Sunday, 24 January 2021

Gull's eggs



In 1970 the book Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach became a worldwide bestseller. It is a fable about a seagull who wants more than what’s on offer in the colony of gulls where he lives and where life mainly consists of searching for food. Jonathan wants to fly and he spends so much time just flying that... continue reading

Sunday, 10 January 2021

Power games



The world is under the spell of the virus and the power game in America, where unthinkable things are happening. Lots of countries, like Greece, suffer from a lockdown. The hope is that vaccinations will soon... continue reading

Tuesday, 22 December 2020

Almost Greek Cooking during Corona Times - Pig happiness



The advantage of corona might be that the Christmas stress for the Christmas Cook might be tempered, because officially you may not cook for grand companies. However, a Christmas Menu still has to be composed, although this corona year it maybe not be as... continue reading

Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Eating fig flowers

 

Eating a fig in fact is eating flowers. They can be consumed directly from the tree. But there are also plenty of recipes for dried figs as well as forfresh figs. Not easy to find new recipes, but here is a new one: a refreshing figs-eggs-avocado salad, http://smitakislesvos.com/en/eating-fig-flowers/

Saturday, 8 August 2020

Fire on the island

 

Seeing a wall of flames racing towards you and the house, makes your worst nightmare come true. But there was so much luck that day: the house, the animals and everybody were okay after lots of people together with the fire brigade managed to put the fire out: http://smitakislesvos.com/en/1505-2/

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Kááárpouzi!

 

A little history of the watermelon and about watermelon phobia: http://smitakislesvos.com/en/kaaarpouououzi/


Sunday, 19 July 2020

The Great Drive


While Athens builds The Great Walk, straight through the historical center, West-Lesvos also is under the spell of a road-build-fever. The building of the road Kalloni – Sigri has never been progressed so quickly and all other roads are being covered with a new layer of asphalt: http://smitakislesvos.com/en/the-great-drive-2/