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Easter Sunday

The weather in Skopelos Town on Easter Sunday wasn’t promising for a picnic although the mist may have been partly due to the roasting of animal flesh. On heading out to Milia though, the weather was clear and perfectly acceptable for a beach picnic. Junior also considered it warm enough to indulge in a spot [...]

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Chocolate fest

Well it’s now Easter Monday and the hot cross buns are all gone as is over half of my egg, junior, of course, being a lot smaller than me still has most of her egg in tact which is going to be complete torture for me until she finishes it!
I put the crosses on the [...]

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Happy Easter

Well, I finally planted the vegetable patch but whether anything grows remains to be seen. I’ve been reliably informed by a vast amount of people that you can just drop seeds into the soil here and they’ll grow without any problem. Mmmm, not convinced myself. I only have to look at a plant and it [...]

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Bespoke Bunny

After last weeks flan triumph, I decided to make a couple more so that Sean could try it as well and so that he could take one to Volos with him and at least eat properly one day! This time I also decided to take pictures. So here’s a pic of the baked flan case

which [...]

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Seasonal changes

Easter is nearly upon us now, sooner in some parts of the world than Greece which has another week before the beginning of Easter. Junior has broken up from school already though, it being her last day today. She’s been busy on the craft front as the picture below illustrates.

In the basket is the traditional [...]

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