#travel to #lefkada #greece - paradise vs. economic crisis
#LEFKADA… Ionian catharsis vs. economic crisis ‘Infinite blue’ is a song I first got to listen to when I was a child - it gave me an indescribable feeling of tranquility and hope, of “huzur” as the Ottoman used to call this Oriental kind of bliss… This is exactly what I experienced when I first caught a glimpse of the Ionian Sea in Lefkada, so very different from the Italian side of the Ionian: rocky cliffs covered in sapphire green, bright turquoise waters... a dream of the clearest, most enchanting blue - this is the paradise of the Ionian islands. Superlative in all ways are especially the Lefkadian beaches of Porto Katsiki and Kathisma, pretty well hidden from the mortals in search of mammoth-size hotels and all-inclusive travel offers. The beach Agios Ioannis or the diminutive village Agios Nikitas are no less impressive… the heights complete the scenery in the most natural of ways. I fell in love with the view I woke up with every morning - the splend...