Greeks Of The Sea

Athens, Kythera and Salamis (1x1)

Uitzenddatum: Jul 19, 2014

Nikos arrives in Athens and meets his mentor, Captain Makis. Makis teaches him to contextualise Greece’s current economic woes and encourages him to travel to Kythera and Salamis. There Nikos learns more about the historic and social basis of Greece’s maritime mastery. He also learns some family history which reveals why the Greeks have such a profound respect for the sea and their seamen. Next, Nikos boards a Greek superferry meeting the captain and crew. Arriving in Syros, Nikos goes to work with the Port Police and local shipbuilders – the latter, he learns, are struggling in the current economic crisis. He then travels to Paros and meets one of the island’s hero fisherman responsible for saving hundreds of lives after a recent ferry crash.