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FREE spooky books, a Corinth Canal cruise and Corfiot Pastitsada

Woohoo! I have an awesome post for you today, folks, full of chills and thrills of all kinds! There’s a bunch of spooky freebies to share, as well as my enthralling experience of cruising along the Corinth Canal! And, last but not least, my recipe of Corfiot pastitsada, i.e. pasta and beef in an aromatic […]

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FREE books, Greek stuffed veg, and Nicholas Cage in town!

Good morning, All! Today, I’ve got awesome news! Sunny photos from my summer vacation, my family recipe for Gemista and…. wait for it… a picture of Nicholas Cage in my neck of the woods! Yes, folks, it’s true! The Hollywood actor was staying near my town of Nea Peramos all summer, filming his new movie […]

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A brave girl and a church with a secret in Kotsinas, Limnos

Maroula, the heroine of Kotsinas We visited Kotsinas on a windy morning last month, during our stay on the island of Limnos. As soon as we reached the top of the small artificial hill we felt as if we were suddenly on the sea and no longer on land, thanks to the beautiful decoration of […]

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FREE books, a brave girl and a church with a secret in Kotsinas, Limnos

Maroula, the heroine of Kotsinas We visited Kotsinas on a windy morning last month, during our stay on the island of Limnos. As soon as we reached the top of the small artificial hill we felt as if we were suddenly on the sea and no longer on land, thanks to the beautiful decoration of […]

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Golden fields, a generous hen, and bed bugs. The fun and not so fun of my Greek island vacation

A vacation of fun… and not so much fun Here is a tiny taste of my recent photos from the island of Limnos (also spelled Lemnos, in English). For those who missed the last blog post, my husband and I stayed in my family house on this island, where my father hailed from. Since my […]

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The Neolithic settlement on Kastoria lake and the rugged beauty of the island of Limnos

Good morning, everyone! Thrilled to share today about the oldest lake settlement in Europe. 7,600 years old! It is in Dispilio, on the lake of Kastoria. I am off soon to the island of Limnos on vacation and reminiscing about my last visit there, back in 2020. I went to visit my father at our […]

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A visit to the Temple of Poseidon in Sounion and beach fun in the Athens Riviera

Good morning, All!  I am reblogging today an old post with more information from my short break to the ‘Athens Riviera’ last summer. I also got to visit the imposing Temple of Poseidon in Cape Sounion, just in time to marvel at the famous sunset views it offers. Scroll down to see the book that […]

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A day out in the ‘Seychelles of Greece’, plus… a delicious weed!

SEE THE PHOTOS The “Seychelles of Greece” delivered the promise We recently had a day trip to Lichadonissia, a small cluster of volcanic islands between the shores of Kamena Vourla and the northwest tip of the island of Evia. To get there, we travelled by coach with a local tour operator to the spa town […]

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The village of Nymfaio and the bear sanctuary of Arcturos

Nymfaio, Florina I visited the village of Nymfaio during my stay over Easter in Kastoria. This village is situated in the prefecture of Florina (Greek region of west Macedonia). You will find it on Mount Vernon (Vitsi) at an altitude of 1.350 m. According to UNESCO, Nymfaio is one of the ten most picturesque villages of […]

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Freshwater fish in Kastoria, a lunch under Meteora and natural beauty in Grevena

SEE THE PHOTOS Freshwater fish extravaganza! All species seemed to be represented in the numerous tanks of the Aquarium of Kastoria, the biggest aquarium in the Balcans for this type of fish. Among the exhibits I was pleasantly surprised to also find lobsters and even newts. In a previous post, I shared a little about […]

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