April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day is celebrated in many countries on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other.

A day in Apokoronas

Huyndai Getz from The Best Car Rentals (www.thebestcars.gr)

Last week I enjoyed a wonderful excursion with my family and I’m happy to share this experience with you.

Means of transport: a Hyundai Getz 2012 model from The Best Car Rentals (www.thebestcars.gr) with two baby-seats (necessary for my little angels).

Departure time: around 9 am

Destination: Apokoronas. North coast, region of Chania

Weather: sunny, as expected, though some clouds appeared in the sky but…. who cares if temperatures are 20-24C.

La salade grecque: un délice d’été!

Un très bon ami de The Best Car Rentals m’a demande la recette de la fameuse salade grecque (choriatiki salata, cad salade rustique).

Les caractéristiques de cette salade composée, qui la rendent mondialement connue:

• La simplicité
• La qualité excellente de tous les ingrédients
• La fraicheur des ingrédients

Le 25 mars: un jour véritablement grec

Le 25 mars pour les Grecs (vivant en Grèce et dans le monde entier) est un jour férié (en Grèce) ou l’on célèbre la commémoration de la Guerre d’Independence grecque contre l’empire ottoman en 1821. C’est le jour ou l’archevêque de Patras Germanos proclama la Guerre de Libération Nationale.

25th March: A really Greek Orthodox Day.

March 25 is a dual national and religious holiday in Greece. Greeks celebrate the anniversary of the War of Independence against the Turks in 1821. On March 25, 1821 after almost 400 years of occupation and oppression the bishop of Patras Germanos, raised the Greek flag, shouted “eleftheria h thanatos”  (Freedom or Death) and the Greek Revolution began.  During this hard period of four centuries Greeks strived hard to maintain their language, their religion and their identity.

Lundi Pur

Aujourd’hui en Grèce c’était un jour férié ; l’équivalent du mardi gras en France: lundi pur ou plutôt Kathari (pur) Deftera (lundi).

Kathari Deftera- Clean Monday

Clean Monday (Greek: Καθαρά Δευτέρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent  is the first day of the Eastern Orthodox Christian, Great Lent (Megali Sarakosti, which means the 40 days of Lent before Easter) .