Off to visit Vathi. But first that ballet of a breakfast at Doryssa Bay downstairs. There are many German, Nordic and Dutch tourists on Samos. North Americans are somewhat of the exception. Breakfast here by experience is hectic but sit outside in the summer air overlooking the ocean is a great pleasure. Why on earthContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 5September2022: Pythagoras, Samos, Greece: Tattoo Crazy: Unauthorized Entry”
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“Travels to a Different Time ” : 4September2022: Pythagoras, Samos, Greece
Up at 06:45 for our flight from Athens to Samos. Taxi came to pick us up at 08:00 and off to the airport. Had a sandwich and a water at the airport. Saw a German family around asking where they could get a “real breakfast”. Saw them after eating eggs and ham! Sehr Gut! InContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time ” : 4September2022: Pythagoras, Samos, Greece”
RKS Film: “Bad Axe”: A Very Dangerous Man Inflames Right Wing Rage in the United States
Bad Axe is a small town in Michigan. It is home to the Siev family. Father Chun is a refugee from Khmer Rouge Cambodia. Chun escaped with his mother and six children to Thailand and then moved to the United States. His father “disappeared” in Cambodia. Chun was tortured and beaten witnessing executions and atrocities.Continue reading “RKS Film: “Bad Axe”: A Very Dangerous Man Inflames Right Wing Rage in the United States”
RKS Hotels: The Woodbourne Inn at St. Davids (Niagara-on-the-Lake): Just Like Home!
Why St. Davids? If you appreciate laid back luxury in a quiet setting The Woodbourne Inn in St. Davids, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario will be for you. Not that the “old town” of Niagara-on-the-Lake, a mere 15-minute drive, is a bustling urban metropolis but it can be busy with day trippers crowding the streets eating ice creamContinue reading “RKS Hotels: The Woodbourne Inn at St. Davids (Niagara-on-the-Lake): Just Like Home!”
RKS Film: A Very Cheesy Christmas: “Baking All the Way”
Is there an unwritten rule that Christmas movies of late must suffer from cheesy plots and rather obnoxious music? Let’s face it “It’s a Wonderful Life” is one of the biggest cheese Christmas films ever made yet once every two years it still is worth a view. “Baking All the Way” is stuffed with cheeseContinue reading “RKS Film: A Very Cheesy Christmas: “Baking All the Way””
RKS Literature: Passage of the Day: Thoughts of an 1856 Druggist in Toronto
“As my father has often said, the sick are never in short supply, but then there is only so much physick they can take before their health is recovered, and the privations and the growth of the city were both grossly overestimated. It does ill to have hopes for others’ misfortunes, but druggists must standContinue reading “RKS Literature: Passage of the Day: Thoughts of an 1856 Druggist in Toronto”
RKS Wine: Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery’s “House of Nations”
Located in St Davids Ontario just a wee bit up from the corner of Four Mile Creek Road and York Road lies Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery. The tasting room is located in an historic building known locally as the House of Nations and officially as Woodruff House. It was originally built by David Secord inContinue reading “RKS Wine: Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery’s “House of Nations””
“Travels to a Different Time” : 3September2022: Vravrona, Greece
After 10 awful hours on an Air Canada flying basement Athens was a chance to break out of our little prison but seems COVID has played around with Greece as there were no gates available so stuck on the airplane for 30 minutes. Ordinarily we would have made a connecting flight to Samos but withContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 3September2022: Vravrona, Greece”
RKS Wine: Is Gamay on the Comeback Trail in Ontario?
Gamay was hot a decade ago in Ontario full of promise and hope but as “fads” go they can fade. Gamay seemed to fade but in the past few years it would appear to be gaining steam. Cave Spring Vineyards is well known internationally for its Rieslings that receive generous ratings in the Wine SpectatorContinue reading “RKS Wine: Is Gamay on the Comeback Trail in Ontario?”
RKS Wine: Urban Blight Hits Niagara!
You drive around the Niagara region enjoying the sights and perhaps the wineries. In early November gold blazes creating quite a spectacular sight. What is not so spectacular are the housing developments popping up in the last few years like out-of-control Baco Noir grapes. Yes there is lots of open air with orchards, vineyards andContinue reading “RKS Wine: Urban Blight Hits Niagara!”
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