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Tuscany

5. August 2008

Siena Sam Gimignano Duomo, Florence Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Certaldo Ponte Vecchio, Florence The lavenders and butterflies outside our door Siena, Cathedral Siena Restaurant in San Gimignano Bagno Vignoni Our house Tuscany does not look like it’s real. It looks like it is painted or handcrafted. The first morning, when I went in the garden and saw the butterflies and the lavenders I thought: "This is photoshopped". There [...]

I’m finding it harder to be a gentleman every day*

11. July 2008

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My son is at my mother’s on vacation, near the sea. We had a little conversation on the phone as we do twice a day. He said he was busy. Apparently he is selling rocks to people in the neighbourhood. "How much?" I asked. "I sold a really big one for 95 cents" he said. [...]

Where I walk among the ruins

26. May 2008

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The Doric temple of Hephaestus, Agora of Athens You know what this is Temple of Hephaestus Stoa (arcade) of Attalos, Athenian Agora Byzantine church of Holy Apostles in the Agora. More than 10 centuries old and still standing. Thisseio area The cafe in Monastiraki had great music and 100 different kinds of coffee. Also, the kindest waitress ever. My son was mortified [...]

Greek Easter is full of drama

29. April 2008

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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 [...]

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 [...]

The town that has everything

30. March 2008

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A lake, a tiny inhabited island in the lake, a fortress, mosques, old churches, nice restaurants, wonderful villages 20 minutes away, this town has everything. It is in the North-West and it is called Ioannina. It’s like Disneyland for grown ups who are interested in history and medieval times. I could live there for a [...]

Darth came on a Sunday

3. March 2008

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It’s the Carnival season and my son found this nice outfit on ebay We went out to lunch with his best friend. I am really sick and tired of hearing jokes about willies and butts from both of them. Thankfully, they kept painting throughout lunch (scenes from Star Wars) At some point I was quite bored so I [...]