A 1970s Christmas – Growing up in Leeds – Yorkshire
Christmas is here again, bringing back memories, some make us happy, some not so happy. My memories are all happy, bittersweet though, most of the people who made my Christmasses ones to be...
Category: My life & Thoughts
Homegrown in a Greek Garden
I love my garden, although hard work, gardening is a rewarding hobby, sometimes a chore but the results make it all worthwhile. There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing that first tiny shoot emerge...
Loutraki Greece – 12 Quotes About the Sea
After a week of dull, cloudy days, the sun has returned to Loutraki I shall take a walk down to to the harbour, or maybe take a walk in the park. Here, at the...
Greek Street Market – Loutraki
I woke up to a dull and muggy day, it’s mid-November though, we can’t have summer twelve months of the year! So far we’ve been lucky, weather wise, this winter, here in Greece,...
On The Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month We Will Remember Them
On Remembrance Day, at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, we shall remember those who fought and those who died during The Great War, The World War, World...
Living in Greece With a Septic Tank
Life with a septic tank is never dull, well, not with our septic tank anyway, it has a life and a mind of its own. For about twenty years it behaved itself, we never gave...
Loutraki – A Walk in the Park
Finally, after five days of rain, we have sunshine; I’ve missed my daily walks, so, join me for a stroll around Loutraki, and later, we’ll stop for coffee at the trendy, “Kolonaki” bar –...
Life in Greece as an Expat – Interview for expats Blog
A question I am frequently asked, by both Greeks and foreigners, is “Do I like living in Greece?” My answer is always the same, in one word “Yes!” It’s been so long now,...
Celebrating the life of Dimitris – The Loss of a Friend
Today, October twenty sixth, while Greece celebrates the name day of Saint Demitrius; Patron Saint of Thessaloniki, I am celebrating the life of another Dimitris. Dimitri is one of my oldest friends. I met...
Just Another Day in My Greek Life
Each glorious day now, in Greece, a day where the weather permits me to go to the beach, is a gift. A gift because we are nearing the end of October and...
