Sunday Travelers Tales

Travelers Tales: [ My dear readers, Probably  you haven't noticed but the Instagram account Sunday Travelers Tales is not fully updated with this blog. This happened meanwhile I was transitioning from my personal Instagram account (mariaklavariotiart) where i shared my traveling experiences to the new account which is exclusively about traveling. There are so many lovely photos that I would like to share with you from the 3 destinations not mentioned on Instagram so far. So for the next three weeks I will be posting about Episodes 1, 2 and 3 which refer to the islands of Leipsoi, Skiathos and Kornos (Cyprus). After this I will be returning with a brand new episode. Stay tuned to find out where Sunday Travelers Tales will be traveling next...   Until we meet again in one of our traveling locations, wishing you my very best! MK] PS. Please visit my profile on Instagram to have a look at the photo gallery from Sunday Travelers Tales destinations -->...

Travelers Tales: [ My dear readers, At the Centre of Craftsmanship This week we are changing our route. From Odysseus’ Ithaca, adventures and myths we are going somewhere cooler and way above the sea level to cool off the hot Cypriot August days. I am delighted to give you a tour to a village with a history going very deep in the centuries. So follow me to take a tour along the stone paths of Lefkara. Lefkara is a mountain village located on the southern slopes of Troodos Mountains. It belongs in the District of Larnaca and it is splitted into two administrative regions: Pano Lefkara and Kato Lefkara which means upper and lower. In total there are about 1100 permanent residents leaving there.      Lefkara village is considered on UNESCO’s cultural heritage list and it is truly a very beautiful and picturesque place. The village is named after the white of its silica and limestone. The name Lefkara comes from the Greek words “lefka ori” which means Whit...

Travelers Tales: [Hey guys, so you didn't actually believe that I would leave you with just one piece on the Kingdom of the Great Odysseus? Yes that's right, we are staying for one more week in beautiful Ithaca to discover and talk about the Myths that lay beneath.    When I first got the idea of traveling to Ithaca I was really excited. Not only because I knew I would love the island's natural beauty since the Ionian islands are famous for their fantastic turquoise beaches drowned in greeneries and endless blue scapes. But also because of the great myth that connects the island of Ithaca with Homer's epic poem Odyssey. Since our school years, here in Cyprus, we were taught about Cavafy's Ithaca. So many hours spent analyzing the meanings and lessons resulting from his words. His lyrics became a life's guidance and way of thinking. Here are a few pieces from the poem translated in English (from the site:   https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ithaki-ith...

Gidaki beach Travelers Tales: [ Dear fellow travellers,   Brace yourselves because this week we are traveling together to the land of Odysseus. The land for which the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy got inspired and wrote his famous poem “Ithaka” [1].  Odysseus according to the Greek Mythology was the King of Ithaca, a very clever man; a true hero. Odysseus after the fall of Troy and the end of the ten-year Trojan War begins his journey back home. It takes him another ten years to reach Ithaca. His adventures are described in Homers Odyssey. Ithaca belongs to the Eptanisa complex and is located in the Ionian Sea. It is the second smallest of the seven main Ionian Islands after Paxoi. After the catastrophic earthquake of 1953 which ruined entire towns and villages in Ithaca, hundreds of people migrated leaving the island with around 3000 permanent residents. As a result of this catastrophe the island remained sparsely populated and the houses are not allowed t...