What an interest suddenly for Mountain Tea. I would expect interest for well-known Greek products as Olives, Olive Oil, Oregano, Ouzo, Honey, Feta, Kavourmas, Loukaniko or even Manouri. But Mountain Tea? But okay, Mountain Tea! Mountain Tea (Σιδερίτης) is also known as Shepherd’s Tea, here we have right away a reference to the origin of…
Month: June 2017
Wonderful insults
While browsing the internet I ran into an awesome list of wonderful insults that people used in the past. I have to admit that I really like them. And I am serious when I say that I am planning to memorize them and use them whenever the situation is right for it. Enjoy. Gobermouch: This…
Photo’s we love: The town of Stipsi
My first contribution to the new category that Rob created here on our weblog: The town of Stipsi (or also know as Stypsi). Stipsi is a traditional town on the island of Lesvos. It is about 4.5 kilometres away (uphill!) from the well known town Petra, situated on the south-western slope of mount Lepetymnos, at…
And now he walks with a crutch again
When I waked up last Friday here in the hotel, there was message for me waiting on my iPhone: Rob did hurt his ankle again and he need for now a crutch to walk. On his way to work he stumble on lose tile on the side walk. He was walking from his home to…
The Dutch flag… as promised
After Mel posted an article about the Greek flag (very nice article btw), I felt almost obligated to write something about the Dutch flag. Well, here it is. This will be also my first article here on the weblog. I always thought my first article would be about cars or sailing. How wrong I was…
Marion is in the USA
I am sure that many of our friends know that right now Marion is in the USA for her work. She has to stay there for about 3.5 week. She and her colleagues will discuss all that happened the last year, the good and the bad. See if it is possible to improve things, even…