It is the time when Corfu brings out to light all its natural and cultural beauty.
Nowadays, it’s possible to travel chiefly for recreation. Longer ago, however, travel had additional importance. The journals and observations of travelers of years past constitute an important, and sometimes unique source of information about a country’s historical situation. You will find ample evidence of this even in the first few pages of “Foreign Travelers in Greece, from A.D. 333 to A.D. 1821,” by Kyriakos Simopoulos. The detailed and often remarkable descriptions left by travelers over the years are surprising. In this worthy volume, you will encounter many stories about pirates, sea battles, treasure hunting, and unexpected...
Compared to ultra modern fabrics with their invisible weave, the traditional loom with its clean, distinct strands looks ancient. And indeed it is!
The history of the loom starts as early as the mid- seventh millennium. The patroness of weaving in ancient times seems to have been the Goddess Athena, so called "Athena Ergane." Also, all the Minoan and Mycenaean palaces of the second millennium had workshops with vertical looms. Possibly the first mention of weaving within the Greek literary tradition is in Homer’s Odyssey, as the faithful Penelope wove during day and during the night unraveled what she had woven, confounding her...
From a "war contrivance" of the early tribes of Ethiopia, who chew a kind of handmade dollops from coffee beans to gain strength to the "coffee to go" of modern cities, coffee, the second beverage in consumption after water, has become an art.
Espresso single or double, with or without caffeine, cinnamon or nutmeg for the gourmet friends of coffee, with or without sugar, frappe or Irish with a few drops of alcohol, the options are many. However, Greek coffee is always in our hearts, the heart of the Greeks. This is no coincidence. Greek coffee was introduced in our life during the Ottoman Empire. In Northern Greece, the Greeks included...
