Peloponnese 2023, part 14 (Diros, Areopoli, Kelefa, Oitylo, Lagada)
The Diros Caves are located on the southern side of the bay of the same name, on the western coast of the Mani Peninsula. They consist »
Leskovac (Serbia) 2025, part 1 (Leskovac)
Both of my parents were born in Leskovac, south Serbia. My father's parents belonged to old, native families, while my mother's family had “settled” there during »
Peloponnese 2023, part 13 (Mystras, Diros)
The previous sequel of my stories about the trip around the Peloponnese in September 2023 ended with a photograph from January 2013, when I first visited »
Peloponnese 2023, part 12 (Sparta, Mystras)
Modern Sparta has almost no connection with ancient Sparta. For starters, modern Greeks are wiser than their Spartan ancestors and hedonism is an important part of »
Peloponnese 2023, part 11 (Elafonisos, Gefira, Sparta)
Simos Beach on the southeast coast of Elafonisos island is quite large and consists of a couple of different sections, so you can access it from »