ikaria-2026

On the early morning of July 17, 1912, two armed groups of Ikarians set out to start a revolution. At that time, Ikaria was part of the Ottoman Empire, which was not doing...

Today, right after waking up, I noticed something was different. And somehow it always surprises me how soundly I sleep, or how insensitive I am to the sound of the ocean.

View from my balcony towards the town center

There where the air is free; We‘ll be what we want to be; Now that we take a stand; We‘ll find our promised land (Pet Shop Boys, Go West) Okay, maybe a bit exaggerated considering...

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Today, I took a quick bath and had a delicious meal at a fish tavern in Gialiskari that I remembered from my first stay 16 years ago. In the tavern, I had a very nice conversation...

Yesterday, I was at the Paningiri in Nas. It wasn't a 'real' Paningiri, as those are actually tied to the village chapels and the saints to whom they are dedicated. In Nas, it was...

According to Greek mythology, Ikaria is one of the possible birthplaces of the god Dionysus. Dionysus, who was a son of Zeus, is known as the god of wine, joy, grapes, fertility,...

I mentioned Therma recently. Today I made my way there again as it was almost windless at noon. It actually feels in the water at the right spots as if you were sitting in a...

Homegrown grapes for breakfast.

Beach day! After two coffees, two cigarettes, and a bit of lemon cake from Maria, I made my way back to Armenistis to have some breakfast and then spend the day at the nearby...

I'm not really good at going with the flow. I usually end up feeling dissatisfied and don’t know what to do after 10 minutes. This is also one reason why I generally feel most...

Greek mythology is complicated, convoluted, and contradictory. But it's also bizarre and interesting. I will try to summarize the Icarus

At 4:30 AM, the alarm rings and I switch sides of the street to board the ferry. The crossing goes absolutely smoothly, but unfortunately it's too windy to stay on the sun deck...

After 24 hours, I reached the Greek mainland in Patras. The crossing was okay. I shared my cabin with an older Greek man who was very nice but also slept very loudly. Cou

Almost exactly 24 hours after I set off, I then reached Ancona. The ICE to Munich

At 1:00 PM, I leave my apartment to embark on the (presumably) slightly more than 72-hour journey to the island of Ikaria. I have plotted