Thessaloniki, formerly the Jerusalem of the Balkans
Thessaloniki, Greece is a city with a long history, which many nationalities have helped build over the centuries. The Greeks, the Turks, the Bulgarians, the Romans have all played major roles, but one group whose major contribution is at risk of being overlooked, because relatively few traces remain of its presence, is the Jews…
Eritrea : the Red Land country along the Red Sea!
Eritrea COUNTRY ROLL No 57 : Eritrea, the Red Land country along the Red Sea. We have not been to Eritrea yet. It is a country with an ancient trading history which would normally be of great touristic interest. The port city of Adulis was founded by the Greeks in 600. Its capital city, Asmara,…
Lojel Luggage ~ Luxurious, Lightweight & State-of-the-Art
LOJEL LUGGAGE ~ LUXURIOUS, LIGHTWEIGHT & STATE-OF-THE-ART I never thought of luggage as cool or sexy or trustworthy before. And thanks to the “soft-side” revolution, I always thought that the wise choice for weight-conscious traveling was to avoid “hard-sided” luggage. But that was before I met Lojel Luggage. Simply the act of packing my hot…
The autonomous polity of Mount Athos!
Mount Athos. In 1960, Greek shipping magnate Yannis Carras, aboard his three-mast 58-meter schooner yacht Carita (later renamed Argonaftis), decided to cruise north to the Mount Athos peninsula of the Halkidiki region of Greece to celebrate the 1,000 year anniversary of the establishment of monasteries around Mount Athos, I am instinctively intrigued by any…