musings of a traveller and food lover

Crossing Newcastle, UK – Kristiansand, Norway

The CrossingMarch 17th, 2005We left York slightly early hoping we can have our last fish and chips at Newcastle. The dock itself is 8 miles out of the city, where there is an outlet mall and ...

Blue Riband aboard Princess of Scandinavia

Crossing between Newcastle, UK to Kristiansand, NorgeIt took its name from the World of Blue Riband of the Atlantic award given to the passenger ship that made the fastest Atlantic crossing ...

The Drive from Kristiansand to Oslo

I couldn’t get up must be tired or was it the wine. M said if I were to shower and have a full stomach I’d better get up. I looked at the port hole, ughh not another grey place. Dashed ...

Cinnamon and Life

Cinnamon and the High Cost of Living can be found on my other web page Taxidia tis Zois. To Taxidi in Greek is a trip or a journey, at taxidia is the plural form, zoi is life, thus thatÂ’s ...

Oslo Food Diaries

I have been tinkering on my files all the time actually, just that we have to wait till next week when we get the telephone connection gets sorted out. Today I discovered the ...

To Norway

Food to Norway. Yes and don’t laugh! Inside my bags are the following 1) Organic Earl Grey Tea2) Organic Coffee3) Organic Lemon Squash Couldn’t bring anything from Greece except ...

Moments – Lenten Week in Greece

Lenten week in Greece, people abstain meat for 40 days (well only the real faithful- the rest do it the week before Easter). This man here sells, salted anchovies,mackarels, tuna, sardines ...

Real Fast Food: Chicken Tarragon

Nico usually lacks confidence in cooking for Markus, Sha and Jo. (we are all better at cooking than him J) So when he volunteers to cook for us, we humour him and so far he has never failed ...

GAN GIN GAN YUU

GAN GIN GAN YUU – “ As you eat, so you are” the Thai words similar to Savarin’s “You are what you eat” Whenever we come to London, finding a place to eat is one of our ...

The Forgotten Delicacies

Intestines,lung,oxtail tongue, heart, liver, kidney, sweetbread and tripe.Location:Athens Central Market, a place full of discoveries

Makarones Me Kima – A Real Greek Recipe

Today I told M to meet me at Syndagma Sq. so we can do our errands in town. The day turned out to be warm and we just toddle off around town with the direction towards Omonia, passing ...