Madam Rallou is agitated. “A Greek komboloï is not a worry-bead” she insists. It’s a mistranslation. Write it down”. I’ve arrived in Nafplion, one-and-a-half hours out of Athens, below the ancient Mycenae and Argos. It’s December, there is an astonishing 20C outside and I’m visiting Greece’s first and only worry-bead, sorry komboloï, museum. Madam Rallou […]
My Interview with My Destination
A interview of mine with Will Jones of MyDestination can be found below Interview With Travel Writer John Malathronas It took place over an hour on the fifth floor of Waterstones, Piccadilly. What the interview doesn’t mention is that it was squeezed between the Christmas lunch of the German Tourist Board and the Travmedia Christmas […]
Homage to Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer, the best known Brazilian architect, would have been 105 on December 15, 2012. He didn’t make it, dying on Dec 5th. It’s about the only deadline he didn’t meet. I have personally sought out most of his buildings in Rio, Brasília and elsewhere, and have been mightily impressed by his vision and style. […]