One night in 373 BCE, the earth beneath the Greek city of Helike groaned and cracked. As homes crumbled and temples collapsed ...

An ancient site at the newly built Agias Sofias metro station ahead of its Nov. 30 official opening, in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Friday, part of the city’s long-delayed subway system ...

The first line of the subway system is set to open on Nov. 30, 2024, with the second line on its way in a year. The Agias Sofias metro station is opening to passengers on Nov. 30, 2024.

After a suitable discussion of cabin reservations, the purchase of postcards, and the small cup of coffee without which progress in Greece, though possible, is barbarous, I asked for Vienoula.

The problem was an old woman, swathed in black from the crown of her head to the heel of her one visible boot, riding sidesaddle on a long-legged, satin-skinned bay horse.