So the first real day of our vacation to Lesvos. Lesvos again? Yes, Lesvos again and that for many reasons. Just read the articles that Marion and I will write during our vacation here and maybe you will understand why. Our vacation really started yesterday. Because our plane would leave very early in the morning…
Tag: Greece
Rabbit Island (or the Island of Saint George)
In 2015 around this time of the year I placed a message on Facebook related to Marion’s and my vacation to the island of Lesvos. It was after a long time that we would be going there again. On one of the photo’s of the area where we would be staying there was an island…
Mountain Tea
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…
The meaning of the Greek flag
For my Greece loving friends, here some explanations why the Greek flag is blue and white . The Greek flag is the symbol of national pride and patriotic virtue. In this Greece is nothing special compared with many other countries. I think for many countries around the world their national flag is an important symbol….
How to prevent some cultural faux pas in Greece!
Greece is a country with many customs and manners. It can be quite confusing to a visitor of my country. Today I found by coincidence on a forum the below “cultural faux pas” that one can easily prevent in Greece. Read them with an open mind and a humorous spirit, but also realize there is…
About Ouzo & Vodka
Today two surprises concerning alcohol containing beverages, Ouzo & Vodka. When Mel stayed here last week, she brought us some bottles of Ouzo from Greece (Plomari Ouzo, a very good one, made on Lesvos). One evening our mood was really after some Ouzo. So we opened one of the bottles, but at that moment we…
Less as 200 days before we travel to Lesvos… and counting down :-)
In less as 200 days Marion and I travel to Lesvos again. I know, it is still quite some time, but it sounds so much better now it is below 200 days …. and it will sound even better when it is below 100 days! Lesvos is an island that has so much to offer,…
Looking back from begin 2017 to 2016
It is always good to have at the begin of a new year a moment to look back at the year that has passed by. So lets have a short look from 2017 to 2016 I think for me personally it was a relaxed year. Of course there were things that went not completely the…
Lesvos and Erdogan
Yesterday evening Mel (our friend from Lesvos), Marion, Sanne, Rob and I had a very long chat on Skype. On a certain moment the conversation ended up with Turkey and its president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mel told us that there always has been a certain of distrust between the Turkish people and the people of…
Mastic Tears
Sitting lazy after an extreme busy day at my work on the couch in my living room. Eyes closed. Soft music on the background. Trying to clear my mind. With the first sips of my glass of Mastic Tears a welcome warmth flows through my body. In my head I start to hear the waves…