Greece

[ Sept.2013 ] What do you think this strange building is? It is a pigeon house. Tinos is famous for these houses. I was imagining that they had a romantic custom to keep carrier pigeons,…

[ Sept.2013 ] The last place we went with the tour in Tinos was a village called Pyrgos in the north of the island. Around here they produce marble and this particular village is famous…

[ Sept.2013 ] There was an outdoor theatre on the outskirts of a village we visited with the tour in Tinos. It looked like an ancient stadium, but this one was new and used particularly…

[ Sept.2013 ] From Mykonos, we joined a tour to Tinos. The main attraction here is Church of Panagia Evangelistria whose icon of the Annunciation does miracles. The icon itself which was discovered on the…

When we walked around the town of Mykonos, I saw one Oriental woman wearing exacly the same Uniqlo T-shirts I was wearing on the day at a distance. I can understand that if this happens…

[ Sept.2013 ] There is a theatre called Apollo in Ermoupoli in Syros. I heard that it was possible to visit, so we went in, which cost 4 euro. Then we understood that there was…

[ Sept.2013 ] Ano Syros is an old town on the hill behind Ermoupoli, the main town in Syros island. Venetian people built this as a part of Duchy of Naxos in the beginning of…

[ Sept.2013 ] One of the places we looked for in Ermoupoli in Syros was a church called Kimisis tis Theotokou, which has got a painting by famous painter El Greco. His religious painting itself…

[ Sept.2013 ] In Ermoupoli in Syros island, ordinary people live normally. There are many islands where the tourists are the leading characters, but not here. This is the capital of Cyclades Islands and the…