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Many trails cross Santorini and lead to every part of the island. The island perimeter is only 70 kilometres and the whole island can be hiked in a realistic time. We didn’t have time for the whole island, so we decided to walk to the Oia on . . . → Continue reading My Greek vacation. Santorini. Trail to Oia
Pyrgos is a small town in the middle of the island, and, in my opinion, it is the most beautiful and interesting town of Santorini. It locates on the steep hill, and, actually, covers the hill from all sides. It is impossible to drive a car inside the . . . → Continue reading My Greek vacation. Santorini. Pyrgos
Thira is the largest town of Santorini. It is located in the middle of the island, on the top of high cliff, as most towns of the island. The colors of Thira are blue and white, the same as for other towns of Santorini. We lived in . . . → Continue reading My Greek vacation. Santorini. Thira and Black sand beach
Next point of our Greek program was Santorini. It was the place I keenly wanted to visit: the island is very interesting from the all points of view: historic, geologic, wine, and aesthetic. . . . → Continue reading My Greek vacation. Santorini. Gravedigger of Crete-Minoan civilization.
This post is a hodge-podge of Athena pieces. . . . → Continue reading My Greek Vacation. Athena in pieces.
After two days in Athena my friend complained that she still doesn’t have image of the typical modern Greek man in her mind, so we went to the Sunday parade of Evzones. If 120 selected (to became an Evzone . . . → Continue reading My Greek Vacation. Athena. Evzones
Kerameikos (Κεραμεικός) is another nook of the antic Athena where philosophical reflections easily substitute all other thoughts. Actually it is a cemetery, antic cemetery. Pericles, for example, is buried here. The name Kerameikos came from the bigger area that included the cemetery. Potters lived here. . . . → Continue reading My Greek Vacation. Athena. Kerameikos
All our settled ancestries knew that it is very convenient to have high hill or commodious rock near the agrarian flats. Such hill or rock is a perfect place for a fortified citadel where you can hide from the enemies and pour boiling tar and other useful . . . → Continue reading My Greek Vacation. Athena. The Acropolis.
Unexpectedly I spent the middle of April in Greece. I just joined my friends, so our itinerary was on their own heads. It was only 10 days, and it was first time in Greece for all of us, so we decided to try pick up a little . . . → Continue reading My Greek vacation |
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