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Greece Is the Word
The Day’s Most Fascinating News Stories from Throughout the Greek Diaspora
Vol 13, 2 Feb 2021
This edition sponsored by the American College of Thessaloniki. Click on their logo to visit their website:
All it takes is a little color, a little life, to brighten our days. (Photo Credit: Dimitris Kiriakakis @dimeloper)
1.
ME TOO
Sofia spoke up. And Greece woke up.
2.
AGE IS JUST A NUMBER
Greek scientists found a fossilized tree on the island of Lesbos that is 20 million years old.
3.
A GREEK SKIER
Five knee surgeries, a second chance, and a Greek first. “The small Mediterranean nation, not known for its ski racing, broadcast the race on every sports channel…”
4.
BOWLS OF HOPE
This week’s Bravo Sou Award goes to Marcus Lemonis for helping a Greek restaurant in New Haven help others.
5.
KONSTANTINOS
You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub… wait… I mean, you can find me in the cab…. A taxi driver in Thessaloniki decided to try to make his passengers a little happier by turning his taxi into a club. Go Georgio, Go Ioanni, Go Athina, Go Christo, Go Marina… it’s your birthday, we gon' party like it's your birthday!
6.
PANDEMIC IS A, UM, WELL... A GREEK WORD, TOO
But at least one linguist is not happy about COVID-related (and not-COVID-related) vocabulary flooding Greeks’ lives.
Can Greek herbs protect against Covid?
Want to see what an OG looks like? Check out this 100 year old Cretan getting a vaccine shot.
Did the Greek PM really need to take his shirt off for his shot? Regardless, he made a lot of people happy.
7.
IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN
We’re talking about Stonie. He’s back to give you all the best sports news and picks this week.
8.
GREEKS IN THE CAPITOL
“…who among us knew that Washington’s answer to the Sistine Chapel was created by a Greek artist?” Besides George W. Bush, of course.
“We haven’t had a Greek in the White House, but now we have Joe Bidenopoulos.”
9.
IT’S HIGH TIME
Greece got a high speed train.
10.
A THOUSAND SHIPS
“When I had the idea for the book, I was walking home and I thought, you know, what would be really cool is to do the Trojan War from the perspectives of all the women in it, all the women whose lives are touched by it.”
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Peter and the Greece Is the Word Crew