Trachana { Frumenty }

Traditional Trachana { Frumenty }, Zagori, Ioannina, Greece

Trahana is part of the culinary scene in the hoseholds of the Zagori region. It is a centurie’s old traditional food made every year by the women of the Zagori but also of Greece in general. Nowadays it can be readily found in the supermarkets…

… And gathering swallows twitter in the skies

The swallows gathered this morning outside my window in Zagori in anticipation of their southbound trip towards their warmer second home

How beautiful the season is now—How fine the air. A temperate sharpness about it. Really, without joking, chaste weather—Dian skies—I never liked stubble-fields so much as now—Aye better than the chilly green of the spring. Somehow, a stubble-field looks warm—in the same way that…

Outdoor cinema in Kato Pedina, Zagori

Outdoor cinema under the starry nights of Zagori at the Mesochori (aka the square of Kato Pedina village). Cold beers, souvlaki and three very interesting movies to choose from!

Outdoor cinema under the starry nights of Zagori at the Mesochori (aka the square of Kato Pedina village). Cold beers, souvlaki and three very interesting movies to choose from! PROGRAM 09/08 – “12”, Nikita Mikhalkov 10/08 – “Frozen River”, Courtney Hunt 11/08 – “Απ’ τα…