Of course I am sad the holiday of Marion and Rob to my island was cancelled. I’m really anxious to see them again. But it’s good to know they’re coming later this year and then for three weeks. But this also gives an opportunity for me. It now also allows for us Greek people to…
Category: Greece
Anything that has to with the wonderful country of Greece and the wonderful Greek people.
Poor Greece…
This weekend we had a video call with Mel; Mel at her home on Lesvos, Rob at Heemskerk and me at Haaksbergen. As it is now over a year we met Mel in person, we regularly make video calls. We really miss her. Mel had some bad news. The COVID-19 situation became worse. Greece moved…
Klapados, another place to visit on Lesvos.
And we have set another place we would like to visit this year during our holiday to Lesvos: The town of Klapados ( Κλαπάδος ). We have visited Klapados shortly before, but we would like to go back there and have a better look around. So what makes Klapados such a special place that we…
What I always forget to mention about our Olive Oil
This week I was talking with a colleague about using olive oil for baking meat and fish, among other things. When I give someone an example of “our” olive oil, I tell not to use it for baking and frying, but now I realized that I hardly ever mentioned why not to do this. First…
About Surgery and Greece…
Posted yesterday… “Okay, somewhere begin this afternoon I woke up from a very deep sleep. The temperature around me was very nice and I must have been dreaming about Greece, because I was convinced that I was in Greece… Until I felt a hand on my shoulder, I opened my eyes expecting to see a…
Dorotheus
Today I learned a fun fact about one of my Christian names.My full name is Robertus Dorotheus Maria. Knowing that my parents were Catholic, it is very clear were “Maria” comes from. I always thought that the names Robertus Dorotheus were Latin based. For Robertus this is partly correct. The name Robertus is indeed Latin,…
Sanctuary of Mesa (or Messon)
During our holiday to Lesvos this year we saw many beautiful things, but there was one location that made a deep impression on all of us: The Sanctuary of Mesa (or The Sanctuary of Messon, as it is also referred to). Specially for Rob visiting Mesa/Messon was very high on his wish list. His interest…
Palm trees
When I saw this photo again I realized that I want palm trees in my garden… … and then, with a big smile, I know one day I will! Now the days are getting colder again (and no, we can not complain this far this year) the longing for our beloved island Lesvos is growing…
Sea Bass for dinner
In Plomari, a city on the isle of Lesvos, there is a sea food restaurant called “The Seven Seas”. During our stay at Plomari we visited that restaurant 3 times. Yes, 3 times! The fish was just wonderful there. Twice I had a wonderful grilled sea bass there. So once back in The Netherlands I…
Astronomy: When on Lesvos…
I have a very healthy interest in astronomy. I love to read about the planets, the stars, the galaxies, super nova’s, black holes and the universe. It feeds my imagination and triggers my will to learn new things. And the more I learn about this the more I realize we know nothing yet. But when…