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 picked the grapes that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Greece Cycling Goddess
Posted in Greece, Personal Experiences on June 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I 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.
