Phil McGrath, 16th December 2023 In theory Tully and I should be totally exhausted by the time we get to the Mistral. After all, between us, we’ve travelled almost 24,000 kilometres in a day and a half, taken six flights, endured
We Cretans don’t keep Christmas in the same way you do in the UK. Not that we’re like Scrooge – we don’t approach it in a Bah Humbug sort of way. We’re always up for a good meal and
Cretans hate wasting things we grow, especially when we can turn them into alcohol! So that’s the reason why, around 40 days after we press our grapes to make wine, we make a drink called ‘tsikoudia’ or ‘raki’ and start
November in Crete is olive picking season. With over 20 million olive trees cultivated the length and breadth of the island, that’s a lot of picking. Traditionally, back in the day, most would be picked by hand with the fruit*
Most days in Crete the sun shines. Those days people hang out around the pool or go down to the beach – we’re famous for our beaches. Very occasionally the sun doesn’t shine, it gets a bit cloudy and might
It doesn’t take much to get a harvest festival going in Crete. Like most Mediterranean people we’re always happy to celebrate the grape harvest over a glass or two of wine. We’re equally delighted to raise a tumbler of ouzo
