Do you remember that summer is coming tomorrow !? For the most dedicated workers we just suggest looking at the photos of Pavel Khomenskyi who had recently returned from Greece where in the morning they were tasting fresh gallatist, thyrotoids and tiganites. For lunch the travelers were enriched with knowledge of history and culture, and for a dinner they had a walk along the coast of the Jehoy Sea... Do you feel the sea breeze?
Airports, railway and bus stations are almost always erected at a human whim, while ports and harbours are joint creation of homo sapiens and nature. In this article OUTLOOK presents you the most beautiful port destinations with their own unique character worth exploring.
Unique millennial sights, delicious cuisine, beach outskirts - magnificent Athens offers its guests so many options for spending time that their eyes diverge which means there can be a lot of expenses. In order to at least roughly prepare for the financial side of a trip to this wonderful city, we talk about how and what our favorite conditional 10 dollars can be spent on.
Ancient Greece began with Mycenae and Crete, and the country's new history starts its record with Kalamata. It was the city where Turkish shackles were dumped for the first time, thus making way for independence. Kalamata is a place with its own temper. Within less than 200 years, it was rebuilt twice, and both times revival followed.
Often the Balkan countries are deemed to be something very close to us in terms of mentality, culture and traditions, that traveling there seems to be something second-rate, no match for a trip to Europe, or to some islands. However, today we would like to tell about magic Balkan cities that can compete with the much favoured tourist centres!
Traditional Greek cuisine is full of paradoxes. The menu of Greek taverns contradicts all the laws of healthy eating: the descendants of the Hellenes loved fried meat, sheep cheese and sweets, dine late, honor the god Dionysus - and remain slim and fit up to having gray hair. Do not be afraid to make a mistake when counting calories: national Greek dishes - a joy for body and soul!
Today, going on with series of articles dedicated to national enclaves living outside their homelands, we would like to tell about one of the most vibrant and tasteful neighbourhoods of New York City, culturally rich and diverse Astoria, usually nicknamed as the Little Greece.
Every fashion alters with time – same rule is true for national costumes. In Greece changes in national outfits were so drastic that ancient chitons and himations became totally lost and there is no way to tell them beneath volumes and multi-layered fustanellas and karagounas. And although one can hardly come across national dresses in the street, they still enjoy respect and are kept for special occasions.
Our cities are literally overfilled with concrete, glass and plastic. However, no matter how heavy-duty these construction materials are, sometimes the best foundation is nature. Today, OUTLOOK focuses on towns built "in" and "on" rocks.
