Archive for June, 2012

Food for thought on Ithaca…

Ithaca, while being undoubtedly the loveliest island in the Mediterranean, has always had shocking food by Greek standards. Now there is a reason for foodies to make the trip there – Penelope’s is an old waterside taverna in the cute village of Frikes The somewhat corpulent ex -mayor of the island has given up politics…

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Patmos

“We don’t call them pigeons, we call them  “Twenty-twoooos,” because  that is what their call sounds like,” said the old lady who runs Vangelis, one of the two tavernas in  the main piazza in Chora, which turns into one large, elegant, open-air drawing room in August – Patmos is home to six princes, at least 10 counts, 7…

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Kos to Patmos

I can’t help it – I  just love Flying Dolphins, those long tubular hydrofoils that skitter from island to island delivering packages, passengers and news  and  are a real life-line for the remoter islands. Patmos now has two, one from Samos and one from Kos, both islands with international airports, so  Patmos is much easier…

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