Category Archive: Books
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2022
How time flies sometimes. This time, I have two reasons to say that. The first one is, like every time I write this annual post, that December has crept up ... Read More
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2021
Is it really that time of year already? My perception of passing time has been a little off lately, an experience I appear to share with many guests, colleagues and ... Read More
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2020
And once again, Christmas is approaching fast. Where I am, in Greece and under lockdown, this year's advent season may be a little less obvious than it would normally be, ... Read More
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2019
Have you noticed that Christmas is approaching? I can tell even by just going online: the ads that are being pushed my way are now supposed to be festive, and ... Read More
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2018
Apparently, it's December already. There are no more Peter Sommer tours or cruises to worry about this year (but more than ever in 2019), my fireplace has already been in ... Read More
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2017
How time flies when you are busy. Just two weeks ago, I was showing the year's last group of guests around the sunny Northern Peloponnese, but now I am receiving ... Read More
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2016
Is it that time of year again? We have been so busy, we only just noticed. People have started asking us what we are doing over "the holidays", British papers ... Read More
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2015
How time flies - another December is upon us. That song by Wham! is on the radio, as are ads full of children's voices and the inevitable "ho ho ho", ... Read More
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2014
It's December already... Festive motifs decorate shops and even websites, chocolate Santas are on the shelves (actually, where I am writing from, that same figure is identified as Saint Vasilios) ... Read More
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, 2013
[NB: Many things have changed at Peter Sommer Travels since 2013, including the formatting of our website and blog. As a result, I've had to slightly redesign this post. The ... Read More