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One of the good things when you live in a Greek island is that you often find at your door baskets of eggs and vegetables, fresh picked from a friend’s garden : ) Artichoke hearts and onion, tomatoes and peppers, potatoes and sausage, zucchinis and feta: these are only some of the good local products […]

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The treat at the Monastery of Saint Theoktisti There is a place of peace and quiet in the north part of Ikaria; hidden by the trees and the gigantic rocks that create the unique Theoskepasti chapel and the old monk’s cells, for more than five centuries this place used to be a Monastery, an observation […]

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A song about my favorite things I know I may sound like Maria from the Sound of Music, but this is the song that came into my mind after a short excursion to Trikeri. So, what this song would be about? It would be about the hundreds of colors reflecting on the water surface; about […]

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…and a recipe by Nikos Petrakis. There are some flavors that are just forgettable. They are familiar, yet original; simple and advanced in the same time. Flavors that are precious: they make time stop and they make you remember every little detail that is connected with them: the way the glasses reflected the daylight, the […]

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