Tag: Ikaria

• A Visit to an Ikarian Vineyard

  

  The person who first introduced me to Greece is Christopher Bakken, co-founder of Writing Workshops in Greece and author of Honey, Olives, Octopus. He is a 5-star Grecophile* whose knowledge of the country, the islands, the people, and the food is unparalleled by any American I’ve met, and I aspire to follow in his footsteps. *assuming 5-star…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  September 13, 2018

  food, Greece, travel

  driving in Greece, food, friendship, Greece, greek life, Ikaria, karemalis wine, parea, winery

• Blog from a Taverna Patio

  

  Kalimera, fili mou! (Good morning, friends!) As I write from this taverna overlooking the ocean, on the northwest corner of the island of Ikaria, I am overcome with gratitude–not only for being here in this moment, but also for arriving to a place that felt immediately familiar even though it’s not my Thassian home; it’s not Archodissa, or…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  September 6, 2018

  food, friendship, travel

  blessings, encounters with strangers, friends, German, God, Greece, greek friends, Ikaria, Nas, parea, photos, Taverna, Thea’s Inn