The Froth

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 [...]

Hurrah! I am going to Tuscany

21. July 2008

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I’ll be staying near San Gimignano. My mission is to eat as much gellato as possible. I hope I will find the heart to come back. Everybody tells me it’s a difficult place to leave. Expect postcards. Also: This sums up the re-design of the site for the time being. The fact is I don’t like [...]

The tooth fairy is really a bitch

5. May 2008

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House in Makrinitsa The cafe May got off to a bumpy start. The countryside is nice (I went to Makrinitsa, a beautiful village on Mt Pilio to celebrate the coming of May) but not so nice when you have a toothache that could kill ten fat horses and there is not a pharmacist’s in sight. I had [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Vanishing now

30. November 2007

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I am going to vanish until the 7th of December. The truth is we are adding some new products to the deli and I also have to be in Richmond because we are moving to new premises. But this time I am glad to be leaving. I’ve had a very difficult week and because weeks [...]

My Chios top 10

19. August 2007

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Mesta Village spoon sweet (this is pistachio) Pyrgi Street in Kampos Giosonas beach Mansion in Kampos watch tower "vigla" Pythonas tavern -The Byzantine monasteries, especially Nea Moni which means “New Monastery”. Don’t take that literally, because as it was built between 1043-1055 it is not that new. -Anavatos: a medieval, abandoned village, made of grey stone buildings, very austere, very humbling. -Kampos: a lush area [...]