Thursday 19 December 2019

Christmas Images

A photo round-up of our December




This is the ship which K has surrounded by Christmas lights for our traditional holiday decoration


Just for fun
an empty can of NZ reduced cream, essential for the classic kiwi onion dip, brought 12,000 miles in a suitcase.  I suppose I'll have to throw it into the recycle bag eventually.  Now it sits nicely beside the very classic wine jug from the island of PAros


English Christmas crackers.  Everyone in the family loves these.  This year I remembered early and ordered from Ebay.  20 crackers for a very reasonable 18 euro and that included the postage.  The boxes are a bit battered but hopefully the crackers will still go bang when they are pulled.  The smaller box is from a big greek shopping chain.  I was in early there too though I doubt they'll sell out.  Xmas crackers seem still to be on the mostly-unknown-foreign list.


Beaujolais and from 2019.
I love a bit of beaujolais but usually the bottles in the greek supermarkets are from the previous year and I know this wine is supposed to be drunk young



Downtown all the cafeterias have some sort of Xmas decoration
The streets at night have lights on the lamp posts in the shapes of trees and stars.  Most impressive this year.


This is the local almond-biscuit making shop.  omg the smell wafted along the waterfront, how could I resist.  But I did.  My traditonal partner was in a hurry to make home before the next 'falling of chair legs' as they say here.  Dark clouds were encroaching, rolling down over the hills opposite


Steps green with moss.  They'll be whitewashed by the municipality before easter next year


We came home last weekend on the car ferry with son-in-law's family oil and wine.  The family have olive trees and grape vines in a small village further north.  A cousin looks after the fields, vines and trees, does the harvest and sends part of the yield down to the family on Poros.

13 comments:

  1. Are you wine and oil importers LA?

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    1. Neither importers nor exporters but great users of both

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  2. Never heard "the falling of chair legs"... Does that mean a heavy rain storm? Love it.

    Great round up of your Christmas Season.

    "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
    Jack Frost nipping at your nose
    Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
    And folks dressed up like Eskimos…"

    ♬ 🎶 ♫

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    1. A very greek expression and sometimes it sounds like chair legs on our roof

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  3. I know my Sig. Line doesn't apply to you in a warm climate, but the general feeling, is the same. -smile-

    "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
    Jack Frost nipping at your nose
    Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
    And folks dressed up like Eskimos…"

    ♬ 🎶 ♫

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  4. Oh, I loved that reduced cream can! Funny the things we take with us to remind us of home, and that is so much a part of Kiwiana.

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    1. Very kiwi!! That's about the third can that's come out way, with the decorating onion soup.

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  5. English crackers. Yes we are!

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  6. I bought a box of Crackers in my local supermarket this year. I think it's the first time they've been on sale in France. I love that last photo.

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  7. oh yes! gotta have the onion dip with reduced cream - do you put a squeeze of lemon juice in with it or vinegar?

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  8. We have a similar saying - 'raining stair rods' for heavy rain, best not to get caught out in either. I like the boat!

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