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The island of Ali Pasha, a scary little duck, and fish in tomato sauce

  The island of Ali Pasha in the lake of Ioannina offered sadness but also laughter During my recent trip to Epirus where my husband and I stayed in the historic city of Arta, we visited another historic city – Ioannina – for a day. Ioannina is a stunning city built on the lake Pamvotida, and […]

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FREE books, The island of Ali Pasha, a scary little duck, and fish in tomato sauce

  The island of Ali Pasha in the lake of Ioannina offered sadness but also laughter During my recent trip to Epirus where my husband and I stayed in the historic city of Arta, we visited another historic city – Ioannina – for a day. Ioannina is a stunning city built on the lake Pamvotida, and […]

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Author, is META pirating your books to train AI? Check now and take action!

Today, I am blogging just for authors, because I found out something both incredible and infuriating and I feel compelled to share. For those of you who didn’t know either: There is a database of authored works called LibGen and it is used by META to train AI. I searched with my name today, and, […]

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A new audiobook set in Corfu, Greece

Hello, All! Thrilled to announce I published my very first audio book this month! My Corfu Love Story is a clean romance short read with a paranormal twist. The audio book’s duration is under 2 hours. Spyri never forgot that old summer in Corfu when she met Markos… Spyri is haunted by precious old memories […]

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The stone bridge of Plaka in Epirus and Greek baked fish with onions and tomatoes

The most intrepid thing I’ve done in ages… During my Christmas break in Epirus where my husband and I stayed in the historic city of Arta, we visited the mountain area of Tzoumerka for a day. Our first stop was the famous stone bridge of Plaka dating from 1866. An earlier attempt to build it […]

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The alluring sea lake of Messolonghi and a family recipe for squid stew

I visited Messolonghi by coach during my Christmas break in Epirus where I stayed in the historical city of Arta. On our way back to Athens, the driver took us for a ride around the sea lake of Messolonghi, a historical town that is famous for an amazing feat of bravery during the Greek war […]

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A clean holiday romance set in Santorini, out on preorder!

Whoahey! American publisher, Written Musings, has offered me the chance to write a new book for their holiday selection and I am very excited! All the books include the theme of a child sending a letter to Santa. We have been communicating back and forth the details since last Christmas, and finally, we have the preorder […]

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My family recipe for fasolada. Bean soup with pasta tubes

Hello All! Today, I am sharing a traditional Greek recipe for bean soup, i.e. “fasolada”, and it happens to be one of my father’s best. Truly, my late father, Fotis, made the best ‘fasolada’. More often than not, he cooked it with tubular pasta. It was like no other meal he made, a real masterpiece. I […]

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The stunning Kipina Monastery in Tzoumerka, built inside a rockface

At the heart of Tzoumerka, Epirus, the traveler will come across the most enchanting sight. Kipina Monastery is literally cradled high up inside a rockface that has been carved masterfully to receive it in its snug embrace. Although it is reminiscent of the famous Panagia Soumela Monastery in Pontos, Kipina Monastery is a lot less […]

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Greek Orthodox traditions and beliefs about the dead

The first ‘Psychosavato’ of the year was kept recently in churches all over Greece. Psychosavato means ‘Soul Saturday’ and there are three in the Greek calendar each year. This is when the Greeks commemorate their dead. I am sharing something extraordinary today – and I hope it will not chill your blood much 🙂 The […]

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