Tue 13 Dec 2011
A new film is being shot on location in Greece and Russia with a famous international cast, including John Cleese, Catherine Deneuve and Sebastian Koch. Based on true events, Koch stars as Ioannis Varvakis who became a fabulously wealthy caviar exporter in Russia and then returned to Greece to ::More
Thu 17 Nov 2011
The hotel we are staying is on a magnificent gold cost with some outstanding beaches in the southern part of Attica. A few of these beaches are free. Lots of water sports take place in the beautiful bay throughout the day even now that summer is over. There are several sports clubs by the coast ::More
Tue 1 Nov 2011
It was amazing. After overcoming the initial shock of just how many passengers were on the ship (around 2 thousand or so) and just how pushy and rude the Italians can be, we settled into our cabin and began a daily routine for the first time in 4 weeks. Every day consisted of a new beautiful port ::More
Mon 10 Oct 2011
Nafplion is so much cleaner and prettier than Athens and the restaurants don’t hound you. I love it! They even have a “Popeyes” restaurant (not the same as the one in Louisiana) but still has American-type food. We basically spent an entire day touring the Island of Aegina, ::More
Sun 9 Oct 2011
Opening Richard Clark’s The Greek Islands – A Notebook, reading the first pages, a list with common Greek words that a tourist should know, descriptions of some food, etc, I thought this was going to be some sort of a tourist guide, and I felt disappointed, even more because I would have to ::More
