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Molyvos and its castle Once upon a time there was a pirate, named Francesco Gattilusio. He originated from a Genoan patrician family. He cro...

(Marlboro sea) Real winter conquered the island some weeks ago. Mt Lepetimnos got sugared with snow for the third or fourth time, Agiasos wa...

( The lighthouse of Molyvos ) For centuries pirates terrorized the Aegean. And it wasn’t just the sea that was not safe; these sea faring t...

( The salt pans of Skala Polichnitos ) A lot of Greeks were angry after a member of the Parliament, Gerasimos Giakoumatos, suggested that in...

Sometimes I think: I wish it would always be winter. It is the refreshing quietness on the island, the winter sun that’s warm but not hot, n...

( colouring sky in Eftalou ) The beginning of a new year is not only marked by people’s new year’s resolutions and the fact that it is a new...

On Lesvos the traditional Christmas dish is pork meat with celery: very popular! I wish you: A merry Christmas & a very happy 2012 Καλ...