Sometimes during an event we feel very intensely “God, it’s so beautiful! I wish more people could attend it!” That’s how we felt last Friday at the Lykeion during our event on Greek tradition.

The guide was amazing, she switched from English to German and then to French without hesitating when she [...]

You can’t imagine how excited I am!
I’ve just come home from the centre of Athens where I visited the Lyceum Club of Greek Women, which was founded in 1911 in Greece by Callirroe Parren,
a pioneer of the feminist movement in Greece and the first woman journalist.
The Lyceum is a volunteer organization which has, for 93 [...]

Kali Sarakosti!
artist: Spyros Vassiliou
As we have said before, we always wish  ‘KALO’ something or other, and these days can be no exception to the rule.
This wish means ” Happy Lent”  and it refers to Kathari Deftera( Clean Monday) when we start fasting. Now “fasting” means
very specific food that we eat on that day: seafood, pickles, [...]

As you can see in the photos, we always used to enjoy Carnival, especially when we were little and innocent! Carnival in Greece is a popular holiday with some history behind it (of course!), as in ancient times it was associated with Dionyssos, the god of wine and feast. Obviously, this god is still celebrated [...]

Just before Christmas we got together with a very ambitious plan:
we were determined to make the traditional Greek Christmas cookies called melomakarona and kourambiedes.
The task proved a highly challenging one…
…HOWEVER, WE MADE IT!!!
Even my mom, who, believe me, is a terribly strict judge, approved! The evening achieved its goal and we also had lots of [...]

If someone rings your doorbell early in the morning of  24, 31 December or 5 January, don’t think it’s a naughty neighbor determined to wake you up, it will probably be children singing the “calanda”, the Greek  Christmas carols. These are sung by groups of children or at least two, accompanied by little triangles, accordions, [...]

Now that Christmas is just around the corner, it’s time we learnt some things about Greek customs and traditions. Today’s story is about KALIKANTZARI.
They are the Greek elves; only not so benign. They are naughty and mischievous and they live in the center of the earth where they try to cut down the tree that [...]