That Summer Feeling Even though I took this photograph back in March, when I look at it I get that summer feeling. I'm not sure what it is about the photo that reminds me of summer. It could be the way the sun catches certain parts of the boat and shades others. It may even be the sun flare. I ... [ Read More ]
Leaving Zakynthos On A Ferry Boat
Leaving On A Ferry Boat It's been so long since I wrote a blog post I may just have forgotten how, so do bear with me! At the end of March, a few of us from the Zakynthos Walking Group packed our bags and headed over to the mainland for a weekend of walking. It was a fantastic weekend away and of ... [ Read More ]
The Day I Forgot My Phone… And Survived!
The Day I Forgot My Phone... And Survived... The day started off like any other Saturday, a crazy rush to somehow get two 'children' to two different locations in a short space of time. As the crow flies it's doable, but the roads around here are winding country roads that add kilometres to 'as ... [ Read More ]
A Hike To Panagia Skopiotissa Monastery On Skopos… And Beyond
A Hike To Panagia Skopiotissa Monastery On Skopos... And Beyond The Zakynthos Walking Group did this walk up to the Panagia Skopiotissa Monastery on Skopos a couple of weeks ago. It was the same walk we did two years ago on New Year's Eve, but it was much warmer this time. It really was a glorious ... [ Read More ]
Daisies, Daisies…
Daisies, Daisies... Spring has to be my favourite season. It's when nature starts waking up from its winter slumber. Everywhere you look there is are signs that winter is over. Trees are starting to blossom. Flowers are starting to bloom. Even lizards are starting to make an appearance. It's ... [ Read More ]
Three Years And Still Blogging
Three Years And Still Blogging For me, this blogging lark all started on March 1st, 2014. To be honest I had dabbled on Blogger for about a week and a half, before deciding I didn't like it and wanted to self-host my blog. I got a bee in my bonnet and started learning everything I could about ... [ Read More ]
An Orchid With Character
An Orchid With Character You wouldn't know it now, but a couple of weeks ago we thought spring had arrived. Temperatures were up, skies were blue and the flowers were fooled. The spring flowers are still blooming and the birds are still flirting shamelessly albeit in the rain, but spring seems to ... [ Read More ]
Vrachionas, The Highest Point On Zakynthos On A Very Dull Day
Vrachionas, The Highest Point On Zakynthos This was a hike we did to the top of Vrachionas, the highest point on Zakynthos. The views, you can imagine, are quite something, on a clear day, but we didn't venture up on a clear day. We ventured up on a cold, grey day. In fact, I took very few photos ... [ Read More ]
Greek Hospitality At It’s Best
Greek Hospitality At It's Best The Greek people have long been known for their hospitality. They will happily invite you into their homes and feed you until you can eat no more. Having spent many a school summer holiday in Greece, I have childhood memories of being fed weird and wonderful foods by ... [ Read More ]
Slow Cooker Chickpea, Tomato And Bacon Recipe
Slow Cooker Chickpea, Tomato And Bacon Recipe I love my slow cooker. It's not so much a time saver as food still has to be prepared, but I do love being able to prepare the food at a time that suits me. I am very much a morning person, so a meal prepared early in the day, for me, takes half the ... [ Read More ]
The Intrepid Explorers Go Cliff Climbing At Agalas, Zakynthos
Cliff Climbing At Agalas Just as our legs had finished recovering from scaling the hills of Kiliomenos, we got 'sprung' an even more challenging hike. Last Wednesday the Intrepid Explorers went cliff climbing at Agalas. Okay, okay, so it wasn't so much sprung on us, we knew what we were in ... [ Read More ]
The Cliffs At Agalas
The Cliffs At Agalas This week's mid-week walk had us climbing down the cliffs at Agalas. It was a steep climb down, as you would expect a climb down a cliffside to be, but as always it was well worth it. If we thought the climb down was hard, the climb back up was doubly so. But I think you'll ... [ Read More ]
Scaling The Hills Of Kiliomenos
Scaling The Hills Of Kiliomenos Last week the Intrepid Explorers were caught out good and proper. We met up with Derek, our walk leader just outside the village of Kiliomenos, for what was supposed to be a six-kilometre hike. We have learned that most of our walks are 'six kilometres' and 'easy to ... [ Read More ]
The Only Way Was Up
The Only Way Was Up Last week's mid-week walk found us clambering up the side of a very steep hill. In fact, I think it was one of our steepest hikes yet, if not the steepest in sections. It was a springlike day and much warmer than we anticipated, but that could well have been the climb making us ... [ Read More ]
Make Recycling A Habit
We Must Make Recycling A Habit We are at a point where we must make recycling a habit. It isn't time-consuming, nor difficult. And it doesn't cost a penny or a cent (something you can't say about many things these days). Do you know what it can do, though? It can help save the environment and save ... [ Read More ]
The Intrepid Explorers Search For The Church In A Cave, Machairado
The Intrepid Explorers Search For The Church In A Cave Some of you may be wondering who the Intrepid Explorers are? And who are they indeed? Are they some sort of super group of adventurers taking on dangerous missions for the government? Or maybe they are top secret explorers searching for untold ... [ Read More ]
Wet And Wild Narcissi
Wet And Wild Narcissi I honestly felt a little stuck for my Sunday photo this week. Which seems ridiculous considering the number of photographs I take. Don't you find that your mood dictates how you see a photograph? Some weeks I have trouble selecting which photo to use and sometimes, like today, ... [ Read More ]
Sweet Chocolate Heart Dessert
Sweet Chocolate Heart Dessert Even the least romantic people in the world would appreciate the love that has gone into making this sweet chocolate heart dessert. I know, 'cos I'm one of them and if someone made one for me, I would love them forever! We are seeing romance everywhere at the ... [ Read More ]
Our Hike Around Askos And Korithi, Zakynthos
Our Hike Around Askos And Korithi, Zakynthos It seems to have taken me an age to sort through these photos from an Intrepid Explorers hike we did around Askos and Korithi a couple of weeks back. That'll teach me to take so many photos, but in my defence, I was messing with different settings so I ... [ Read More ]
Oranges And Lemons… On The Same Tree?
Oranges And Lemons Can you see what I see? No, you are not cracking up. The tree does have both oranges and lemons on its branches and there is only one truck. It had me scratching my head for a while. Which to be honest isn't hard to do. The only logical explanation is that a branch from a ... [ Read More ]