Fig trees fill the Mediterranean landscape. The fig’s fruit is in fact the core of the blossom. This flower rich plant is the first autumnal fruit. From mid August onwards the ripe fruit seduces you …

About a wildfire in Eftalou.

A little history of the watermelon.

About the road-building-fever of Lesvos.

About the musician Terpander from Andissa, also called The Father of the Greek Music.

More than once, at the beginning of this summer I said: “It’s good that there are no tourists around”. The weather kept putting on and off her winter coat and, except for a tiny heatwave …

(Ancient theater of Mytilini. Photo: internet) A few weeks ago a very old temple was found in an even older amphitheater in Mytilini: a temple for Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution. With a whip …

About beetroots and its leaves.

About the stones of Lesvos and a new world.

A little history about hairdressers.