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Great Britain
Peak District
Staycation Days out
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UK Holidays
A visit to the Peak District ~YHA Castleton Losehill Hall
Castleton YHA Losehill Hall YHA Castleton Losehill Hall in the Peak District is a lovely youth hostel set in the Peak District. Recently I was contacted by YHA to see if I wanted to visit the Peak District and stay at their YHA Castleton Losehill Hall. Not having managed this for many years I jumped at the chance […]
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Athens
Athens Travels
Restaurant Review
Travel
Dining out in Athens
On my recent trip to Athens I had the opportunity to eat at a variety of places. I enjoyed street food, visited many coffee shops and devoured amazing pastries. We also dined at three very different restaurants. I was really excited to try the different cuisines as I am a vegetarian and discovering new dishes […]
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Athens
Athens Travels
Destination Athens
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Things to do in Athens
What to see in Athens? Athens is the capital of Greece. This beautiful city is still dominated by 5th-century BC landmarks, such as the Acropolis, a hill top with the beautiful Parthenon sitting majestically on it. You can easily do all the sights in Athens in a day if you make an early start. […]
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Athens
Athens Travels
Destination Athens
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Olive Picking in Athens~Greece
Last November I travelled to Athens with my food blogger friend Heidi. The whole trip was planned so that we could attend the olive harvesting and see the olives being pressed into olive oil. Greece is the third largest Olive Oil producer in the world. It’s warm climate and hilly terrain makes it the perfect […]
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Athens
Athens Travels
Destination Athens
Travel
Places to visit around The Athenian Riviera ~Athens
Athens has become a favorite destination of mine and last year, I had the opportunity to visit the place twice. Once in March and the second time in November. We were really fortunate with the weather on both trips.Temperatures were 20-24 Degrees C, really comfortable and perfect for sight seeing. In February we visited all […]
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Food Props
Travel
Blog Props from Athens and Gran Canaria
As you know I love collecting food props and I have a lot in my collection such as these floral collections, brass plate and Mexican props collection. Recently I have not written about my collection of blog props in a long time, this is not because I have not been collecting them, but because I have tried to […]
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Greek Cuisine
Soup
Travel
A Greek Feast at Olea Villas Crete
On our recent trip to Crete we had the opportunity to stay at the Olea villas, which are set amongst olive groves facing Loutraki Bay, near Chania Crete The villas are fully equipped with a modern kitchen with all mod cons, crockery and cooking utensils if you want to do self catering. However for those […]
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Crete Travels
Destination Crete
Travel
Hand Picked Greece~Cretan Cookery Class in Crete
When I visited Crete, I was very fortunate to be invited to a Cretan cookery class through Hand Picked Greece. Hand Picked Greece is a company that offers various different workshops in Crete. These include cookery classes at their Olive Farm to Olive oil soap making classes, Bee garden experience, Gastronomy experience and also yoga […]
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Crete Travels
Destination Crete
Travel
The Botanical Gardens in Fournes Crete
On my recent trip to Crete, I had the opportunity to visit the Botanical Gardens at Fournes. I learnt that the Botanical Park & Gardens of Crete was reborn from the ashes after a devastating fire spread in October 2004. The wild fire started when an electricity pole was struck by a storm near the village […]
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Chania
Crete Travels
Destination Crete
Travel
Chania and Olea Villas – Crete
My recent trip to Crete took me to Chania the western side of the island, which is the second largest city in Crete. Chania has an international airport with scheduled flights from the UK, the main tourist season is from April to October. Ferries also sail to and from Athens (Pireas) daily – the port for ferries […]
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