Travel

In the land of the Aesthetes: Take me to Lake Como!

 in Experiences / Hoteling / Italy / Savoir vivre / Travel  tagged Europe / Italy / The meaning of life / Travel

La Vita e Bella!

Ghika, Craxton, Leigh Fermor. Charmed lives in Greece…

 in Art & Culture / Cyprus / Travel  tagged Art / Artists / Corfu / Crete / Cyprus / Exhibition / Greece / Greek islands / Hydra / Kardamyli / Museums / Summer / Writer

“It was midsummer in that glaring white town, and the heat was explosive…”Mani. Partick Leigh Fermor

Chef’s Table!

 in Eat & Drink / Savoir vivre / Travel  tagged Ambiance / Drink / Europe / Food / France / Gastronomy / Paris / Travel / Wine

“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art”. Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Samothraki: Land of the Great Gods

 in Art & Culture / Eat & Drink / History / Travel  tagged Ancient History / Archaeology / Food / Greece / Greek islands / Summer / Travel

Quiet the mind and the soul will speak…

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

 in Art & Culture / Savoir vivre / Thoughts / Travel  tagged Ambiance / Athens / Books / Europe / Greece / Music / Opera / Travel

“Close your eyes and let the music set you free”. Phantom of the Opera

Majestic Spetses!

 in Art & Culture / Eat & Drink / Savoir vivre / Travel  tagged Drink / Food / Greece / Greek islands / Summer / Wine

Pleasingly graceful and stylish.

Champagne!

 in Eat & Drink / Travel  tagged Champagne / Drink / Europe / France / Gastronomy / Wine

“In victory one deserves it; in defeat one needs it!” Napoleon 1769-1821

Paris! La vie est belle!

 in Art & Culture / Eat & Drink / Travel  tagged Books / Europe / Fashion / Flowers / France / Museums / Paris / Shopping / Travel

“Paris is always a good idea!” Audrey Hepburn

Nisyros

 in Experiences / Greece / Travel  tagged Greece / Greek islands / Summer / Travel

“We are, all of us, growing volcanos that approach the hour of their eruption, but how near or distant that is, nobody knows- not even God.” Friedrich Nietzsche