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KRAZY FOR KATSOUNA! No hike in the wilds of Crete or for that matter in the Hollywood Hills is truly complete without a traditional wooden Cretan shepherd’s crook, the katsouna. The katounas from Katsounes are all handmade by traditional island methods. They are super sturdy, functional and make very cool gifts for shepherds and non-shepherds alike.
A BIG OLD CHRISTIAN VICTORY! No cultural dive into Athens is complete without a detour to the aptly named Byzantine and Christian Museum, located on the edge of Aristotle’s Lyceum in the Pagrati flats. Check out the new temporary exhibition “Lepanto 1571”…the banner proudly proclaims “450 Years Since the Christian Victory” and indeed it was, for in that fateful year the Turks finally wrested Cyprus from the Venetians but at Lepanto (called Nafpaktos today) the fleet of the Holy League roundly clobbered them. Oh, there’s a cafe, too.
POLITICAL INTRIGUE!
…in which the former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, a big fan of red, assails the pandemic management record of the current one, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. This despite the fact that Tsipras has tested positive for coronavirus and Mitsotakis hastened to wish him well on Twitter; at issue is the arguably premature opening of Greek schools despite the distressing rise in “Omicron”cases country-wide.
ARTISANAL GREEK PASTOURNA…because sometimes prosciutto won’t do! This savory discovery made via the excellent “AB” supermarket e-shop.
GREEK DUDE WITH A PARROT!
MYKONOS ON YOUR MIND? The A-listers may have all decamped to St. Barts, but it’s not too soon to start thinking of delicacies like Sea Urchin & Avocado Toast, for “Each dish at @pere_ubu_mykonos is an invitation into contemporary Cycladic cuisine, a ‘kalesma’ to step into the now.”
