In late 2020, the UK-based charity Friends of Mount Athos celebrated its 30th anniversary with a magnificently produced hardcover coffee-table book published by Brepolis, and featuring the memoirs and photographs of numerous members. My contribution to this group effort was an essay entitled “Twenty Years of Gratitude: Life Since Athos.” Click here and scroll down […]
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Twenty Years of Gratitude: Life Since Athos
February 5th, 2021 · Comments Off on Twenty Years of Gratitude: Life Since Athos
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Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 7: Panos Kloutsiniotis, Ladolea Olive Oil
August 12th, 2020 · Comments Off on Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 7: Panos Kloutsiniotis, Ladolea Olive Oil
How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso August 14, 2020 Olive oil is one of the most iconic […]
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Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 6: Yiorgos Stergiou, Owner, Kafeteria Lefkos Pyrgos, Samothraki
August 11th, 2020 · Comments Off on Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 6: Yiorgos Stergiou, Owner, Kafeteria Lefkos Pyrgos, Samothraki
How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso August 11, 2020 What would you do if you were the […]
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A Matter of Measurements
August 8th, 2020 · Comments Off on A Matter of Measurements
While the obsession with the ‘proper pint’ may seem modern, the Ancient Greeks also fixated on measuring their alcohol. Pythagoras, a great Samian mathematician (and, presumably, drinker), created an invention that ensured party hosts and publicans could not be deceived by guests aspiring to inebriation. His creation was dubbed the Dikiakoupa tou Pythagora (Just Cup […]
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Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 5: Tassos Gourgouras, Milia Mountain Retreat, Crete
August 8th, 2020 · Comments Off on Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 5: Tassos Gourgouras, Milia Mountain Retreat, Crete
How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso August 8, 2020 A Unique Concept for a Unique Destination Milia […]
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Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 4: Dimitris Hall, Website Editor, Spotted by Locals, Athens
August 4th, 2020 · Comments Off on Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 4: Dimitris Hall, Website Editor, Spotted by Locals, Athens
How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso August 4, 2020 How is new technology influencing tourism trends in […]
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Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 3: Rena Valyraki, Owner of Hotel Doma, Chania, Crete
July 31st, 2020 · Comments Off on Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 3: Rena Valyraki, Owner of Hotel Doma, Chania, Crete
How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso July 31, 2020 In this, the third part of our series, […]
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Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 2: Giorgos Kontaxis of Zagorohoria’s Archontiko Dilofo
July 24th, 2020 · Comments Off on Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part 2: Giorgos Kontaxis of Zagorohoria’s Archontiko Dilofo
How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso July 25, 2020 In the second part of this series, I […]
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Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part I: Ktima Gerovassiliou Winery and Wine Museum
July 22nd, 2020 · Comments Off on Greek Travel after the Pandemic, Part I: Ktima Gerovassiliou Winery and Wine Museum
How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso July 22, 2020 This series starts with a virtual visit to […]
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The Master & the Ballerina
February 14th, 2018 · Comments Off on The Master & the Ballerina
Born in Istanbul in 1935 to a sculptor father, the gifted Dimitar Kirov was painting by the age of seven. Still working and living today in Plovdiv’s old town, with Rosalia, his wife of 44 years – and one of modern Bulgaria’s greatest ballerinas – Dimitar may well be the spirit of old Plovdiv personified. […]
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