Hellas!
After the cool sophistication of Paris, Greece is a burst of warm relaxed sunshine. Under the bleached blue dome of the sky, we have spent the last week exploring the ancient sites of the mainland....
View ArticleKicking back in Kythera
After our trip about the Peleponnese, we headed to Kythera island. Kicking back in Kythera Kythera is the island which hangs off the bottom (that sounds gross!) of the Peleponnese, and while officially...
View Articleour long holiday by Cecily
We woke up in Ghana and knew today would be busy, soon enough we were on the plane to Accra. That afternoon we were on another plane (it was a 6 hour flight), we woke up on the plane and we were in...
View ArticleGreece v Ghana
Bill again. Greece and Ghana. Athens, Greece vs Accra, Ghana; Kythera vs Konongo; Feta vs Fufu. Has our trip to Greece, in reality, been a trip to a parallel universe? Many things were kinda similar....
View ArticleKonongo kitchen – or 101 ways with tomatoes
As I said in my last post, we are adapting not only to a whole new way of shopping, but also a much changed shopping list. There are no longer 200 different types of yogurt to choose from, which, to be...
View ArticleGreece’s image problem.
In the surreal, wonderful world of summer holidays, I’m writing to you from Greece. In a whitewashed hotel room, with furniture painted in inimitable shades of Greek sea blue and green. The bed sheets...
View ArticleTravels in Greece: Leap into the blue
Kythera sits like a tear drop at the bottom of the Peloponnese. a rocky island around which the waters of the Aegean and Ionian seas flow. From where I sit, I can see both the sugar cube houses of the...
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