In the fishing village of Chios, the constants are sun and sea.

October 2000
Greek life hasn't changed dramatically for 500 years in the remote villages of Chios. Here in Pyrgi, a woman makes a fire to grill fish.

A woman takes shelter from the sun, already intense in late spring, in Mesta's village center. Mesta, a Mastic village on Chios, is one of the most authentic fortress-towns in Greece, renewed by Greek-Americans who are returning and renovating houses, some built right into fortress wall.

November 1999
An octopus fisherman on Chios said he has everything he needs -- the sea, the mountains and the limitless horizons.

Young people in Basel, Switzerland chill out at the local Starbucks, popular both because it's one of the rare smoke-free spots, and because of the international clientel. Staff speak Swiss German, French, English and usually one other language such as Italian.

An artist in Basel, Switzerland, works on a canvas in the late afternoon light on an warm winter day.

England April 2005
Boaters make most of a spring day near St. John's Lock on the Thames in southern England.

River 2005