Tag: Europe
-
Sunrise, Sunset on Santorini
Santorini days are bookmarked by some of the most majestic sunrises and sunsets I have ever seen. During the ten marvelous days we spent on this legendary Greek island, our sole task was to decide how to spend the time in between. And so we filled our agenda with a Santorini cooking class, learning how…
-
Photo du Jour: The Santorini Donkey
A donkey, decked out in colorful beads and an evil-eye amulet, awaits the day’s passengers on the stairs leading up to the village of Fira, on the island of Santorini. When visitors arrive to Santorini’s Old Port via cruise ship or boat, they have three ways to make it up to the town of Fira:…
-
Savoring the Sunset at Greece’s Meteora Monasteries
As we looked into the sea of Meteora’s dramatic rock formations illuminated by the setting sun, our Greek host, George, asked the five of us to observe two minutes of silence. Up until then, we’d been marveling at the beauty of Meteora’s monasteries perched atop the sheer rocks, snapping photographs, and continuing conversations started earlier…
-
Hiking to Greece’s Majestic Meteora Monasteries
The monasteries of Meteora, Greece offer an impressive blend of natural and human-made beauty. Incredibly, some of these Eastern-Orthodox monasteries have crowned the tops of Meteora’s otherworldly rock formations for more than 700 years. Monks who were trying to escape persecution originally built 24 monasteries in this part of central Greece. Over the centuries, weather…
-
Photo du Jour: A Rock Climber Conquers Adrachti, in Meteora, Greece
“It’s not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it.” Gustav Mahler Look carefully at the top of this dramatic, finger-like rock formation, and you’ll see a tiny human silhouette.
-
Mingling Over Macedonian Wines: A Wine Tasting & Lecture in Skopje
North Macedonia’s legacy of winemaking goes back to the 13th Century BCE, and today the southeast European nation’s industry is witnessing a rebirth. On our first night in the country’s capital, Skopje, we were lucky to be taken under the wing of Ivana Simjanovska, one of the country’s foremost wine experts, as we attended a wine…
