I don’t drink beer. I drink wine. When I go out for dinner or meet up with friends I enjoy a glass or two of red wine. Most of my friends drink wine. I know a lot of people who drink wine. But I don’t know many wine drinkers who have [...]
Archive for the ‘Greece’ Category
Santorini Wine Harvest, August 2008
Posted in Greece, tagged Greece, Santorini, Thirasia, wine, wine harvest on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Vegetarian in Greece
Posted in Greece, tagged Add new tag, fasting, Greece, vegetarian on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you know how easy it is to be a vegetarian in the United States?
Crete: Sea Kayaking in Spinalonga Bay
Posted in Greece, tagged Crete, Greece, Sea Kayaking, Spinalonga on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Plaka, a pretty town north of Agio Nikolaos in eastern Crete, the island of Spinalonga looks invitingly close. Just a hop, skip and a paddle away by sea kayak—or so it seemed.
Greece, A Love Story
Posted in Greece, tagged Add new tag, Greece, travel writing on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nineteen women writers tell of their love for this amazingly beautiful country in Greece, A Love Story (Seal Press, 2007) This is Colleen’s story:
I first touched Greek soil in April, 1975, when you could voyage from Haifa to Herakleion by ship (now defunct), camp out in the caves at Matala (now prohibited) and watch drunken [...]
Historic Greece Turkey Bike Ride
Posted in Greece, tagged global warming, Greece-Turkey bike ride, Izmir, peace, Thessaloniki on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An Historic First: Greeks and Turks cycle together for peace, friendship and against global warming.
Izmir, Turkey to Thessaloniki, Greece. June 16-27, 2007.
I’m an American traveling on an Italian passport riding with the Greek team. Read my daily reports posted from internet cafes en route!
Day 1 : Report from İzmir
We arrıved in Chios [...]
Falling in Love with Greece
Posted in Greece, tagged cycling, Greece, Neo magazine on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First published in Neo magazine, New York City, June, 2008
By COLLEEN McGUIRE
Greeks find it strange that someone called Colleen McGuire has adopted Greece as a homeland. My name is Celtic to the core. When I announce that my maternal grandfather’s name was Oreste Spadafora, big smiles break out, “Oh, the namesake of King Agamemnon’s son [...]
Greece Cycling Goddess
Posted in Greece, Personal Experiences on June 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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COLLEEN F. McGUIRE — I was a housing rights lawyer with my own law firm in New York City for 16 years until the gods of Greece called for me. I now run CycleGreece, a company offering awesome odysseys on ancient terrain.
