Protecting your family and home from earthquakes

Protecting your family and home from earthquakes

In Europe we are mercifully free from the natural disasters that devastate other parts of the world. We also have strong building codes that protect us from earthquakes. In Greece, the most seismically affected part of Europe, strict rules have once again saved many lives this week. Here is how you can protect yourself even further.
Gardening under the Greek sun

Gardening under the Greek sun

If you’re an avid gardener with designs on moving to Greece there are some important things to consider before you start brandishing your trowel.
How to make a success of your life in Greece

How to make a success of your life in Greece

When you move to Greece, culture shock and loneliness can hit you despite the wonderful weather and amazing lifestyle. To avoid that, there are some simple steps you can take to give homesickness the heave ho.
Cafeneon, the friendly heart of Greek society

Cafeneon, the friendly heart of Greek society

It’s easy to feel a little isolated as a new arrival in a foreign land. But just as you might advise a newcomer to Britain to pop down their local and get chatting at the bar, so in Greece the café is the place to make friends and watch the day go by.
The Greek escape: could you do a Durrell?

The Greek escape: could you do a Durrell?

TV hit The Durrells has returned to Sunday nights. This warm-hearted tale of a family leaving England for Greece in the 1930s stars Keeley Hawes as the impoverished widow who takes her family to Corfu. The Durrells couldn’t afford to live well in England and believed a simpler, cheaper and warmer way of life was possible in Greece – is it still?

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