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  • View of Fira atop the Santorini caldera
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    Windstar Day 4: Santorini without crowds

    ByEileen Ogintz September 1, 2021September 1, 2021

    The famed Greek Isle of Santorini is actually the eastern rim of a volcano caldera that has erupted many times through the ages

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  • Moussaka - the Greek casserole with eggplant and meat with a bechamel top
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    Windstar Day 3 – Food any way and all day

    ByEileen Ogintz August 31, 2021September 1, 2021

    There’s no charge aboard the Wind Star sailing yacht for room service. But we also learn that we can have room service anywhere we like onboard.

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  • Niko Asymomytis and his daughterDimitra Asimomyti at their organic vineyard on Mykonos
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    Windstar Day 2 – Calling all night owls

    ByEileen Ogintz August 30, 2021August 31, 2021

    If you are a night person, ou’ll love the Greek Island of Mykonos — AKA The Party Island of Greece — which is decidedly sleepy in the morning

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  • The Wind Star anchored in the harbor of Milos
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    Windstar Day One – Cruising through a pandemic in Greece

    ByEileen Ogintz August 29, 2021December 5, 2021

    The Wind Star can accommodate 148 passengers in 73 staterooms and one larger suite. But it has typically been sailing with half that number since cruises resumed this summer

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  • Preparing the stuffed tomatoes and peppers
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    An Athens Authentic At-Home Greek Dinner

    ByEileen Ogintz August 28, 2021August 28, 2021

    Before we arrived, we’d never met the couple yet they were hosting us for dinner—a dinner we would help prepare in their small kitchen

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  • Eleni Fotiou explains Greek mythology to kids on her tours
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    Mythology Made Easy in Athens

    ByEileen Ogintz August 28, 2021August 30, 2021

    Imagine if you are a competitive Greek god or goddess of ancient mythology with a big ego, not to mention you’re immortal with many superpowers

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  • View from our room at Half Moon Resort
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    A tropical resort with something for everyone

    ByEileen Ogintz August 26, 2021July 2, 2023

    We’ve just gotten off our horses on a white-sand beach after swimming with them and we’re real thirsty — yes, we were swimming with them

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  • Vendor selling spices at Central Market in Athens
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    A taste of Authenticity in Athens

    ByEileen Ogintz August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

    On a first visit, Kagkas explains, tourists check off the must sees–The Acropolis, the Plaka, the museums, but they don’t experience Athens like a local

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  • Acropolis view from St. George Hotel in Athens
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    In Athens, a hotel goes over and above

    ByEileen Ogintz August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

    When US hotels are struggling to get enough staff—and whose staff often don’t seem to care–it is nice to find a place that genuinely cares about its guests

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  • Marina Sun Hat from Coolibar
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    MUST-HAVE HATS

    ByEileen Ogintz August 19, 2021November 16, 2021

    I was surprised by all the choices from Coolibar and Colorado-based Wallaroo Hat Company, a woman-owned business.

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