The Froth

Greek Easter is full of drama

29. April 2008

We celebrated Greek Easter on the 27th of April. We mainly eat lots of food somewhere in the country and crack eggs which are mostly red. They symbolize Christ’s blood (I think). Read more about Greek Easter food and the food I found in Nafpaktos here. For new readers there are other Easter posts (from [...]

Do you remember

21. April 2008

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I remember my mum breast-feeding my sister in a dark room. I was standing at the door. I was three. I remember jumping in rain puddles with my friend Aki and his sister Fotini. I was three. I remember my dad giving me lunch in the forest, at the fox’s den. There was no fox [...]

Highlights! plates! aprons! and more exclamation marks

17. April 2008

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I went to the open market in my neighbourhood (it is held every Wednesday) and I bought these plates for 1 euro each. They were so beautiful I felt sorry for them waiting there to get picked up. I don’t intend to eat in them. However, I did make some nice campanelle with aubergine and [...]

Destino de Abril

15. April 2008

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Thank you for all the nice messages about my son. He is okay now, except a problem with his teeth that is due to the antibiotics. We may have to do some teeth whitening unless he likes his medieval smile as it is right now. I have many things to say but for today here [...]

Bacteria

7. April 2008

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My son has been sick on and off for almost two months now. At first we thought it was the flu but two weeks later it came back, after a basketball session and there were no other symptoms, just high fever and tiredness. He’d wake up in the morning and tell me "I am so [...]