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The octopus garlands This afternoon feels warm at Pisso Livadi , so  I  make myself a large cup of coffee and go outside, to drink it at the veranda, overlooking  the sea. From there, in a clear day like this, I can see Naxos, Iraklia, Ios, Sikinos, and sometimes Santorini. Dozens of small fishing boats […]

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  • Eduardo y Maite08/04/2012 - 3:41 pm

    Nice way for cooking the octopus. In Galicia (Spain) you can ask for “Octopus to the party” ^_^ReplyCancel

  • Debbie Pappyn22/08/2012 - 8:25 am

    the big question is, do these octapus come from Greece? I’ve heard not in summer….ReplyCancel

The Blue Star ferries that arrive on the islands this weekend are full of passengers, as if  it was August… It is the Kathari Deftera (Net Monday), a public holiday for Greece. On that special day that signifies the end of the carnival festivities and the beginning of the forty day fasten that ends with […]

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The small table by the sea: is this picture familiar to you? It could be in Paros, Naxos, Sifnos or in Folegandros… Since the 1950s, the trademark small table by the sea, surrounded by sea trees and the songs of crickets, waits for couples in love to come and rest. There will always be the waiter, […]

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  • Maria14/03/2012 - 11:35 pm

    …looking at the photo of the familiar small table by the sea and reading Maria’s thoughts, I find myself carefree smiling and wigling my toes (inside the sand…of an apartment in Athens)
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    Many many congrats to both of you!!!!!!ReplyCancel

  I recall that I didn’ t even feel like having lunch on that day… It was the first time I had ever visited Ios and I was only there for work. By the time I had finished with my meeting, it was already noon, the sun was high in the sky and everything felt […]

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  • Pia Vancoutren31/03/2013 - 2:12 am

    Amazingly Beautiful island! Food looks so delicious, will have to travel there again soon! LOL AGAPIA:)ReplyCancel