Sunday lunch

I haven't posted in a while, partly because we are rather busy recently ;)
Not to have too long a break here a picture of today's lunch. It's our first attempt at cooking kleftiko, which is essentially lamb in the oven. What made this recipe interesting was a layer of dough covering the lamb. It made it look rather pretty but also tasted very good ;)

Flying back to Athens

While I still remember the excitment during my first flights, it doesn't happen very often anymore that I'm getting really excited by the view from an airplane. However, when flying back from Santorini to Athens, we witnessed an amazing sunset, which bathed the islands on the way as well as Athens in a beautiful light. I couldn't choose between two pictures, so I'm gonna post them both.

Santorini gallery is online

I just uploaded the gallery from out recent trip to Santorini to colors · and · contrasts. Here an image pf the 'indian face' rock, taken from the lighthouse at the south tip of the island. Can you spot the face?

More Santorini

What makes Santorini particularly picturesque is the combination of the unique landscape and its beautiful villages. There are so many corners and views which look just like in a picture book, it's hard to stop taking photographs. What makes the architecture particularly interesting is its rather strict and abstract geometry, which produces a great contrast to the natural shapes of the island. This combined with the exquisite locations of balconies, pools and terraces produces some spectacular views.

Sunset over Oia

Some weeks ago, we went to Santorini for the first time. It was very beautiful indeed, with (relatively) few people and many flowers. Of course, when you go to Santorini you can't miss the sunset at the 'sunset-village' Oia, which is praised as the best sunset of Greece (... the Mediterranean ... the world?). In any case, it might be the only place where people applaud the sun night after night for its marvelous performance. (Click on the image for a much larger - yet still not full resolution - version.)

Zara II

We did some more photo-shooting for the Zara People-project. This time, we were not so lucky, unfortunately ....

Modelling

The retailer Zara is advertising its new collection by asking customers to upload pictures of themselves wearing clothes from this collection. Each week, some of them are selected and shown on Zara's webpage. Last weekend, we made a photo-shoot in our small garden ... and Wednesday, Ioanna got a mail informing her that a picture of her had been selected. Since you can find this picture already here, I post today our other entry (which was actually my favourite).