Here's another idea from me to make a possible stay in Athens more entertaining! The performances in the open air, each with 75 dancers in authentic costumes, musicians and singers, will also delight so-called “dance buffoons”.!!! The Living Museum of Greek Dance An institution in the public interest financed by [...]
I read Ursula's Ikaria platform with joy and interest, which, together with her and your contributions, has become an important source of information about Ikaria. As a “half-icariot” it is high time that I got in touch to report on the south side of the island from time to time. [...]
In August 2012 we got together and founded the Ikaria Friends. Since then, many people from different countries have come forward and donated money for our heating oil for schools campaign. We were able to distribute a total of €6,000 to the schools, keep around 240 children warm in three [...]
Finally there is a brand new ATM at the post office in Christos Rahes. This helps the residents of the entire region of West Icaria, from Gialiskari to Karkynagri (1 hour's drive), to simplify their previously rather laborious money transactions. The nearest bank is in Evdylos! It is of course also practical for the [...]
It's three in the morning, I can't sleep, the rain is pounding on our tiled roof. Tomorrow, or let's say today, is Isidore's name day and therefore also his Panigyri, up in the mountains near the small hermitage. For us, this panigyri always ushers in summer. It is the first [...]
Location: Erifi - Rahes Photo and copyright by George Tsimpidis 2012 The Milky Way in the narrower sense is the band-shaped brightening in the night sky, which spans the celestial sphere around a great circle as a prominent plane of symmetry of the Milky Way system. In a broader sense, [...]
Hello, a wonderful idea to show photos of Ikaria. I have a lot of them, but I particularly like this one. The rock is somewhere in the Karkinagri/Vrakades/Mavriannos triangle, if I remember correctly. But maybe you have already discovered it? Greetings from Belgium, Brigitte
Who doesn't know them, the Koren (κόρη - girl, virgin), the beautiful, marble virgins of the Parthenon, the Caryatids. As symbols of beauty of their time, they stand in the Acropolis area and carry the Erechtheion. The Erechtheion is best known for its vestibule, which is supported by six larger-than-life girl figures instead of [...]
Ikaria – The island of the (almost) immortals! An article by Jan Moir published in Dailymail on January 11, 2013 Honey for breakfast, anti-aging salads and lots of local red wine. Jan Moir met the islanders who are over 100 years old and who told him how they enjoy their [...]
The incredible balance of an icariotic fisherman at work! Everyone has heard of the legendary balance of fishermen or the legendary balance of sailors. This balance they have while doing their work aboard a ship is said to change even the way they walk. Here I found a fisherman just off the coast of [...]
