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Happy Easter to you all

but not to us yet because the Easter Bunny isn’t visiting us until the end of next month so we haven’t been gorging on chocolate (well no more than usual anyway).
Not much got done last week with junior being off school for 3 days, well not much work anyway though she did lots of playing [...]

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Bagel meltdown

Well we made them (junior and I) although the task of actually mixing and kneading fell to me because once we’d opened the raisin packet I lost junior to a mini raisin feeding frenzy. She does like her fruit. They look like bagels, they have the consistency of bagels but I was too light with [...]

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Anniversary

Well we’ve been here 8 weeks today and in that time I’ve come to accept and get used to quite a few things like putting toilet paper in the bin, the shops closing at 2 in the afternoon and the constant strikes (the schools are on strike for the next few days which will delight [...]

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soya bean hunt

As the title suggests, the hunt goes on for a soya bean supply in Greece. Sean phoned a soya mill in Athens yesterday but they said they couldn’t supply anything less than one ton! I don’t think even junior could get through that much soya milk. I have managed to find a health food shop [...]

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food aid

After ordering some necessary items over the internet from www.veganstore.co.uk, it was a very happy daughter who opened the parcel to discover marzipan bars and chocolate easter bunnies (which have now all been hidden safely from prying eyes). I also got myself some chocolate truffle easter eggs and some powdered soya milk for emergencies.
I’m currently [...]

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