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This is the main road into the port town of Evdilos, Ikaria, Greece.

This very affectionate and very (!) vocal small female cat lives at Thea's Inn in Nas, Ikaria, Greece. As of 5/1/09, Thea was trying to find a good...

Dinos Petroyannis, 86, points out his picture on a poster designed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of exiles from the Greek main...

I asked retired lawyer Dinos Petroyannis, 86, what he likes best about the 500-year-old house he is renovating near his current home in Christos Ra...

Some terraced hillsides I saw during a walk along the road that lines the northwest coast of Ikaria, Greece. For info on a scientific expedition in...

Artist Urania Mitika shows me her travel agency in Arministis, Ikaria, Greece. Her oil paintings are represented by galleries in Europe and the U.S...

A young couple married in Evdilos, one of three municipal capitals in Ikaria, Greece. As is traditional, everyone in the bride's and groom's villag...

Giannis Rousos and Isidora Karapeti perform two traditional Ikarian folk songs at his taverna, Rousakis, in Agios Kirykos, Ikaria, Greece. For info...

This is the Blue Zones team's home base in Ikaria, Greece. For more info on research into the causes of longevity here, see http://www.aarp.org/lon...

Anastasia Miliou of the Archipelagos environmental nonprofit agency talks about taking her 15-month-old daughter to work in Raches, Ikaria, Greece ...

Yannis and Yoanna Melis of Ikaria, Greece, have been together since 1952. Here, they tell the story of how they met. Researchers are in Ikaria inve...

Robyn Whatley-Kahn shows me the house that she and her husband, David, rent above the village center in Christos Raches, Ikaria, Greece. For more ...

This little cove is very near the home base of the Blue Zones team researching longevity on Icaria. For more on the research, visit http://www.aarp...

Demographer Michel Poulin (Belgium) and physician Gianni Pes (Italy) discuss their project to identify Ikarians over 90 years of age. Read about t...

The winding mountain road to Icaria Airport. A little sunstreaked--the horizontal line you see on the far mountain is a continuation of the same r...

The winding mountain road to Icaria Airport. A little sunstreaked--the horizontal line you see on the far mountain is a continuation of the same r...