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Monthly Archives: March 2012

A blessed island! My father loves to tell me stories about his childhood in Paros. There ‘s the story about how at the age of twelve he helped his family friend Mr. Vrochas to make and sell the first ice creams in their village, and the story starts like this: Mr. Vrochas went to Naxos […]

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If Gaudí lived in Greece… …he would had chosen to live at Emporio village, in Santorini. This beautiful settlement that once used to be one of the island’s castles and seems to have been made of modeling clay is an example of the traditional way of planning construction in the Aegean islands. I am sure […]

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Thoughts while looking out my window…   I am standing in front of my window, watching the ferry sailing. It must have left Naxos about an hour ago, and it is now sailing to Ios and Thira. A few hours later I will watch it return with all its deck lights on, like floating candles, on […]

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