Good news for all of you who want to go to Greece by train: CFR (Romanian Railways) has opened again the direct route from Bucharest via Sofia to Thessaloniki. The route is open between Jun 2 and Sep 29, 2017. The departure on Friday: — 12:45 pm — arrives in Thessaloniki at 6:30 am the…

The Taint of Midas is the second book by Anne Zourodi that I have the pleasure of reading. I started the book on the last day of 2013 and barely made myself put it down. I finished it on Jan 2. It felt amazing to read a hard copy. Not to mention, the story kept…

Having already read Crete- A Notebook (January this year) and Rhodes-A Notebook (in June this year) I was slightly afraid I’d re-reading some stuff all over again. But I was wrong; while the books on Crete and Rhodes do contain some stories which are also in the Greek Islands book, there is enough fresh content…