Photos from the Mediterranean Region

Famous Santorini island with donkey in Oia village, Greece

“Breaking bread together is a way to remove barriers and helps us explore new cultures and build stronger relationships when we socialise. The Mediterranean lifestyle, for example, focuses on sharing meals with the people you love, whether it’s just to catch-up over a simple dinner or partaking in a massive celebration.”

“The traditional Mediterranean cuisine and lifestyle emphasises the values of hospitality, neighbourliness and a respect for diversity. It brings people of all ages, conditions and social classes together, aiming not only to eat but to share knowledge, culture and mutual respect.” — from Oliving the Life

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” —
Maya Angelou

“Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people get together to eat.” — Guy Fieri

Paleochora, Crete, Greece – June 29, 2016: Night street with tavernas full of tourists and street musicians at Paleochora town in west part of Crete island.

Bozcaada, Turkey (The Greek Quarter)

Cappadocia

Rhodes Town, Greece

From Greece

Jericho, Palestine – a camel drinking water

Cafes in the Old City of Jerusalem

Chicken souvlaki and fries in Athens, Greece

Bozcaada, Turkey (The Greek Quarter)

Bill Stathakis, The Fete Chair in Jerusalem with a tourist from Japan, stairs on the left going to The Upper Room – The Cenacle, Mount Zion (the traditional site), 2018

Note:
St. Mark’s Monastery in the Old City of Jerusalem near the Armenian Quarter is sometime considered as alternative place for the Cenacle. The monastery church, belonging to the Syriac Orthodox Church, contains an early Christian stone inscription testifying to reverence for the spot.