And you are still working? Of course. If a person does not work, they go numb. One has to move, not like some who only eat and sleep. This is not possible. Even walking is so good. We used to walk down from the mountain on foot. Over Easter, when the mass would start...
https://youtu.be/aOl54sDzbGc Where and when were you born, and where did you grow up? I was born in Valtetsi, near Tripolis, in 1934. There are a lot of locals here from Valtetsi. I lived there until about 3 or 4 years old. My father had property in Kalamata but he...
https://youtu.be/vlMZVuUKXfc That was a time when I also did my military service as it was (and still is today) obligatory after school. I was sent to do it in Rodos. I was convinced they would put me in the kitchen due to my chef experience, but they actually put me...
How would our regular day in Galatas look like? Well, I would meet him at the ouzerie at around noon, then come home by boat, I would cook some Greek food, no meat though as George wasn’t a big meat eater. We would eat a lot of pastas, soups like fasolada...
At the end of 1959 I met my future husband. We met at a bar. I was doing some proof reading work at night for the Athens News at the time and I had a lot of expat friends including some well known writers. We all used to meet at Apotses, a famous ouzerie. We used to...
