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Boeotia

Time to take a break from the cloister as the weather was really nice. The final view from the restaurant in the sunset showed us some hills, trees and the sea in the distance ... meanwhile, we had a Greek salad (of course)! Look at this lovely sunset over Mount...

0 0 , 5 years ago
Curiosities at Hosios Loukas

This is the last post from the monastery, I promise! There were just some curiosities that I think you would need to see: Sometimes it's the little things that you normally overlook walking by: This platoon of ants carrying a large breadcrumb seems insignificant next...

0 0 , 5 years ago
Osios Loukas Monastery - The Crypt

If you go downstairs, you will see the richly decorated crypt of the monastery: With its wide vault and floral as well as geometrical motives, it is surely an inspiring place, even if it may be a bit dark. This is the gravestone (taphos) of the holy man Loukas, though...

0 0 , 5 years ago
Inside Osios Loukas Monastery

Entering the monastery through the main entrance, you see the main nave flooded with light: Up high, you see the figure of Christ surrounded by angels and Biblical scenes in the corners, all in golden mosaics. A smaller nave behind the main one is plain, with only...

0 0 , 5 years ago
Santorini - Crazy moment

Santorini - A quick decision The morning in Santorini always has something tempting a half-professional traveller like me which I cannot resist doing something crazy. It is the warm sunshine in the midst of cold weather that creates a peaceful and gentle setting, and...

0 0 , 6 years ago
Santorini Travel Tips

Experience to travel in Santorini My photo - all rights reserved After a successful visit to Santorini I will share with you a bit of Santorini travel experience. First, I have to say that there are two main means to go to Santorini from Athens - Greece, that is the...

0 0 , 6 years ago
Santorini - Day One

Santorini- the first day in my heaven island. Explore Thira (Fira) At 1:00 am on April 10, 2017, my Ryanair airplane has finally landed at Santorini Airport. Before that trip, I and my friends have decided to save money as we were still “poor students” so we...

0 0 , 6 years ago
Santorini - A fairytale came true

Leave everything behind and get ready for a fairytale adventure. Santorini is the most popular island in Greece. It may be the most popular island in the world. There are few travel destinations that combine spectacular scenery, ancient cities, amazing restaurants, some...

2 0 , 6 years ago
Erasmus in Greece-A lifetime experience

Hello Everyone! I am Hina. I am an undergraduate student studying in Kayseri, Turkey. In this blog, I would like to share with you one of my life experience and that is my Erasmus experience in Greece. By the end of the blog, you will know more about the life of an...

1 0 , 6 years ago
This is what T.I.C.L.S. is about... A different education experience!

Welcome to The International Center for Leading Studies, an out-of-the-box dynamic Institution, of a network of accomplished Academicians from diverse fields, that share the passion of conveying their mature experience to the benefit of the next generations and...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Work and Travel Greece

Guys after i returned from my first 8 months placement in Malta, i think i stayed home around 2 months and i decided to head to Greece for another placement during the summer. Just so i explain you get 12 months for study and 12 months placement, i'v been in Malta 8, so...

0 0 , 7 years ago
Non-stop partying in Poseidi part 2

After finishing with the part one and the detailed information about what you should bring with you, the facilities and and the prices, now it's time to learn what is really going in the most crazy camping ever! I will make you something like a small diary of a weekend...

0 0 , 8 years ago
The awful conditions of Greek juvenile prisons

The following blog will be much more serious than all the others I have written until now, but I did it on purpose. Some years ago I had to write an essay about the situation in Greek juvenile prisons. I hadn't had a clue what is going on and generally how the system...

0 0 , 8 years ago
Delicious and easy chocolate cake with white chocolate glaze recipe.

So let's see how to prepare a delicious and easy chocolate cake with white chocolate glaze recipe! It is the favourite recipe of my mother and she often makes this kind of cake instead of buying birthday cakes! It is also the perfect breakfast or just a snack when you...

0 0 , 8 years ago
The Greeks' top 10 songs, according to Spotify

Today, I decided to write down some information about the Greeks' taste in music. Instead of referring to Greek musicians -which I might do in the future - I will use Spotify's data for my country and comment on the results. First, let me say that in Greece we didn't...

1 0 , 10 years ago
Greek Weddings

Last week, I was the maid of honour in a wedding, so I thought about writing you about my experience there, as well as inform you about certain greek wedding traditions. And, no,it's not that much like the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, although most foreign...

4 3 , 10 years ago
How I spent "Meat Thursday"

In another one of my entries, I have mentioned the so-called “Meat Thursday” and how we celebrate it by going to costume parties but, most of all, by eating lots of meat! The other day, on the 20thof February, it was meat Thursday, so we gathered at a family...

4 0 , 10 years ago
Easter in Greece

Many people falsely believe that us Greeks have our own Easter, because it is not celebrated on the same time period as most European countries. Well, this is not absolutely true. I mean, we do celebrate Easter on a different time, but it is not because it is greek...

3 0 , 10 years ago
17th of November

Those of you who were doing an erasmus in Greece during the first semester, might have noticed that on November 17th, you didn't have to go to the University and there were some manifestations in the centre of Athens and in other cities all around Greece. You might...

3 0 , 10 years ago
The 25th of March

The 25th of March is a very important holiday in Greece. Therefore, I will explain it to you, so that you know why you'll be having this day off. This is both a national and a religious holiday, which makes it even more important. The national holiday is about the...

3 0 , 10 years ago