ARTICLES WRITTEN ON LEONIDIO AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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Article on Tsitalia written by Niki Sepsas

Arcadia  in The New York Times by Sherry Marker (August 12, 2001)

Arcadians have been historically documented to have settled on the island of Paros and also gave the island it's name.

Arcadians in the early centuries of the second millennium B.C. were one of the three basic groups of Greek-speaking peoples in Macedonia. 

Arkadian Landscapes and ancient dialects  written by Loukia Richards (focus on Leonidio travel)

Arkadia - written by N. Fields (University of Edinburgh)

Ancient Wanders:  Arkadia Greece - Written by Jeremy Atiyah for the Sunday Times - June 4, 2002

Homewood resident and freelance writer, Niki Sepsas, is pleased to announce the publication of his romance novel, Song of the Gypsy.

Sepsas has had more than 600 articles published in a variety of national, regional, and local magazines.  He is also a contributing author to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books, where one of his stories was adapted into a film that aired on PAX Television.

The story is set in the mountainous Peloponnesos region of Greece where Sepsas’ grandparents lived before immigrating to the United States.  The author draws on 25 years of travel experiences working as a tour guide that carried him to over 100 countries around the world, including over 30 trips to Greece, in crafting the story.

“Writing a story set in the area that I have visited so often was a real joy,” Sepsas relates.  “I hope that readers will find in my book the same romance and love for life that characterizes the Greek people.”

Bookstores in the area will be announcing signing sessions of the novel, which will also be available for order through Amazon.com.  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1932077057/qid=1075839277/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-7862876-8155913?v=glance&s=books

For further information, contact: Niki Sepsas  205.942.5335    nsepsas@bellsouth.net  or www.nikiwrites.com

    As webmaster of the Leonidio website, I can honestly say that I read this book and enjoyed it thoroughly.  Niki combined a descriptive and heart warming scenario of Greece and the Arkadian landscape, as well as it's traditions.  I curled up with this book during a week of cold weather in Canada, between -30C and -45C, and it helped bring back a number of positive memories that I personally have connected to this part of Greece.  It was definitely a great way to get my mind off of the cold outside, and I'm sure you will enjoy it as well.  This book was so descriptive you can almost use it as a tour guide for some of those hidden secrets in Greece, once you finish reading it.   The story will also take you into a traditional household in a small village in Arkadia, which ends up showing how the simplicities of life can indeed spark much romance.

Book Description:  Californian Erika Johanssen is visiting Greece to escape a troubled past, to be alone with her thoughts. The last thing she wants is to become involved. But when she meets handsome, tanned Chris Pappas, the journey they take to his family's small village in the mountains draws them both enigmatically together. Will the past that draws Erika inward prevail, or will the haunting Greek countryside pull her closer to Chris?