Smitaki

( The harbour of Petra ) Last week the last charter plane left the island, normally meaning that the summer season is over...

 Troika is a Russian word for a trio, a dance or a vehicle. The controlling team of three organizations – The European Com...

( A few windmills in the West of Lesvos ) UNESCO is the largest organisation that tries to preserve the world’s heritage, bo...

( A field cricket ) On these lovely late summer days crickets are still singing a lot; the weather is magically warm a...

( Blackberries ) I grew up on the North Sea and now I live on the Aegean Sea. There are differences between the two se...

Archangel Michael (photo from internet) Everybody knows the myth of Icarus: along with his father Daedelus he was kept on the island of Cret...

( A taste of retsina ) Everybody knows the Greek wine retsina. Many love it, many hate it: yuk, what a turpentine taste! The haters have pro...