This is the third in a series of posts about Greek woes after Greek Myths Part 1 and Why Is Coffee So Expensive in Greece. Unlike the sympathetic previous articles, this makes uncomfortable reading for a Greek. Just to recap: the reason Greece is in such a mess is threefold: the euro allowed the country […]
Bizzare Cyclades
Well, let’s have some fun. Enough of folk history, beach images and island art. There were moments in my Greek trip – which I have milked so much this summer – that made me laugh or strain my neck incredulously. First some odd signs. Let me elaborate: I first went to Paradise on Mykonos, when […]
The chimney pots of Sifnos
Sifnos is rather unique in the variety of ways its people decorate their chimney pots, called flaroi locally. The island is well-known amongst the Cyclades for its pottery with many a household boasting that its pots come from Sifnos. It is to such extravagant creations of clay that the Sifniotes have resorted to putting on […]