Oleander – Jacaranda
On seeing Penelope Lively’s informative book, “Oleander, Jacaranda” mentioned in a magazine, I thought to myself; ”I must read this book again” Penelope Lively, born and raised in Egypt, just before...
Greeker Than The Greeks
Oenorama 2015 – Athens Wine Week – Barrels of Art
Every year, in the month of March, the Zappeion Megaron exhibition hall, located in the centre of Athens, hosts Oenorama, Athens’s wine week,Greece’s largest wine fair. “Oak Sessions” This...
A Mother Seen Through the Eyes of a Daughter
Guest post written by my daughter Nais Athanasakou I’m stuck in Ioannina on a business trip. What to do, what to do? I’ve surfed the internet, talked on the phone, texted some friends...
Good Morning Greece
The finest part of my day is the moment after waking, when I draw back the curtains, throw open the shutters, and am greeted by a glorious, Greek, sunny morning. ...
French Flavours and Italian Design – Ladurée Meets Pucci.
Ladurée, the famous French patisserie, regularly joins forces with fashion designers, Christian Louboutin in 2009, and later the same year, with Marni, for spring 2015 it’s the turn of the grand Italian...
Sophrosyne – Temperance – Healthy in Mind – Healthy in Body
The Greek language has many mysterious words, words that we can try to express in another tongue, but rarely succeed in doing so. Words better understood by experiencing them rather than speaking them....
Life with Melina – Hubble Bubble Hugs and Trouble
Melina is back, well, she never really left! Melina is my three year old granddaughter, the star of our family, our first and only grandchild, (So far!). Luckily, she lives close by to...
Greek word Meraki – To Do Something With Love, Passion and a Lot of Soul
Greek ranks as the richest language in the world; Europe’s oldest, with five million words and seventy million word types, existing for more than four thousand years. Other ancient languages did exist before Greek,...
Greek Independence Day – 25 March – History and Traditions
On the 25th of March (in Greece, a national holiday, established in 1838 with a Royal Decree by King Otto’s government), Greece, along with Greeks all over the world, will be celebrating the...
Sparta and the Byzantine Settlement of Mystras
Recently my travels around the Peloponnese have been plagued by bad weather, namely, torrential rain, so when the chance arose to visit Sparta, I didn’t jump at it! Then I had second thoughts...
