Tag: Partners
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Inside Diocletian’s Palace: A Walking Tour in Split, Croatia
In Split, Croatia, residents’ ancestries can be just as intriguing as the remnants of the city’s Roman palace — something that we discovered on a superb walking tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Our host for the afternoon, history-teacher-turned-guide, Dino Ivančić, exuded passion for Split’s history, yet we found that he’s rather modest about…
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Santorini Wine: From an Eruption to Effervescence
Each year, nearly half a million visitors flock to the striking island of Santorini. Many come to the legendary Greek island in search of black and red beaches, cool-blue infinity pools, and rugged cliffs speckled with whitewashed buildings. And many, I suspect, are unaware of the island’s intriguing and violent geological history, which shaped its tantalizing cuisine…
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Cooking with Class in Santorini: Discovering the Greek Island’s Unique Gastronomy
As we bid farewell to our charismatic Greek cooking class Sous-Chef, Daniel, he shared parting culinary wisdom with a twinkle in his eye: “Use your imagination and everything is possible. And remember – you needn’t measure – you must feel the taste.” We’d come to the elegant, highly-acclaimed Selene restaurant on sun-drenched Santorini, Greece. We would…
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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…
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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…
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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…
