Helen Iatrou ✍🏼⛵🖤🎶🇬🇷🇦🇺

Exciting New Hotels, Restaurants, and Exhibits: Why Now Is the Time to Go to Greece This year, Greece is dusting off its many treasures.

Heading to Greece this year? In my latest for @afarmedia.bsky.social, I wrote about fresh new hotels, high-end seafood on the beach, a must-not-miss taverna, every Athenian's favorite arts and culture festival and more. www.afar.com/magazine/the...

Unlikely to happen in our lifetimes...

'Jaws', a fictional film, sparked an irrational fear of sharks. I spoke to a highly-respected scientist on the ground about seismic activity in Santorini. So, facts vs fiction...

‘We don’t believe the volcano will erupt’: Quake-hit tourism isle of Santorini prepares for a different summer | CNN Santorini’s biggest problem in recent years has been overtourism. Now, after a swarm of earthquakes earlier this year, the picturesque Greek island it faces the challenge of persuading travelers to re...

Stirred but not shaken. In my latest for CNN Travel, I wrote about Santorini's recent earthquake swarm and how it might impact peak tourism season this year on the much-loved Greek island
#greece
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No, so thanks for the kick up the butt!

Santorini Had an 'Earthquake Swarm' of 20,000 Temblors—but What Does That Mean for Travelers? Locals, authorities, and the tourism industry weigh in on summer 2025 tourism in Santorini.

Greece's flagship destination Santorini recently experienced a swarm of quakes. For Travel + Leisure, I explore what experts are saying, how local businesses are preparing for the tourist season, and what travelers need to know before booking their trip.
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When the mayor you wanted to interview calls without warning and you hadn't gotten around to preparing your questions

mango tree 444 posts: What exactly does one have to do to merit first name basis mentions from Miriam Webster? merriam-webster: Spelling 'Merriam' correctly is the first step

*sitting down* damn, Dictionary got hands

Always a slight sense of guilt when I reply to a generic PR email with "Please can you remove me from this mailing list?" I can feel the junior PR's heart lifting with that rare thing, an actual reply, and then falling. But... just add an unsubscribe button?!

Oh, me, too!

Oh, very curious now!

Ahahahahahahahaha, brilliant

📢Short-deadline #journorequest! For a news story on Santorini, I'm looking to speak with the following asap:
1. Travelers in Santorini right now
2. Travelers booked to visit this year
3 Travelers who had been considering a visit or booked but changed their minds
DM me here.
#Greece #Santorini

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He can't get it up and needs to stop trying

How to Summer in Milos, Greece Where to stay and dine after long days on stunning beaches.

Psyched to see my digital travel guide to the geologically-intriguing Greek island of Milos published in Condé Nast Traveler. This marks my first byline for the US edition @condenasttraveler.bsky.social #Milos #Greece www.cntraveler.com/gallery/milo...

Flabbergasted

In a handbasket. The whole world feels like this, trust me

Absolutely! When we have cloudy skies for a few days in a row here, the entire nation experiences SAD😅

I'd be bundling up in that weather here in Athens😅

What, Outkast?? Dammmn! I have a deadline to meet within the next hour

Gen-X knows 🤣

Don't you always come up with the best pitches when you've got urgent deadlines?😅

How I'll be hitting deadlines from now on: By promising myself a treat. If I file my story early, I'll then let myself pitch that other story idea rattling around in my head #freelancelife

Distraction Is the Whole Point How the deluge of irrelevant and misleading information keeps us from focusing on what truly matters

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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

Well done! I think the owl died waiting for me to start my long-overdue Italian lessons

Please call welfare services to rescue that child

Haven't got a commission (yet) but still amazing!