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This picture made us think of The Upper Side of the World, the title of a novel about Oia of Santorini, written by Kadio Kolymva.   photos by christos drazos words by maria alipranti    

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Epiphany in Aegina January 6, and the island of Aegina is ready for the day of the lights or Theophania – one of the most important Christian religious days, celebrated all over the country. It is a day that commemorates the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in Jordan River and the revelation […]

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The holiday season is here again. Cities are getting busier, islands are getting quieter. At five o’ clock in the afternoon, you look outside the window and it seems as the sea and the sky are one; a purple-blue veil covers the horizon and excludes all details and contours in a way that leaves you […]

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Winter in Santorini island: After several days of strong wind, the sea looks like oil, as Greek people say when they want to describe the calmness of the water surface. We seem to remain connected in a way with the traditions of an Aegean antiquity, when the offering of olive oil to a stormy sea […]

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The Katsarelias – Simpson project Skyros is an island that has an easy-going and self organized character. Unpretentiously beautiful and welcoming, it attracts special visitors, that soon become it’s loyal friends. Amanda Simpson is one of them. Inspired by this one of-a-kind island, she and Stathis Katsarelias created the Skyros Island Horse Trust in order […]

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