Taxibeat, the ultimate taxi app I travel to Athens several times a year and always keep my eyes peeled for new, interesting tips for my readers. Bus, taxi or metro? Depends on where you are. Anyway, these are the best means of transport in Athens. From the airport to the city or [...]
After the snow the rain Yes, that is Nas beach (Photo: Stamatis Melis) or rather, what is left of it. It must have looked something like this in ancient times when the pilgrim ships docked at the clearly visible harbor pier below the temple. We had an unusually dry summer in 2016, bad [...]
Snow in Ikaria Snow in Greece Ariadne is the name of the ongoing snowstorm in Greece. The old people say the last time it snowed so much was 60 years ago. It snowed so heavily on the islands of Euboea, Skopelos and Alonnissos that a state of emergency had to be declared. The [...]
A review and photos from Kirsten This September I started learning Greek on Ikaria. Picked up by car in Evdilos by Mihalis, the head of the Ikaria language center, the route continues through mountain villages on a dusty road to the center. Before we turn in there is a beautiful view of the sea [...]
A report on emigrating from Anna Avramidis The beauty often lies in simplicity, for example in laying a mandala on the beach, as my son Leander does here. I clearly remember a Friday evening two months ago when I arrived in the small village of Gialiskari on the Greek island of Ikaria with my [...]
I'm a little out of practice. It's been a long time since I wrote love letters and I certainly don't have any experience making my love public. But now I have to do it. I've been in love for a long time and now the moment has come for me to publicly declare myself, [...]
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. [...]
I often receive requests for tips on emigrating to Ikaria. Personally, I have lived here for 30 years, longer than I have ever lived in Switzerland, and would like to pass this concern on to the forum and the "newer" emigrants, as a lot has changed in terms of cars, registration, authorities, etc. Dear [...]
We dared! No no. I don't mean the number with the yes word, 19 years ago on that wonderful, sunny, clear autumn day in front of the Hamburg-Altona registry office. No, we're talking about April 7, 2012, when we set off on the journey to Greece in the old Opel [...]
