Tag Archives: Greece

A walk around the island!

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It has been a long and hard week and this walk around the island was exactly what I needed on a beautiful windy yet partially sunny Sunday! Here are some of the photos I took today and some old ones in the end of the post:     THAT smile!   These two goats where locked up in an abandoned building.   We went for a superbly delicious lunch in Pandeli. I love all the shells stuck on the buoy, it looks like it was done on purpose…   ANd the mandatory visit of  the castle with its lovely view of Agia Marina and Alinda!   And an older photo I took in Athens of some out of focus lights. I call it ”where is you focus?”    

Remnants of summer and automn!

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I just emptied my phone from around 300 photos… Haven’t done that since August… So I decided to make a post with a selection of photos. Lilly sleeping and looking very comfortable in an uncomfortable position… A huuuuuggeee, fist sized, moth I spotted on the way to work on a hot August morning.   A last September swim in Pandeli. One of the things I miss about summer during the winter is not the weather (I hate summer weather) but rather being in the sea!   I designed this cake and the pastry cook realized it! One of the best meals I’ve had at the lovely Mylos restaurant!   When she is not wondering out in the ‘wilderness’ she is almost always sleeping…   And autumn arrived with some great storms… And yes autumn is my favorite time of the year! Perfect temperature and rain!!   And some great cloudy skies   In Athens for the Christmas holidays. It was really interesting how the city has changed in a matter of years!   CHOCOLATEEEE!!!   We tried molecular cocktails on my birthday.. I was not impressed, even though I absolutely loooovee cocktails   Aaaand back to the office….   I hope…
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Belated summer and autumn post..

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This summer has been the craziest and busiest one! Work has been exhausting but very satisfying! Summer was sweat and very hot! Met a lot of new and interesting people, saw old friends after a long long time, went to the beach a lot and drank A M A Z I N G cocktails (see photos below!).

A beautiful mojito

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Satsuma delight

 

Satsuma delight!

 

A strawbery cheescake in the makings

 

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Mojito & lemonpie heaven!!

 

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There is this anual exhibition of REALLY old vehicle every August! Some beauties are in display…

 

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And the ocasional pigeon flying around!

 

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What the past couple of months looked like

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In February was the Greek carnival! Here we have a good specimen of what homemade zombies look like!   and we also had Ash Monday, with a great meal of seafood..   I sometimes think she is plotting against us…     Spring is here     full of crazy colors   and the usual cat in the dumpster   crazy wild flowers I wish I had in mygarden  

Random snaps that were left behind since last spring!

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So I decided that in order for this blog to seem still alive I will post a few snaps from last spring until about a month ago… As I still cannot find the time to upload proper posts I have decided that for the moment I will post snapshots (which are very often taken with my phone)! Enjoy 🙂   First spring coffee under the sun!! Easter Sunday (a big deal in Greece) and little brother woke up late The rollings on cement Summer full moon can be majestic It gets so humid in the summer that the road is literally shining When autumn comes and it gets a little gold she always comes to sleep in the bedroom. As for the rest of the year she doesn’t care about us Making pomegranate liqueur for Christmas! The easiest gift, recipe here! I woke up to this… Cute and scary at the same time! Don’t let looks deceive you he is a little devil! Sunbathing after the storm Oh hi, are you sitting on the computer? Oh well I’ll sit on your keyboard… Yum yum!!  

Time slips away..

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Yet another belated post.. Time slips away when you are busy. Many things have happened in past few months. New house and new ventures have kept me busy. These are a few photos I have gathered from these last months 🙂 A visit to the Castle on a sunny spring day   We found pretty flowers   and we played with the wind   Leros mills   The cat found her place on the fridge   My plant had amazing flowers!!   A day at the beach! First time in years I went really early in the morning at the beach. It was very beautiful and very private! I see this bougainvillea every morning on my way to work! Waiting for clients… They were late and I got bored! Again on my way to work spotted this beautiful flowers. I think the plant is called osier…   At the construction site it is full of butterflies. I think they seek the coolnes of the water used…

Sunday blogging and relaxing

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I always wait for Sunday with such enthusiasm. It’s the only day of the week I do not work… And I always have grant plans, which I almost NEVER manage to fulfil.. Today I managed to do most of the things I had planed and the evening is still young.

The fact that it has been raining almost all day helped a lot.

uggly tiles look better with colorful rugs

Another thing that helped a lot was borrowing/confiscating my boyfriend’s iphone…

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New recipe on Delicious Diversity…

bottle waiting to be filled

Trying to make interesting photos with horrible light and no props whatsoever

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A calf we came across yesterday, in a last-minute car ride, (those are the best). The day was sunny and warm, very spring like…

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