Winter Vacations
Noted authors Thomas Keneally, Paul Theroux, Isabel Allende, and Timothy White talk about some of the places that have provided inspiration for their work.
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Sports champions who have traveled land and sea to do what they do best—or just to relax—share their favorite destinations and discoveries
Greece
Mikis Theodorakis is a composer and musician, and a political activist as well. He is perhaps best known abroad for having written the theme to Zorba the Greek. Theodorakis has served off and on as a deputy in Greek parliament for twenty-five years and was elected most recently last November, as an independent. Raised in Crete, he now resides in Athens and Paris, spending summers near Corinth.