AMORGOS, the easternmost island of the Greek Cyclades is a stunner,
with whitewashed houses, trestled alleyways and fiery rust sunsets ...
Kevin Raub in New York Post, 2010

Author archive for Wendula

  • Religious Festivals on Amorgos

    By Wendula on April 4, 2011
    Greece has several festivales known from the ancient time. Today, the Festivals in Greece have a religious core and are in agreement
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  • Sunrise in Greek economy? – Move to Amorgos!

    By Wendula on March 23, 2011
    Finance Minister Giorgos Papaconstantinou recently said: The Greek economy in 2011 will start to exit the recession,” Papaconstantinou told
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  • Hozoviotissa – A legend

    By Wendula on January 29, 2011
    Do you all know the game "Chinese Whispers"? It starts with a jolly table of at least eight. The first person whispers a sentence to the next. He then
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  • Save the ship!

    By Wendula on January 22, 2011
    Irony wants it that shipping and tourism are the primary sources of income for the Greek economy. And yet it's the ships that go on strike, and the ship
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  • Plumbing services on Amorgos

    By Wendula on December 14, 2010
    Over the past 15 years, one could say that some of the Amorgian locals took advantage of the building boom to upgrade their plumbing. Bathrooms and
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  • A regal Wedding on Amorgos

    By Wendula on October 19, 2010
    On Saturday 9th of October 2010 was held an amazing religious event on the island. Over 300 people from Amorgos were gathered in the church of Tholaria to accompany the future newly weds. The particularity of this event lay in the fact that the Archbishop in person, as well as several other important ecclesiastical personalities, was present for this wedding. […]
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  • Does water come from heaven?

    By Wendula on September 10, 2010
    If our modern European civilisation has taught us to enjoy the pleasure of running water when we open the tap for as long as we want, it has also made us unaware of the value of water. When we spend hours under the shower or in the bath, when we repeatedly wash our laundry, has it ever occurred to us […]
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