Tag: culture

• “Kouvendes” on Naxos

  

  I only spent three full days on Naxos, but I can already tell you about Yiannis, the advocate of Ammos restaurant, always boasting of their excellent seafood and small menu. He greeted me every day with, “Hello, Lady” as an answer to my, “Yia sas.” His resilient smile won me over for my last supper—well,…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  May 31, 2016

  friendship, travel

  conversations, culture, friendship, Greece, Naxos, strangers, travel

• A Day in Thassos

  

  “For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves.” Luke 22:27 It’s alive Sea urchins have just been split open like sacrifices, their insides pulled out and passed around the table. Our…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  July 26, 2015

  food, travel

  culture, eating with Greeks, food, Greece, sea urchins, Tassos of Thassos, thasos, travel, writing, writing workshops in Greece