Banana Bread

So, not the most attractive looking banana bread but nevertheless tasty and a good use of some overripe bananas. I basically just mashed the bananas with some oil, added flour and a bit of baking soda and bunged it in the oven and this was the result. It was actually really tasty… looks can be […]

The Final Goodbye

I love the graves in Athens. The First Cemetery was one of my favourite places to wander during the winter lockdown of 2020 and I went back when visiting the city again. There are some beautiful, as well as famous graves here, such as the tomb of Theodoros Kolokotronis. The tradition of adding a photograph of […]

St. Nicholas Monastery Church – Mesopotam, Albania

The St Nicholas Monastery Church is 11th century, built on the site of an earlier monastery of which some remaining walls are still standing. In turn, the monastery was itself built on an ancient site, possibly connected to the ancient city of  Phoenice (Finik) 3 km away. As I arrived at the church an old man was […]