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In a little village in the north of Lesvos is a village – Filia, which in Greek means friendship. With a population of around 600-650 residents, here is the home of Filia Rose – a cottage industry based founded by Eleni Sivri. The roses – Damascus roses –...

Agiasos in autumn is my favourite time to visit this mountain village on our favourite Greek island, Lesvos. “Located on the slopes of Mount Olympus at an altitude of 475 meters and 27 kilometers from Mytilini, Agiasos has exceptionally rich vegetation, traditional architecture...

Plomari is a picturesque town in Lesvos, one of the best Greek Islands to travel and enjoy the authentic Greek countryside life.

Today is Greek Orthodox Good Friday.⁠⁠Many adult Orthodox Christians observe Good Friday with fasting, prayer, cleanliness, self-examination, confession and good works. ⁠ The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America celebrates the Passion of Christ, or the last moments of his life...

As promised…your weekly travel inspiration: Travel Desktop Backgrounds! Every week I’ll post a new post with the week’s new Desktop photo, for you to download and use as a Desktop Background. Here’s this weeks: Mytiline, Lesvos, Greece DOWNLOAD HERE

I was fortunate enough, once again to visit dear friends in Turkey and take some wonderful guests – a family of 4 from Australia – around Morocco at the end of 2016…what a perfect way to cap the year off! Here’s the 14 days in Morocco with them i...

New Country #6: Greece It is the shortest amount of time I have actually been in and experienced a country – 24 hours. It was supposed to be longer, but due to the fact that websites were not updated or something, and there were only a select amount of ferries going over to...

New Country #5: Israel Remember back to New Country #3? Saipan? Well, the same travel magazine, Travelife, asked me to shoot for them again, with the delightful Michelle again, but this time in Israel. Was I stoked! My first Middle Eastern country and a beauty to boot! Israel,...

New Country #4: Vietnam I had a flight voucher from a local airline that had to be used before Jan 2017. Hmmm, I thought, where and when. After a little digging and some input from friends, I decided on South Vietnam, namely Saigon and Mekong Delta for the 3rd week of October....

New Country #3: Saipan, Marianas Islands Ok, so Saipan is governed by the USA but it is a new territory I have visited and first time in the south pacific islands. I was asked to shoot for Travelife Magazine, a luxury travel magazine based in the Philippines, and what fun we had...