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Athens
The Woman who “Cooks Art”
Life under the shade of the Acropolis Yards with jasmine shrubs and vines, people living quietly, streets featuring tourist shops, and many cats all co-exist along a narrow alley just five minutes away from downtown Athens.
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History
So, It’s True. Aristotle Did Exist…
Last Thursday, the server hosting Kathimerini English Edition’s website (ekathimerini.com) crashed under the weight of visitors from across the world. The reason for the unprecedented interest was an announcement by a Greek archaeologist that a monumental grave excavated in 1996 at Stageira, the birthplace of Aristotle
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Athens
Philopappou, a Fine Getaway within the City
I bless my Cocker Spaniel, Gieki, and my mixed-breed Blacky for many reasons. Dog owners understand why. For over twenty years (at first with Gieki, and now with Blacky) they have accompanied me on these hills every single morning
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Activities
Rendezvous in Thissio Every Friday
Night for Group Cycling
Freeday team is open to all It was ten in the evening. Roughly 200 of us had gathered. Another similar-sized group also happened to be cycling in the area.
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The Out-of-Towners: Dimitri Boulenger
Dimitri Boulenger is an Athens-based Osteopath of Belgium heritage who has lived in Brussels, Paris and Maidstone but makes no secret of his preference for Greece. As the featured Out-of-Towner this week, he shares his own experience of what he loves most about the country he now calls home. Name Dimitri Boulenger Profession Osteopath Life status Married with two children (13 and a half years of age and 16 years)…
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Destinations
Three Friends Find Serenity at Lake Doxa
On a Friday afternoon, just as April had begun, two of my friends and I took the road to the village of Trikala at the mountains of Corinth, in northeast Peloponnese.
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The Out-of-Towners: Laertis Vassiliou
Albanian actor / director Laertis Vassiliou has made Greece his home away from home, gaining a strong following for his various theatrical projects,
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The Out-of-Towners: Sylvia Jagtman
For the love of travel, adventure and olive oil, Sylvia Jagtman has made Samos island her home and for years has enjoyed introducing foreign visitors from around the world to her adopted land.
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