenism, meaning Greekness (for want of a better word), it is to have a love, a passion, an enthusiasm, an obsession even,...
How to Make Middle Eastern Desserts From a Basic Blancmange Recipe
The humble, old-fashioned blancmange, which I always thought to be an English, or, due to its name; blancmange (eat white, or white dish), French dessert, has been enjoyed for centuries all over the...
