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Kat Made an interesting post today on livingingreece.grCheck it out:
It’s only noon and already 27°C (81°F) in Athens…and rising! Perfect weather for trick or treating without looking like a nerd and wearing long underwear or a jacket under your costume, but of course we don’t celebrate Halloween in Greece.
Some American schools and […]

Kat Made a great post today on livingingreece.grCheck it out:
Most people who vacation in Greece have tales of equal parts debauchery and zen, great food and swimming in emerald seas. Not me.
After 10 years of enjoying peace and quiet during the city summer exodus, I’d been looking forward to more of the […]

Kat Wrote an interesting post today on livingingreece.grThe first paragraph is here:
Archaeological sites and museums all over Greece are open late each year on one hot August night to celebrate the largest and most luminous la luna. This year, that night is August 16.*
Whether you prefer to keep it low key and hum […]

Kat Made an interesting post today on livingingreece.grThe first few lines are here:
Residents might want to think twice about how they order takeaway food as a way to safeguard their home, with the recent spike in burglaries coinciding with Greek cities going empty in August.
A number of homes in the northern and suburbs […]

Kat Made an interesting post today on livingingreece.grRead this summary:
Our home in the southern suburbs of Athens is close to the mountains and minutes from the beach, which many believe is envious. I’m not convinced of that.
Sure, I like the sight of trees from my window, the walking trail and the open […]

Kat Blogged something interesting today on livingingreece.grThe first few lines….
Residents of Ioannina, Volos, Larissa, Iraklion, Hania, Patras, Kavala, Serres, Thessaloniki and Piraeus
What is the biggest problem?
48 percent, traffic
15 percent, unemployment
15 percent, cleanliness
13 percent, pollution
General view of your city?
90 percent, parking is “a very big problem”
80 percent, life is too expensive
80 percent, ample […]

grhomeboy Blogged about a good topic today on grhomeboy.wordpress.comHere’s a quick excerpt:
Internationally renowned Agnes Baltsa is scheduled to interpret Greek songs at the Athens Concert Hall on Thursday.
“Songs of My Country” will be revived at the Athens Concert Hall this week, under the tutelage of the internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa along […]

grhomeboy Blogged about a good topic today on grhomeboy.wordpress.comThe first paragraph….
An intriguing festival organized by the Goethe institutes of Southeastern Europe comes to Athens > Berliner Joy Gutthardt’s performances explore stereotypes of the female gender. The artist is one of many German performers who will be coming to Athens for the Genderpop […]

grhomeboy Blogged about a good topic today on grhomeboy.wordpress.comThe first paragraph is here:
The annual Thessaloniki Documentary Festival opens tonight by honoring celebrated Greek-Cypriot director Michael Cacoyannis, famous for his screen adaptations of ancient dramas. In total, 158 movies will be shown during the increasingly popular 10-day festival that will also host numerous tributes, […]

Kat Did an interesting post today on americaninathens.wordpress.comRead this summary….
My connection to the poem “Hellas” by Percy Bysshe Shelley spans 20 years and grows with each unexpected turn in this journey called life.
It started in high school, while acquainting myself with the Romantic period and developing a particular fondness for Shelley and […]