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From the island of Iraklia   Although pasteli wouldn’t make it to the top five (or even to the top ten) of typical Valentine’s treats, and without any intention to look down on the day’s decadent heart shaped chocolates, I will ask you to think out the box and read on, because, in case you haven’t […]

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Rays of morning light enter through the salty windows; as they get trapped in my mother’s laced curtains, they create sunlight tattoos on the rough island wall. I want to Instagram it, but my cat is sleeping on my lap, so I drink a sip of coffee instead and get back to work. It is […]

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Islanders are travelers. They have been travelling for so long, it’s a part of their DNA. Captains, mechanics, traders, explorers and fishermen, travel under the protection Saint Nicholas or Poseidon in the past, with the dream of returning safe to their loved ones, loaded with stories and goods. There are few island families that throughout […]

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Open air cinema is probably the coolest thing on my cool summer things top 5: it exceeds ice cream, star gazing, swimming and beer, since a brilliant open air cinema can include all the above; and if it doesn’t, that’s perfectly fine. As the sky color is changing from purple to vivid blue, all you […]

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Μay is the Friday of the months. It has work pilled up and it has leisure; no, actually it has something better than that: it has the promise of leisure; A promise solid as a rock, the kind of promise that we cling to and don’t let go, until August finds us hidden under a […]

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