Island-hopping! Even today, those words evoke a warm feeling inside of me. I remember so well how exciting and liberating it sounded – the combination of trains, inter-railing and the Greek islands in the 1970s. That’s when I, along with so many other eager young […]
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Island hopping! The word tastes good and perhaps it tasted even more exciting in combination with the words Interrail and backpacking during the 1970s. That’s when I, like so many others, started to travel by train to Greece. Today, there are many wise tips on
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The small town of Soufli in northern Greece was selected as one of the world’s top tourist destinations for 2021, by World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The award was justified by the fact that the city has managed to preserve traditional silk production in its full
In the neighborhood Rizoupoli in Athens, near the church of the Prophet Elijah, a large cave of 2,500 m² is spreading under the urban agglomerations. It is one of the largest known caves in the region of Attica. Inside the cave traces of human presence
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It is said that the Sámi people have more than two hundred words for snow. The same is probably true for the Greeks when it comes to all varieties of wild or cultivated leafy greens, the Greek super food, which grows wild or are cultivated
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