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 9 (Monastery of Elona, Kosmas, Geraki, Gefira, Monemvasia)
The Elona Monastery in the Peloponnese, on the road from Leonidio to Kosmas, is an absolutely magnificent place, especially considering its location on the cliffs of »
Peloponnese 2023, part 8 (Agios Andreas, Tyros, Porto Sambatiki, Leonidio, Monastery of Elona)
I really don’t know, or rather I don’t remember, why it occurred to me to leave the main road while driving along the Arcadian »