KeeKee has landed in Athens, Greece! It's the third book in my award-winning children's picture book series KeeKee's Big Adventures. I started Grape Occasions to share my love of travel, wine, and spas with you. My love of travel started at a young age when my mom was a flight attendant. It opened my eyes and [...]
A smell and sip of the Assyrtiko...a bite of the Spanakopita...the Greek music playing in the background...for a moment, I was back in the Greek Islands. Alas it was Winesdays at my Alexandria, VA Whole Foods. But for an hour, as I walked around with my grocery cart sampling the five different Greek wine varietals [...]
Beyond all the amazing history and ruins of Athens, there are more neighborhoods to explore, fabulous restaurants for delicious local cuisine, nice hotels and adventures to be had outside the city. Neighborhoods & Restaurants * Plaka: Â The old quarter of Athens, once considered the neighborhood of the Olympic gods, is a fabulous place to enjoy [...]
My first visit to this historical city in February 2007 was for work, and while I wouldn't have 'tourist' time, I had to go up to the Acropolis. It was late afternoon and by the time I got there it was closed. But as I sat there on Mars Hill, where Apostle Paul first preached [...]
While in Santorini I was thrilled to discover a new wine! Wineries dot the island and the 'bushes' grow everywhere.  The dry volcanic soil produces a very unique grape. One evening during our stay, Vendema Resort's Sommelier Vaios Panagiotoulas took us on a Greek Wine Journey in their Canava Wine Bar (a catacomb carved out of [...]