Category Archives: Sanders Blog – Hellas

1st March, 2015 Happy March! and Happy St David’s Day. Our daffodils – £1.00/€1.38 per bunch – are basking in the Spring sunshine. We have had Revithia (Ρεβύθια) or chick pea soup for our meal in honour of our Sifnos … Continue reading →

22nd February, 2015 Beautiful, sunny morning but cold – minus temperature with heavy frost. In spite of the weather, I suspect Greece is not a very warm place to call home at the moment. Dominic Lawson’s byline in the Sunday … Continue reading →

15th February, 2015 We are entering a mild, dry and sunny week as a prelude to the official announcement of Spring. Unfortunately, we have the mild and dry but not the sun this morning. In fact, we expect clear skies … Continue reading →

8th February, 2015 We were woken by birdsong before 7.00 am this morning and the day is certainly Spring-like. Actually, there are six weeks until the Spring Equinox. At 10.00 pm, we have all the windows open upstairs and down … Continue reading →

1st February, 2015 January 2015 is dead. Welcome February! It is a lovely, sunny morning although fairly chilly. I’m undergoing the arduous, Sunday ritual of reading the papers on my iPad, updating my Blogs and websites and watching football. Pauline … Continue reading →

25th January, 2015 How do you feel about beetroot? I must say from the outset that I have always loved it. I enjoy it in pickled, salad form and roasted as a vegetable but the one thing I have never done … Continue reading →

18th January, 2015 A grey, damp and cold day all day – just the sort for staying in and reading the papers. This time next week the Greeks will have voted in a general election that could cause the country to default … Continue reading →

11th January, 2015 Glorious morning of blue skies and sunshine but cool with a hint of frost. Roles are completely reversed today. Sifnos is three times warmer than us. 6C/42F at 10.00 am compared with an island temperature of 18C/64F. … Continue reading →

4th January, 2015 Lovely, sunny day. We have spent it quietly reading the newspapers which are full of Royal indiscretions – lovely to see Airmiles Andy getting his comeuppance -, the starting pistol being fire on the Health versus Wealth … Continue reading →

28th December, 2014 The Greeks are doing their level best to see the year out with a major disaster. We woke to the news of a ferry on fire in the Adriatic. It is a vessel chartered by ANEK Ferries … Continue reading →