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Aug 23 2008

How to get pregnant in Greece

pictures of hibiscusEuhm… I guess the good old fashion way…

Yet to my utter amazement there is a well in Kos when you drink the water, you become pregnant. I did visit this well, yet since I don’t need any more kids, I stayed well away from the well :-)

In fact I was more interested in the hibiscus tree blooming over the well… Yes, I took an organized tour around Kos yesterday. Quite an easy and cheap way to cover vast parts of the little Kos Island, just the down-part of an organized bus tour is the lack of good food and the lack of "off the beaten track" places to visit.

On the other hand I did pass lots of little restaurants that could be promising when it comes to good old fashion Greek cuisine :-)

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Aug 10 2008

Edible Flowers

edible flowersDid you know that hibiscus flowers are edible flowers? That’s what the self proclaimed cookingdiva told me today when I had a drink in her little tavern with a view over the Aegean Sea.

According to her it’s best to serve the yellow and orangey coloured hibiscus flowers, as the taste reminds you a bit on oranges and lemons.

Her keywords yellow and orange gave me a good excuse not to try her white hibiscus flowers in her vase on the table :-)

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Aug 29 2007

Why all the Greeks look retired?

hibiscus flowersWhite houses everywhere, cats everywhere, bicycles everywhere (quite fun and relaxing and cheap to hire) and of course: hibiscus flowers everywhere :-)

I must have taken al lot of hibiscus flowers already… well, call me homesick: hibiscus is the national flower of Malaysia, where the food is good and life is cheap. But you need to make a living and you need to help people out making their living, so no regrets, all happy faces :-)

And not that I am the only one here: a lot of overseas Greeks on a ripe retirement age came back to Kos to gain some extra bucks in the Greek tourism industry before returning back overseas in winter.

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