On the Uncertainty of Travel Advisories
Quite frequently government agencies publish travel advisories. They concern themselves mainly with the safety and health of their nationals.
Sloane Elliott
Sloane Elliott was an American born Yale-educated novelist, playwright, essayist. Born in 1930 in New York City and permanently moved to Greece in the 1960's. In 1979, he bought the The Athenian title and operated as Chief Editor.
Watching CI-NI-NI: The View from the Bridge
In 1989 Constantine Karamanlis caused some nervous knuckle-cracking around here when he said that Greece reminded him of an enormous madhouse. He was a private citizen then, and people were willing to believe that the National Savior be allowed his fit of pique from the vantage of well-earned retirement.
1991 – The Year of the Tightrope
On the eve of a new year, some people sing, others drink; some feast and others dance. Greeks, whose passion for all the pleasures of life is proverbial, do these things – and more.
A Spirit of Place
Surely Lawrence Durrell stood in celebration of life. He said that he learned this wisdom in Greece, but he was always a leg-puller and one can’t quite be sure.
Walking Out
When Prime Minister Mitsotakis left in mid-September on his ill-fated trip to Japan to support Athens’ bid for the 1996 Olympics, he appealed for a few days’ truce since the political scene was heating up over the austere social security bill.
The Retsinagones and the Coca-Colympics, or Martin Luther King, Jr, Zei
At midday on September 18, a warm clear late summer day, crowds of young people carrying flags had gathered in Syntagma and Omonia Squares. In Piraeus, ships were deck out with pennants.
The 1996 Olympics: the Bid and the Challenge
With only a few weeks to go until the final decision as to who will host the 1996 ‘Golden Olympics’, Greece is resorting to a number of political and public relations moves in an attempt to convince the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that it is best suited to stage the Games.
In Search of an Apprentice
In order to get a proper perspective on anything happening in Greece today, it is best to start several thousand years back.
Bruce and Tad Lansdale: Stewards of the Land
This year the American Farm School is celebrating its 85th anniversary. It also marks the departure of Director Bruce Lansdale and his wife, Tad. During their devoted 35-year stewardship the School has become an agricultural institution of worldwide importance.
Athens: The Human Resource
Like city people everywhere, Athenians go through periods when they revel in self-criticism. They like to think they have the most polluted atmosphere, the noisiest streets, the most congested traffic jams, the fewest green areas, and the greatest concentrations of concrete.
