In Greece, Easter is the main religious celebration of the year. The Greek Orthodox church usually celebrates Easter at a different time than Western Christianity. This year, Orthodox Good Friday falls on April 10 and Easter Sunday on April 12, whereas for Western Christians the dates are April 3 and April 5. Greek Easter is […]
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Research shows that the Mediterranean diet which includes about four tablespoons of olive oil a day as the main source of fat, along with lots of vegetables, fish and very little red meat, butter or processed grains, can reduce the risk of a serious heart attack by 25%. Olive oil is good for the heart […]
This coming Sunday, March 29, at 03:00 in Greece (01:00 in the UK), clocks go forward one hour. The bad news is we will lose an hour of sleep, but the good news is the evening daylight will extend by an hour. British Summer Time was first established by the ‘Summer Time Act of 1916’, […]
On this coming Saturday, March 28, between 20:30 and 21:30, lights will be turned off around the world for an hour to mark ‘Earth Hour’. Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organised by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to raise awareness of the environmental issues facing our planet. Earth Hour is one of the world’s […]
The war in the Middle East has started to hit flight bookings, with airlines saying that the soaring price of oil would probably mean a rise in air fares by the end of the summer. easyJet’s chief executive, Kenton Jarvis, said that while the airline had hedged much of its fuel into next year, avoiding […]
One of the most endearing and ancient Greek traditions and explicitly a way of life is ‘philoxenia’, which to this day sets Greece apart as a very special country to visit. Philoxenia is the value of hospitality, literally meaning ‘friend to a stranger’. There is much more to philoxenia than mere hospitality. Over the millennia […]
In recent years, the Greek islands have seen an ever-increasing number of ‘all-inclusive holidays’ being offered by the major tour operators. Whilst I understand the attraction of this format of holiday for some, such as families with young children, or those on a tight budget, they are sadly having a detrimental and irreversible effect on […]
As holiday companies endeavour to repatriate their customers caught up in the Middle East conflict, they are also cancelling March departures to Dubai, Qatar, Egypt (including Nile cruises) and Jordan, with summer flights dependent on the future situation in the Middle East. Concerning cruise companies such as MSC Cruises, Celestyal and TUI, they are also […]
