Athens is not Greece, and Greece is not just a crisis. Of course, one cannot avoid it. But when someone like Dr. Ursula Spindler-Niros has lived in Greece for more than three decades, there is certainly much more to report. As the author of several travel guides and a journalist, she is well-versed in festivals, customs, food and drink, mentality, nature, and politics, both in the city and in the countryside. Her keen observations come to life in the texts, as well as through the 120 color photographs in this book. She approaches her second home as if looking through a kaleidoscope, which literally means seeing beautiful shapes. At the same time, she also describes the changes that the complicated present has brought. After reading, the reader will certainly no longer wonder why one enjoys a good time in Greece in the middle of summer.