Report and photos by Edith Bühler Jud The small spaghetti festival is preceded by two months of intensive cleaning work by volunteers in the village of Faros and its beach. Faros and the surrounding area is totally spruced up. Faros shines! There are no papers, cigarette butts, rusty parts of [...]
While browsing on the internet I came across this somewhat older but nonetheless exciting and still current article about Ikaria. I was amazed when I even found myself mentioned by name! Alex von Roll gives a nice insight into the living conditions of the Ikariotes, the role of women, the [...]
A report from Xenia I belong to the generation that grew up with Maya the Bee. Of course I don't know whether this played a role, but I wanted to get involved in beekeeping before I moved from Athens to Ikaria. As soon as we were on the island and [...]
Old iron… „Do you want to come along? We're going for a ride on old motorcycles on Sunday... Is your XL older than 30 years? We'll meet at 11 a.m. in Christos on the Plateia." At 11.30 a.m. sharp, I was at the village square on the agreed day - [...]
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. The crisis has [...]
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 [...]
