Soon your garden will be ripe with lots and lots of zucchini. My previous post featured Zucchini patties…a summer time favourite for many Greeks. There is also Kolokithakia Gemista with an Avgolemono Sauce, one of my personal faves and I had my mom make this for me last year for my arrival in Greece. There’s [...]
Last year during my vacation in Greece, I had the pleasure of seeing, eating and drinking my way through the southern peninsula also known as the Peloponnese. I traveled from Thessaloniki to Athens by train, stayed in the capital for a couple of days and then headed to Leonidio and then way down south to [...]
My introduction to the Vatistas Winery is a prime example of the phenomenon known as “six degrees of separation”. The journey began two summers ago when I was asked by my cousin if I would like to visit the Pavlou Estate Winery in my mom’s home town of Agios Panteleimon. The Pavlou Estate wines are [...]
A place that I’ve wanted to visit for a long-long time is Mystras. Located a mere 7 km from Laconia’s capital, Sparti is where one will find Mystras, There are many significant places of historical and religious significance for a Greek (and non-Greek) to visit and Mystras are one of those places. Mystras is an [...]
One of the stops I made during last year’s vacation in Greece was to the southernmost Prefecture of Greece, Laconia. The capital of Laconia is Sparti (Sparta) which you all are pretty familiar with by now. My journey to Sparta began way before even setting foot on this region of Greece. Last Spring, I was [...]
