R-Evolution or the reason why Caucasians are white. And it is not what you think.

Let’s face immediately the elephant in the room. According to Luigi Cavalli Sforza, Caucasians are white just because in ancient times they ate more bread than everybody else. Boom. “Bad carbs”, as any CrossFit fanatic would tell you, are a...

Hidden Greece: hiking the Ephialtes’ path

We begin the hike entering a pine forest. The way is nothing more than a goat path, a light stripe of previous footsteps and tilled soil that climbs the mountainside. We follow the trail along which Ephialtes, the traitor of...

Hydra, an Aphrodite in white and blue

“Hydra is almost a bare rock of an island (...) There are only two colors: blue and white, and the white is whitewashed every day, down to the cobblestones in the street (...)”. In his book, “The Colossus of Maroussi”...

There is no such a place as Budapest

The peaceful flowing of the Danube, carrying along its stories and moods, is the main character of Budapest. This double city, incorporating the towns of Buda, on the West side of the river, and Pest, on the East side, is...