De-boarding the ferry from Athens, the only clues to Santorini that were visible from the port were the giant rocks, behind which we could only assume was the rest of the island, and the sea that we had just crossed….
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good morning view
Before anything else, I want to show you what I saw every morning when I first opened the door of our tiny Santorini cave house. Blue of a hundred gradients, each so rich they’re royal. The soft heat of a…
planes, trains and…ferry boats: getting from athens to santorini
Darkness still hung over Athens as we sleepily rolled our suitcases out of the hotel and down the uneven, cracked sidewalks on our second morning. When we reached the nearby metro, the sky and traffic were just waking up. The early…
legacy on mars hill
In a place like Greece, it’s impossible to disregard history – the country’s or your own. The legacy of the Greeks has outlasted their empire and from architecture to ideologies, their work permeates the modern Western world. Visiting Mars Hill,…
just imagine
If you ever wondered what my life as a student in Paris was like, this new video by my graduate alma mater, The American University of Paris, depicts it finely. From featuring my favorite crepe man to picnics on the…
the parthenon
The one definite to-do on our Athens list was the Acropilis (which literally means high place) and its Parthenon. Personally, I get a lot of the ancient sites mixed up. What I do know is that they’re, well, ancient and…