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Dehellenization
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret—known as Le Corbusier—once visited Greece to discover “Air, Sound, and Light,” as he described in the famous address he delivered at the Athens Polytechnic during the Fourth Congress of Modern Architecture in the summer of 1933.
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Byzantium
In Greece, starting with its ancient Morea, it sometimes feels like… it’s still Byzantium. The setting is certainly there, with its old palaces overlooking olive groves and ancient fortifications, the kind once thought impregnable. No doubt, the modern visitor is quite captivated.
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May in Thessaly
May in Thessaly is, as they like to say, “ideal for sightseeing,” characterized by sunny weather for almost three weeks and mild temperatures, with averages ranging from 13 to 25°C. This, of course, is according to the usual clichés and stereotypes.
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To die a hero
In this perilous Greek winter, the Pindus massif in Thessaly has already been draped in a thick blanket of snow, “immaculate and silent as it should be” according to visitors!
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The end of feta
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful little country that was newly open to visitors, one that people were happy to discover, including through its traditional feta.