Wonderous stories about the Holy Mary.
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Category: Culture
Kyte flying and grilled shellfish
About kite flying and grilled shellfish
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Send me a postcard, darling
About Theophilos, painter of Lesvos.
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Hear the wind sweeping through the windmills
About the wind, trees and windmills in the West.
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Apples from Lesvos
How an apple started the Trojan war and more about apples in Greek culture.
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Ataraxia
(Picture: a kafenion in Loutronpoli-Thermi) You will not find the name Epicurus in a list of the best known Greek philosophers like Pythagorion, Socrates, Plato or Aristotle. Although he did found a school of philosophy …
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Midwinter
Christmas times in the East and West and where it all came from.
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Welcome to the hell of Lesvos
Refugee centre Pagani compared to Dante’s Hell.
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Winery
About retsina and other Greek wines and their history.
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Visiting neighbours
About the island and its Turkish neighbours and a concert of the Scorpions in Mytilini.
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