It’s bulging with backpackers, partiers, lovers, historians, sun worshippers and shoppers. Besides, traveling to Greece in August is problematic. I took one look at my hotel in Skiathos and had a hard time imagining sleeping anywhere else. Traveling in Greece gave me my definition of freedom: Freedom is deciding what Greek island you want to go to on your way to a boat dock. Each one has its own history, its own draw, its own vibe. I’ve also been to Santorini (most romantic), Mykonos (best nightlife), Naxos (best beach) and Lipsi (most traditional). I wrote a travel story sitting under the same tree on Kos where a local doctor named Hippocrates wrote the Hippocratic oath in the 5th century B.C. I dodged broken plates smashed around me while I danced at a chestnut festival in Crete. I stood in the starting blocks in Olympia where the first ancient Olympics were held in 776 B.C. I once hitchhiked from the commercial center of Thessaloniki in the north to Athens, living off hot, buttered bread out of bakeries every morning. I just returned from a week on the gorgeous isle of Skiathos which I lovingly placed on the high pile of fantastic experiences I’ve had all over Greece. Maybe it’s why, besides acquiring a healthy addiction to vino, until I moved to Italy, Greece was my favorite country. The impressions of a young boy last a lifetime. But before I ever discovered Wilt Chamberlain and Hunter Thompson, my first hero was Bacchus, the god of wine. ![]() I couldn’t explain how Uranus, the god of sky, fathered 12 children with his mom, Gaia (goddess of earth). They respected my comparison of our first-grade teacher to Medusa. In the playground during recess, I regaled friends with stories about minotaurs and Achilles and The Odyssey. By the time I entered elementary school, I knew the name of every Greek god from A (Aphrodite, goddess of love) to Z (Zeus, god of gods). Even at age 5 I was into adventure with a hefty dose of sex and violence. Seuss” or “Winnie the Pooh” or anything so mundane. SKIATHOS, Greece - When I was very little, my mom read me stories to bed. It is meant to provide size perspective of the item.Skiathos is only 90 minutes from Rome and 90 miles north of Athens. Coke can placed next to the statue is not included with the listing. It comes with our Ebros Gift Satisfaction Guarantee when sold by Ebros Gift. ![]() This is an Ebros Gift exclusive collection.There is a certain visual kinship with the Bartlett Aphrodite of the fourth century B.C. ![]() The hair is drawn into a knot at the back and is bound with a fillet, which has been wound twice around it. ![]() The surfaces of the head are relatively corroded or pitted in appearance, but not unpleasingly so.
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