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The icon tradition of the Orthodox church might seem as a conservative affaire. But sometimes truly charming stuff shows up. When I stayed at the Greek island Lesvos some years ago, we visited the main monastery on the island. In their museum they had several icons at display, of various quality and motifs. One of them is considered particularly ( Read more... )

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Some weeks ago I was told of this interesting course that is to be held at the same place in Greece where I spent a month in 2007 - namely Lesvos. The course I'm interested in, is in mid September this year. There are two different subjects to be discussed: Philosophy for non-philosophers and The mysteries, the wine and the sexuality. Not quite ( Read more... )

One of the most beautiful songs I know is by Mikis Theodorakis, a Greek composer born of the island of Chios. He's most know for his "Zorba the Greek" movie music, but he's also composed lots of choral and operatic work, fusing Greek folk tones with the classical tone of the west. Think Carmina Burana gone Greek ( Read more... )

I'm back home, after an amazing week in Greece. The Northern Aegean islands of Samos, Chios and Lesvos, to be exact. My main base was on Chios. It was all I hoped for, and more. I loved staying in Chios city, which is rather big for an island, and taking day trips to various places. And Chios Rooms, the place I stayed, made the visit perfect, ( Read more... )

I got the results from my exam in the "Introduction to conservation" course. That was super quick! I mean, they have 21 working days to work on it, so I expected to get the result in early January. But they came today. I'm so happy!! Because...

I got a B!!!!!!!!!And another thing which made me very happy: my roommate from Greece sent me the most ( Read more... )

I spent my summer on the Greek island of Lesvos, taking two university courses I lacked. And of course enjoying life.... I was there for a month, and it was one of the best months of my life. In this following link you can see the main convent, the Limónos, from above: http://www. ( Read more... )

So I arrived safely home yesterday, after having spent one glorious month in the Greek island of Lesvos. It's been one of the best months of my life, and though it's impossible to show how and why through pictures, I want to share a couple of them anyway:



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