1.
ATHENS. DIOR. SPECTACULAR
“As a designer, if you are careless, then you diminish beauty and culture so that it becomes a cliche,” she said. “That is what we work to avoid – we were very focused on what is contemporary to Greece now.”
2.
DIMITRI RIPS BRO
Dimitri Papavassiliou, a surfer from Malibu, has Olympic dreams.
3.
A WALK IN THE PARK
“The country’s first park, Mount Olympus, was established in 1938, and there are now a total of 10 national parks and two marine parks in Greece.”
4.
LOST IN TRANSLATION
If you are going to release Nike shoes to celebrate and honor the Greek goddess they are named after, then you may want to spell her name correctly.
5.
GIORGIOS
Panagaopoulos can ride a bike. At about 1:40 in the video, he does a jump with the Greek flag waving in the background … and we welled up a bit.
6.
BRAVO SOU
The Bravo Sou Award for this edition goes to the Greek-Welsh singer Marina, for writing a song called “Purge the Poison” about global warming on her new album Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land. While we shake our bodies to the beat, hopefully her lyrics will move more people to action, too.
7.
IF IT’S BROKE, DON’T FIX IT
“Bosses at the Acropolis oversaw work aimed at making the site more accessible to people with disabilities, including a new concrete walkway that’s been the focus of much of the ire.”
8.
HERE COMES THE SUN
It looks like Greece is moving more and more toward renewable energy. Opa!
We were using “Here Comes the Sun” as a reference to solar power, obviously, but it also serves as a great segue into that time The Beatles nearly bought a Greek island.
9.
GREECE IS THE ANTIDOTE
“One evening, I climbed to the Church of Panagia, built on the site of an ancient temple to Artemis and Apollo, up a path of zig-zag switchbacks, and looked out towards the islands of Paros and Antiparos, Sikinos and Ios.”
10.
TWO HOUSES AND A BACKYARD
Ever wanted to see what the Greek Prime Minister’s house looks like?
Or remember the house from My Big Fat Greek Wedding? It’s for sale.
A Greek dentist wanted to redo his backyard. He was on a tight budget, so he only spent half a million dollars on it.
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Opa!
Peter and the Greece Is the Word Crew