Easter in Corfu

Gerald Durrell’s Corfu: A Greek Easter & Seasonal Kumquats I wanted to visit Corfu eversince I read Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals which was set in Corfu of the 1930s and the spirited character Spiros livened up the writer’s depiction of this seaside town. Incidentally, Corfu is known to have one of the…

Greek Easter Food in Corfu

I wanted to visit Corfu eversince I read Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals which was set in Corfu of the 1930s and the spirited character Spiros livened up the writer’s depiction of this seaside town. Incidentally, Corfu is known to have one of the most unique Easter celebrations in Greece, an experience I…

The Magic of Greek Coffee Shops or Kafenios

When I first came to Crete last year and was going around different villages for my thesis on the carob, I often noticed the older men peacefully sitting outside cafes, with their coffee cups, clicking their beads or komboloi or just watching the cars pass by. I then had the pleasure of staying at Gonies,…

Open market day in Heraklion, Crete

When I first moved to Heraklion, coming from a vibrant culture of going to open markets where vegetables are sold in little makeshift stalls by vendors who source their fresh produce everyday from the wholesale market at the crack of dawn, I was sure the Cretans also had a fresh market for the weekends. I…

Olive Harvest in Crete

I live on the island of Crete and the landscape changes rapidly from a sunny beach to a misty, snow capped mountain, scattered with islands that resemble a large, snoozing dragon. The criss cross roads lead to small villages that vary in subtle ways, from possessing their own flour mills, to ancient structures of archaeological…