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Festive Food

I think I’ve done rather well on food this Christmas and not just in the eating of eat it either! Junior has been more hit and miss but that’s par for the course.
She enjoyed helping make the Christmas Cake

and decorating it

but when it came to eating it,

she declared it “too fruity”.
She’s always eager to help [...]

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Unseasonably warm

Greece certainly seems to have been enjoying better weather than most other places around the world this December. I don’t think I’ve ever spent a Christmas in such a mild climate. On Christmas Eve we had a stroll through town where the sun was shining brightly.

It wasn’t so bright on Christmas Day but that didn’t [...]

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Merry Christmas

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Cold snap

Last week I was feeling culinary and so spent lots of time pouring over cookery books or “food porn” as I call it, and then was inspired enough to get creative in the kitchen. This week however I have a stinking cold and eating anything is proving a challenge! Anyway, here are some pics from [...]

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Slow motion

The weather has been rather hairy here the last few days with Thursday being so windy there were no boats running, so choosing to go to Volos on the Friday probably wasn’t a good idea. Somehow I got talked into it which is how I found myself sitting on the ferry at 5.30pm on Friday [...]

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