After the cloudy mood of the past few weeks, a more casual for Greece, brilliant day finally rose over the peninsula of Attica this morning. The bright sky in combination with the mild, November temperature made a perfect day to do some hiking. At 8 am, I met in Syntagma Square, downtown Athens, the folks from the Mountaineering Club of Athens. All 35 individuals who made … [Read more...]
Border Collie: the most intelligent dog breed – demonstration of sheep herding
The Border Collie is a herding dog breed descended from landrace Collies, a type of dog found widely in the British Islands. It is often acclaimed as the world's most intelligent dog. Besides its intelligence, it's also acknowledged for its obedience, agility, and energetic temperament. The Border Collie breed was originally developed in the Anglo-Scotish border region, … [Read more...]
Agora Hostel Pompei – Review
While I was recently jaunting around the province of Campania in Southern Italy, I happened to be passing by the town of Pompei. Originally, I was intending to spend in this town no more than a couple of days - just as much time I'd need to visit the site of the renown city of ancient Pompei and climb the notorious Vesuvius Volcano. Yet, I ended up extending my stay there a … [Read more...]
How to carry a Guitar on a RyanAir flight free-of-charge
The ones of you who happen to be musicians must know how frustrating it is to be asked to pay an insane sum of money just to carry your favorite instrument onboard every time you are taking a trip. Especially when your flight provider is one of the 'cheap' airlines (WizzAir, EasyJet, RyanAir etc) matters get the worse. Such companies use the so-called lure-and-rip-off tactics … [Read more...]
A Trip to Geraneia Mountains
It was an inexorably hot summer Saturday morning in Athens. All the roads leading out of the urban area were flooded by folks surging out of the city, seeking refuge from the heat at the country's numerous beaches. On one of those roads were we also, for the moment trapped inside the car which resembled an oven, slowly moving along with the dense traffic jam. Unlike most of the … [Read more...]
The Oak Intelligence – New Incredible Findings on how the Oak Tree deals with its Life
Few species of trees have been celebrated and revered throughout history by humanity as much as the species of Quercus, the Oak Trees. Jewish, Greek, Celtic, Baltic, Slavic, Nordic, and many other ancient people, all held a very sacred notion related to this gorgeous tree. Till this very day, Oaks are commonly found depicted in many national and regional emblems and symbols of … [Read more...]
Climbing Mount Cithaeron
Mount Cithaeron is a mountain located north of Athens, of which the highest peak, known as "Profitis Ilias" or "Elatias", rises to 1409 AMSL. The homonymous, elongated mountain range to which it belongs used to form the boundary between the territories of Athens and Thebes in ancient times; and the border between the Greek prefectures of Attica and … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Aigaleo in Athens
A sunny and peaceful Saturday morning... and we were driving our way out from Athens. Our destination was the Gereneia Mountains on the west border of Attica; however, there was only a tiny portion of the distance separating us from our destination we got to cover, after all. As the car was rolling along the highway by the outskirts of the city, that rolling of it started to … [Read more...]
A Citizen of Ankara Testifying his Witnessing the Coup of 15th July
Downtown Athens the other day, I was having some pints with some friends. One of them was Alperen from Ankara. Knowledgeable guy and good interlocutor as he was, we soon engaged in a very interesting conversation on the imminent referendum and other current Turkish matters. The whole thing got intriguing for good when he acquainted me the fact of his home being in great … [Read more...]
Momondo and Tripado review (Not to be Trusted under any Circumstances!)
I am writing this review not because it is my habit to be writing reviews in general, nor because I am going to particularly enjoy writing such a thing, but simply because I had a so outrageously exasperating customer experience with the mentioned companies that I feel obliged to let it in public and maybe help some people to avoid experiencing similar issues. I had used … [Read more...]
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