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  • Farewell Psara – Back to Chios and into the Citadel
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    Farewell Psara – Back to Chios and into the Citadel

    ByStephanie Banks 8 October 202210 October 2022

    Well, I arrived on Psara at sunset and leave at sunrise – a fitting tribute to this beautiful island and also the trouper of a ship that is the Psara Glory. The wind really whipped up last night. I could hear the chairs on my patio being tumbled about. That doesn’t bode well for a…

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  • A Visit to the Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary – Psara
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    A Visit to the Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary – Psara

    ByStephanie Banks 6 October 202218 November 2025

    I was thrilled when Diana told me she’d managed to arrange some trips for me. Google Translate, however, had given its own interpretation of the plan and somehow suggested I’d be escorted to the monastery and the Archaeological Park by a child. I wasn’t entirely convinced this was impossible on Psara. The “child” messaged to…

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  • Further Explorations of Psara – Agios Nikolaos Church
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    Further Explorations of Psara – Agios Nikolaos Church

    ByStephanie Banks 3 October 20224 October 2022

    I suspect that instead of a series of “dear diary” entries my next few posts may just become a bit of a brain dump. I have so much so say about this little island but only have limited time in which to get my thoughts down. There is wifi across the island but at times…

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  • A Goose Walks Into a Minimarket
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    A Goose Walks Into a Minimarket

    ByStephanie Banks 29 September 202226 January 2023

    It didn’t actually. I just wanted to be able to weave this photo into one of the posts! Sorry. Yesterday CaptainMargaritis drove me to the port. It was a windy day but the sun is back after the grey, overcast day we had the day before. The Psara Glory was a little late leaving Chios…

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  • Oinousses Island – The One That Took My Heart
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    Oinousses Island – The One That Took My Heart

    ByStephanie Banks 28 September 202215 November 2025

    Discover Oinousses, a small Greek island with grand sea-captains’ houses, natural beaches, heartfelt encounters and a landscape scented with fig, fennel and jasmine. A peaceful place that reveals its magic slowly.

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    • Thessaloniki-Sochos Panigiri-Ourounopolis-Amouliani
    • Echoes of Greece Across the Aegean: Istanbul-Marmara Adasi-Canakkale and Troy-Bozcaada-Gokceada-Lesvos-Spetses
    • Kefalonia-Ithaca-Meganisi-Lefkada-Preveza
    • Carnival 2025 Florina-Edessa-Thessaloniki-Sochos-Athens
    • Corfu-Abania-Erikousa-Othonoi-Mathraki-Ioannina-Paxos-Antipaxos
    • Thirassia-Anafi-Santorini
    • Chios-Izmir-Oinousses-Athens
    • Athens-Evia-Lemnos-Agios Efstratios-Kavala-Xanthi-Samothrace-Alexandroupolis
    • Kos-Lipsi-Kalymnos-Pserimos
    • Skyros – Kalavryta – Nafplio – Athens
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    • Santorini-Sikinos-Ios-Naxos-Santorini
    • Athens-Syros-Ikaria-Tinos-Andros
    • Samos-Agathonisi-Ikaria-Fourni-Arki-Leros-Kalymnos-Kos
    • Crete – Kasos – Karpathos – Rhodes – Nisyros – Tilos – Symi – Chalki
    • Kastellorizo via Turkey 2016
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