Day: May 11, 2007

  Quattrocentro:  Italian Renaissance Architecture The Beginning The word “renaissance” was derived from the Italian phrase la rinascita (meaning rebirth).  This term was first seen in Vasari’s The Lives of the Artists (1550-1568). …

  Tis the season for StrawberriesHere in Athens walking through the market there are piles and piles of ripe strawberries begging to be grabbed by the handfuls. As a child my…