Wednesday, 24 December 2014
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Deck the halls...
Sometimes people ask us...
"What is Christmas like...
... in a little fishing village....
... on a small Greek island...
... in the middle of the Aegean?"
...
We usually just tell them "Oh it's very quiet"...
...but actually...
...it's beautiful.
A Nativity Scene is assembled near the quay...
... and around the village the trees and lamp posts are decorated with lights...
...as are a few small boats ...
...and one or two windmills...
...and the Delphini gift shop transforms itself into Liberty of Aliky.
...but Shhh..., don't tell everyone...
...its a secret !
Καλά Χριστούγεννα ! - Happy Christmas !
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Saturday, 13 December 2014
Friday, 12 December 2014
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Sunday, 7 December 2014
Friday, 5 December 2014
Anything you can do...
... someone else can do better!
There are many ways to pick olives...
...by hand...
... or with olive combs...
...and I've seen people cut a small branch and beat the trees to make the olives fall...
...Some people who have a lot of trees use electric combs which, although very effective, are heavy and you're guaranteed some aching shoulders by the end of a days picking...
...But a friend sent us this...
...which I thought was quite a good idea...
...but if you're really picking on an industrial level then there is always this!...
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
A very Greek day....
We had a visit from a neighbour this morning...
...evidently the Halva Flapjacks we sent over were very popular and now the recipe is required...
... eventually we came up with this...
...and we're hoping that it has the same meaning as this...
....we talked through the directions and with a combination of Greeklish and a lot of gesticulation...
... I think the results should turn out to be the same as the earlier sample...
...but if you can improve on this translation please let us know!
Monday, 1 December 2014
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