For the second year in a row, I’ve been disappointed by the fact that I’ve been unable to go to Exarchos and enjoy the experience of a village feast of barbecued lamb at the Church of Saints Taxiarches (Άγιοι Ταξιάρχε) for their annual lamb feast on the Tuesday following Easter. Last year, we were under
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I’ve posted a few photos of my loaves of bread on Twitter, freshly baked and out of the oven recently. I’ve been asked for the recipe – years ago, I had a recipe on my blog but in rebuilding the blog, it seems to have disappeared. First, don’t tell anyone that you might bake this
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An Ottawa area musician, Alex Scott, appears to have left his dad high and dry after taking $1,000.00 from him. Ian Scott, 57, is stuck in Greece after running into problems trying to return to Canada last year. Late in January, after learning his eldest son, Alex (John Alexander Scott) had been fired or laid
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Over the years, I’ve not been happy with various postal and courier services, including Canada Post, Purolator, and others – and these days, the Greek ELTA has proven they need a huge overhaul both in customer service and mail/package delivery efficiency. But today, I’m not writing to complain. I want to provide a great review
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Deputy Mayor & Athens City Workers Thanked For Cannabis Growing Efforts In a humorous story that’s been in the Greek news, Athens Deputy Mayor Eugenios Kollatos has been thanked for ensuring marijuana plants were watered each night so that they could grow and contribute to the beautification of Panepistimiou Avenue. I had heard about the
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I woke up a bit grumpy. Then we headed to the real estate agent’s office in Loutsa, Greece. I ended up becoming even more grumpy after driving almost an hour to look at some houses for sale. “He’s only going to show us one house,” my companion said to me, as we sat in front
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I can remember in public school, in Grade 4, our school teacher Mr. Sandham telling us a little about ancient Greek history and mythology. One of the things I remember is how he taught us about Delphi and the “oracle” that would give fortunes and advice to those who visited. I don’t recall all the
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While staying on the main roads will guarantee visitors to Greece will enjoy awesome sights and beautiful scenery, getting off the main roads can offer a little adventure mixed in. If you’re driving a Mazda 3 instead of a 4×4, it could be adventure you’re not really excited about. Thankfully, our little Mazda, with some
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A quick post with a photo I took of a passion flower – went for a hike along a “back road” near Exarchos in August. While walking along, I came upon a hedge bordering someone’s house property and the road, that included grape vines and what I later discovered, passion vines. In Greece, this is
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While driving from our rented cottage on Thassos, driving toward Potamia and the main port of Thassos, we would see signs marked “Marble Beach” and an arrow in its direction. Before we arrived on the island of Thasos, we knew that marble quarrying is actively continued – and has actually been going on for thousands
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