Our travels took us to London this past weekend, and to a part of town we weren't at all familiar with: Angel. Sandwiched between the City Road and Regent's Canal, our Airbnb place at Theseus Place took us along the calm waters of the canal with its colourfully inhabited barges each time we came and went to Angel tube… Continue reading A little piece of Greece in Bloomsbury
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‘On a Greek Island’ is now available on Amazon.com
Finally, after four months on Zakynthos, and a month and a half off it, 'On a Greek Island: A Season in Zakynthos' is available as an ebook on Amazon.com. It's quite a thing to see it there after all these months. What started as an idea back in Brisbane about a year ago and got… Continue reading ‘On a Greek Island’ is now available on Amazon.com
The Peloponnese – Monemvasia and Elafonissos
In part two of our trip around the Peloponnese we went to Polilimnio and the Mani. It was time to leave the Mani even though we'd only had time to see a tiny part of it. We headed south to Areopoli and through the mountain pass towards Gytheio with a quick swimming stop at Mavrovouni… Continue reading The Peloponnese – Monemvasia and Elafonissos
The Peloponnese – Polilimnio and the Mani
In part one of our trip around the Peloponnese we went to Ancient Messene, Pylos and Methoni Castle. After two nights it was time to leave 'sandy Pylos', as it was called by Homer. We were going to head east across Messinia, go straight through Kalamata, and then drive south down the second finger, the… Continue reading The Peloponnese – Polilimnio and the Mani
The Peloponnese – Ancient Messene, Pylos and Methoni Castle
We've recently returned from a week's driving tour around the Peloponnese - a holiday within a holiday, if you will. We'd been in Zakynthos for two and a half months by mid-June, and once the boys finished school it seemed like a great time to head off for a bit of exploring. I'd previously been… Continue reading The Peloponnese – Ancient Messene, Pylos and Methoni Castle
Giostra di Zante
One day on our previous visit to Zante two years ago we noticed workmen clearing up a large amount of sand on Solomós Square, the main square in Zákynthos town. We went about our business and thought no more about it. Reading the local paper the next day I found out what the sand had been for:… Continue reading Giostra di Zante
Zante’s French connection
Of all the nationalities I could have been if I wasn’t Irish, French would have suited me best. That has nothing to do with my French-sounding surname, which actually comes from a far-flung corner of county Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, but rather from the affinity I've pretentiously felt with the language and… Continue reading Zante’s French connection
Zakynthos Update
Okay, this is going to be more of a newsy blog with an update of all the little bits and pieces that we've been up to lately. We've been here just over five weeks now, and Spring is in full bloom. There was a frenzy of activity in the fields about a week ago with… Continue reading Zakynthos Update
Making ladotiri – the local cheese of Zakynthos
Our good friend, Yorgo, is a self-sufficiency guru. Not in the modern "let's escape consumerism and go back to our roots" kind of way but out of tradition, inclination, and to a large part, necessity. A lot of the people around here have never escaped from their "roots" and take pride in growing a lot… Continue reading Making ladotiri – the local cheese of Zakynthos
Athens to Zakynthos, via the Peloponnese
We arrived in Zakynthos by the front door, at the beginning of April, the end of orange season. To fly in, as we sometimes do, is to skulk in through the servants' entrance. We sailed into Zakynthos harbour this time like pirates, boots up on the gunwale, telescopes out. We’d flown into Greece the night… Continue reading Athens to Zakynthos, via the Peloponnese
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