Greece

After sneaking into Greece without a passport stamp earns her deportation, a young backpacker’s desperate drive across the Balkans leads to a broken-down car and a terrifying ordeal, where she …

A former sales representative takes to the road on a long walk through the Balkans in an attempt to rediscover a sense of vulnerability and inherent goodness. This story was …

Amidst the grime and graffiti of present-day Athens, our ”On the Edges of Europe” columnist dusts off his philosophy degree and takes a walk to the Acropolis alongside Plato, Aristotle, …

During an octopus hunting expedition in Greece, a traveler earns a unique epithet after becoming the short-term caregiver of a wounded sea creature. In the early morning, a group of …

A lifeguard works on the shores of Greece during the refugee crisis in 2016 in this gripping narrative travel story. ‘Get on your wetsuit, re,’ Svestis says back to me …

On the Greek island of Chios, a traveling couple discovers the warmth of Greek hospitality, complete with spontaneous jam-sessions and declarations of undying love. The Greek island of Chios is …

During the Greek refugee crisis, a volunteer lifeguard encounters a bizarre, frightening symbol of courage and fragility. Somewhere north of the mountains on the island of Lesvos, Greece, in the …