Thé painter of Lesvos is Theofilos, who captured his time of life on the island on canvasses and walls. Also photographer and film maker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou tries to save life on Lesvos from getting eaten by the time. But there are more artists on the island. Part of them will be represented at the end of May on the exhibition All Arts Expo Avlonas, continue reading
Lesvos not only is a unique place for petrified trees, birds and flowers, but of all Greek islands it also has the biggest bee population with about 650 different species. The volcanic landscape, the migrating birds, a long list of orchids, dragon flies, beetles, butterflies, they all form a Vahalla for scientists. continue reading
The world, just like Lesvos, is full with beetles. But they are not one of the most popular insects, just like a fight between scientists about a beetle that has been found in Turkey as well as on Lesvos. The female beetles are not the same, meaning that the beetle on Lesvos should be a specie on its own and not a sub specie. (foto: internet), continue reading
Greek mythology has plenty of stories to explain natural events and other things as actions of the Gods. Even most of the plants, trees and stars have a story how they were born, with love and Gods having a prominent role. Entertaining stories about spring flowers, nice to be told in bombshelters, continue reading
It is often said that in earlier times all was better. The same you could say about wars, that used to have a more humane face, before they got used at throwing bombs at each other. Here some Greek and Lesvorian war stories, continue reading
Lesvos used to be an island full of little kingdoms. But now it is a time ago that a real king set foot on the island. So everybody is looking out for the visit of the Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. And they come not only to visit the refugees. Read more about this in: continue reading
Roaming over Lesvos you will not only meet monasteries, churches and little villages, but you will also find traces of a lost economy, like the remains of mills, olive presses and old factories. Once the mill stones didn’t stop turning, to produce flour and oil. The Ligonas Valley above Petra offers a unique sight of this milling past. continue reading
