Generally as a tourist you’d probably tend to avoid travelling to a country during an election period, but as a traveller who goes on three-week plus trips, sometimes, you can’t avoid them. I’ve been in four elections in four different countries. In 1997, I witnessed a phenomenon rarer than El Niño: Chilean Parliamentary elections – only […]
A tale of Crime and Punishment on Skopelos
I’m often surprised at the depth of history behind any small church in any village in Greece. Certainly in places like Spain, France or Germany they’d have a plaque or a board with a long historical exposition, a detailed brochure and maybe a trail leading up to it. In Greece, you’ll have to conduct your […]
Greek Press Conference at the World Travel Market 2014
The Greek Press Conference At the 2014 World Travel Market marked a return to the good old days – and by that I mean pre-crisis. In those days the main worries and questions centred upon whether Greece is good value with respect to Turkey, Tunisia or Egypt. Since 2009 the focus had been on the […]