apparently, three years of posting blog items about graffiti and economic conditions isn’t going to cut it, so let’s look at something nicer: meteora. meteora – literally, “suspended in the air” or “middle of the sky” – is a collection of six greek orthodox monasteries situated on sandstone pillars. although we couldn’t take photographs inside the sanctuaries, where all the really beautiful frescoes are (including a truly gruesome one of all the ways the early martyrs met their deaths – some of the pagans were quite inventive), we still saw plenty to marvel the eye.
Month: May 2014
ας μάθουμε λίγα ελληνικά!
we are moving to athens this summer, and we went to larissa, about four hours north of the city, for a one-week language immersion course. greece, as anyone who is paying attention knows, is in the midst of a deep economic crisis. the numbers suggest that the country is finally pulling out of it, having recorded a primary surplus and re-entered the international bond market; nonetheless, for the average person, the economic contraction and high unemployment of the past 6-7 years remains a constant. i was curious to see first-hand how the crisis “looked” on the streets, and while every…
