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Mount Athos
My journey, indeed my pilgrimage to Mount Athos, was an authentic experience, in the full sense of the word.
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The Real Zorba
Beyond the film “Zorba the Greek” there is the myth, and beyond the myth, it is the true story of the character which is hidden, as we can guess… somewhere.
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Stray cats
Visitors to Greece have all observed the omnipresence, not always discreet it must be said, of animals that in the land of the Myrmidónes are called simply “adéspota”; literally: those who have no master. In other words, they do not live under… the authority of a despot, who is moreover a member of the human race.
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Thirean Matins
It’s been over fifteen years since I last visited the Cyclades in the summer. And this is understandable, I’d even say it’s understandable… more and more. And as for Mykonos and Santorini, quite simply, I haven’t been there since 1990.
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Consanguines and Affines in War
A look back at history in this turbulent time. August-September 1922. 103 years ago, the Greco-Turkish War in Asia Minor ended. It was, in a sense, an inaugural one for both countries. The new Greece… and thus the new Türkiye.
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Goodbye Tourism
In August 1929, Édouard Herriot, former French Prime Minister, then mayor of Lyon and head of the Parti radical, arrived by route in Greece for a pleasure trip on board his luxurious Hispano-Suiza course car.