The flowers of Paros and Mykonos
The flowers on the Greek isles always look more intense and vibrant than they do here. Maybe it’s the light…
Author: Pollybert
Great Greek food on Paros
Greek food to me means lots of starters and almost no main courses. I don’t know why but the vegetarian…
The beaches of Paros (and Antiparos)
A beach is never just a beach but comprises so much more. Is it sand or gravel or even rocks,…
Arriving on Paros
Going to Paros proved to be fairly easy. We left the hotel, Paola’s town, in the morning and got a…
Touching down in Mykonos
What better way to prolong summer than leaving Vienna and heading for Greece. Even though I had already been there…
Ali Ocakbasi
Monday is not my favorite day of the week (is it anybody’s?). Which is weird because while I am traveling…
Books
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott: There is a recent movie called ‘The Dressmaker’ with Kate Winslet which Sylvia saw on…
Rinderwahn
Rinderwahn means mad cow disease in German and the name says it all. Right off the Kärnter Straße in the…
Restaurant Eckel
When I was a child dining out almost never happened and when it did only on special occasions. So when…
Ostwind
Chinese food was exotic in the ’80s and after that it lost its glamour and was just a mix MSG…
