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Fri, 16 Jan 2015 | By vagabondstoo | Views [933]
ARCHEOLOGY WAS A GENTLEMAN’S GAME in the late 19th Century with few rules. It took money and good contacts to mount an expedition and Arthur Evans had both, plus a bit of lucky timing. Crete had just won independence from Turkey and ... Read more >
Thu, 15 Jan 2015 | By vagabondstoo | Views [799]
A FLIGHT FROM RHODES TO CRETE, VIA ATHENS of course, costs a bit more than the ferry but takes a only a few hours rather than a full day. We are staying at the Kastro Hotel, well-appointed and centrally located in Heraklion or Irákleio, ... Read more >
Tue, 13 Jan 2015 | By vagabondstoo | Views [781]
SUNDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY WE’VE BEEN WARM since Santorini. It wasn’t quite shirtsleeve weather but our polarfleece vests were enough as we headed off for Old Town Rhodes. The history of Rhodes goes back 2500 years. It was ... Read more >
Sun, 11 Jan 2015 | By vagabondstoo | Views [832]
AFTER ANOTHER NIGHT WITH JACOB IN PATMOS we took the five-hour ferry ride to Rhodes. We are splurging at the Best Western in the New City, four stars but still only $50 a night with a great breakfast spread. The location is perfect. ... Read more >
Thu, 8 Jan 2015 | By vagabondstoo | Views [698]
“IT NEVER GETS THIS COLD ON SAMOS,” everyone kept telling us. But there it was, a few degrees below freezing with blustery winds from the north. Despite the weather we zipped up our parkas, pulled down our hats and set off on ... Read more >
Tue, 6 Jan 2015 | By vagabondstoo | Views [974]
WE WEREN’T THE FIRST TO BE SHANGHAI’D TO PATMOS. Way back in 95 AD the Romans exiled a Christian named John from Ephesus to our tiny island in the Dodecanese. Brother of the man who would be known as St. James, John the Evangelist ... Read more >
Wed, 31 Dec 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [924]
ONLY STRAY CATS AND VAGABONDS GO TO MYKONOS in the winter. (We haven't seen any mad dogs or Englishmen.) Party Central in the summer, Mykonos was more of a ghost town when our ferry arrived on Sunday. Most of the hotels are ... Read more >
Thu, 25 Dec 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [807]
IF YOU ARE DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS in the Greek Isles, look no farther than Santorini. No, it won’t snow but the blindingly white buildings clinging to the volcanic cliffs silhouetted against the cobalt sky are a pretty good substitute. ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Dec 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [940]
CORFU IS ACTUALLY CLOSER TO ALBANIA THAN MAINLAND GREECE and we can see the snow-capped mountains across the water. Corfu has been, in turn, Roman, Byzantine, Gothic and Norman, Venetian, French and British before becoming Greek. Today the ... Read more >
Thu, 18 Dec 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By kristietheglobetrotter | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Over the last decade, travel and photography has become a passion and hobby of mine. My "day job" is being a social worker working for a non-profit organization in Chicago focusing on cancer prevention policies. I often wonder how I can make my dreams ...
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Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By travelmemories | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
It is a unique chance for me to combine two secret loves, traveling to landscapes of exceptional beauty and photo shooting. As people say, i am a person full of fantasy and emotions and these are key elements which i am trying to implement in my photos....
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Sun, 23 Nov 2014 | By theodoros | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am a librarian and an English teacher and I would like to be chosen because I believe that I have never done something extreme and breathtaking. This would be a chance for me to live something that will be a unique experience and will surely change ...
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Sat, 22 Nov 2014 | By alaskarue | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I know three irrevocable things about myself: I am pulled by the forces of sugar, enthralled by the things that demand immortality, and lured by the promise of the other side. Writing and traveling have always been my bare bones; they’ve merged and danced ...
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Sat, 22 Nov 2014 | By maniek | Photo Gallery
It was a great week spent with the best travel partner someone could ever have!
http://journals.worldnomads.com/maniek/story/124096/Greece/A-homeless-time-Part-1
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