Island hopping has never been so easy! Dodekanissos Seaway now also serves Ikaria (Agios Kyrikos)! This makes island hopping child's play. You can now fly to Samos or Kos and from there come over to us on the super-fast speedboat! Suddenly, years of insurmountable distances have become very close! :-) Another idea would be [...]
The gentle vibrations of a singing bowl pamper your body, mind and soul. The sounds of the sea and the wind accompany us there all day long. Waterfalls and lagoons invite you to linger and meditate. Relaxing on Ikaria? Sure, that fits! Today I would like to draw your attention [...]
Which travel plug do you need in Greece? With this post I would like to answer a question you often ask about sockets, plug types and mains voltage in Greece. Whether it's a cell phone charger, Kindle, camera or laptop, everything needs power... In Greece you will find the usual EU sockets [...]
Mediterranean Music Festival in May in Zurich, Bern, Frankfurt and Goeteborg It is almost time! The second edition of the “Mediterranean Music Festival” will take place in May. You have the unique opportunity to experience 22 musicians from 10 different countries (Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Italy, Israel, Albania, Germany, France, Greece [...]
Dear Ikaria friends, I was happy when I looked through the donation account - there are some new names and even families who spontaneously decided to donate to the schools in Christos! And the people who have been regularly contributing to Ikaria for the past three years have also remained [...]
I find it quite difficult to explain what the crisis means for us. I just find this widespread Greeks = immature pubescent lazy party bags attitude towards our costs incredibly arrogant and stupid. Just like the finger-wagging statement with a sour face: “If you get into debt, you have to [...]
Megastars of the Greek music scene on a European tour Where are the best concerts and where can you get tickets? Haris Alexiou - Thanasis Papakonstantinou - Giannis Haroulis Zurich, Stuttgart, Munich, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Cologne, Berlin, Düsseldorf, London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Uppsala… This is a great opportunity to experience [...]
The upcoming elections are in their final stages Anything but edifying! There is so much dirty laundry being done in the Greek (and international) press at the moment that it is difficult to maintain an objective opinion. Greek, international, state and private broadcasters, newspapers, radio, networks, all seem to want [...]
In November I was invited to Bern for an interview in the morning at Radio Hellas Bern (listen with Real Player) and in the evening at the Hellasfreunde Bern association for a lecture about my adopted home of Ikaria. I was a bit excited, I had already had a baptism [...]
Prose, partly funny, partly profound about our everyday life in Ikaria, the island of centenarians, about the intertwining of relationships, about the happiness, love and the unshakable joy of life of these people. I've written a whole series of little island stories. You can find the links below. [...]
