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5 Years of Katerina’s Kouzina! - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

5 Years of Katerina’s Kouzina!

This month 5 years ago I started my Greek food blog “Katerina’s Kouzina”. I can’t believe we have been ‘cooking together’ and sharing stories about Greece for 5 years already! I have enjoyed every minute of Katerina’s Kouzina and sharing with you what I love so dearly: Greece and Greek cooking. I hope you have...

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Katerina’s favourite doors of Poros-town - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Katerina’s favourite doors of Poros-town

Our lives on Poros are simple: We love our island and we are proud to live here! Our small village called Poros-town is nestled on a hill, affording views glimpsed between walls and narrow paths. When you walk around, you find small churches and whitewashed stairs everywhere you go. One of the things I love...

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Dora’s Top 5 Things To Do On Poros - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Dora’s Top 5 Things To Do On Poros

On today’s blog I would like to share with you my Top 5 things to do on Poros! I want you to know that there are endless possibilities, so please take it light heartedly, especially the people who have already travelled to Poros, and haven’t seen their favourites pass by. I actually would like to...

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Odyssey Christmas Box - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Odyssey Christmas Box

Christmas is coming!! How about surprising your loved ones this Christmas with a Christmas box full of Odyssey goodies! Healthy, natural and home-made products as well as other fun things. We offer 3 different Christmas boxes: Christmas food box – Greek mountain tea (20 g) – Greek bay leaf (10 g) –...

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Dora’s top 10 beaches on Poros - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Dora’s top 10 beaches on Poros

I am very excited to introduce you to my daughter Dora on today’s blog! She partly grew up on Poros, is now 24 years old and today runs Odyssey Bistro and organizes all the weddings and parties. I am so proud of her. Dora will share with you her top 10 beaches on Poros! Dora:...

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An interview with Kathryn Gauci, author of ‘The Embroiderer’ - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

An interview with Kathryn Gauci, author of ‘The Embroiderer’

We at Odyssey love good books about Greece. On today’s blog we interview Kathryn Gauci, the English author of the wonderful book The Embroiderer. Before she became a full-time writer, Kathryn ran her own textile design studio in Melbourne. We talk about her historical novel, the culinary side of Greece and Turkey and the relationship...

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Soulfood Yoga Holiday On The Greek Island Of Poros - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Soulfood Yoga Holiday On The Greek Island Of Poros

Photographers: Toni Brown, Bronwyn May, Annette Spaan. Scroll down or click here for the Dutch version Soulfood Yoga Holiday On The Greek Island Of Poros Yoga and a glass of wine, it’s possible! Just as love at first sight is possible. And that is how working with Odyssey feels for me. I am Suus...

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Katerina’s 10 romantic tips for Valentine’s Day - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Katerina’s 10 romantic tips for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is coming and we all think of nice and romantic things to do. For this special occasion I put together a list with my romantic tips! The goal is to feel more connected with your lover and bring you closer to each other! 1. Book a romantic holiday to Poros What is...

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A kiwi lands on Poros for Greek Easter - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

A kiwi lands on Poros for Greek Easter

Two weeks ago we celebrated Greek Easter with Al Johnson, Elisabeth Bitros and Ingrid Von Bentheim who all won a free stay at Odyssey, and many other wonderful guests. First prize winner Al Johnson has written a wonderful story about his experience. Here it is! Thank you Al! A kiwi lands on Poros for...

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Painting holiday with Pamela Jane Rogers - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Painting holiday with Pamela Jane Rogers

At the Odyssey we love diverse and different happenings! It inspires us and keeps us enthusiastic about what we do. One of them is painting. This year in May, together with American artist Pamela Jane Rogers, we will be able to offer you a two week painting holiday! It will include many painting lessons, Greek cooking,...

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Romantic Poros - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Romantic Poros

Today is Valentines Day, a day of romance. I thought about what that word means to me. According to the Urban Dictionary the definition of a romantic is: A romantic is a person who believes in romanticism, which is like a philosophy on life. Romantics love nature, old things like castles and churches, love poetry...

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The winner to experience Greek Easter is… - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

The winner to experience Greek Easter is…

As you probably know, The Odyssey has given the opportunity to win a free stay for a week during Greek Easter. In order to win, we asked people to write a funny or special experience they had while preparing the recipes of my blog, or while they were cooking with me in one of my...

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Olive Picking Week - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Olive Picking Week

Autumn has come to Poros, time to harvest the olives. After days of hard labor, we proudly drive our bags of olives to the factories that press them into beautiful, delicious, healthy olive oil. This is such a rewarding experience that no one should miss. You can come and join us for the olive picking...

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Memoir Greekscapes: an American painter starts a new life on Poros - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Memoir Greekscapes: an American painter starts a new life on Poros

Guest blogger Annette Spaan I learned you can become your own worst enemy when you try to live like other people want you to. When you finally chose what is best for you, things fall into place and good things start to happen. The memoir Greekscapes is a real life example of this. In the...

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Mythical wedding on the olive farm - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Mythical wedding on the olive farm

Recently a dream became reality; we had the first wedding ever on my olive farm! The Scandinavian couple Oddney and Tore said their vows next to the sea as their guests watched while sitting on hay bales with Poros town twinkling at sunset in the distance. Both Greek and Norwegian gods seemed to be in...

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Cycling on the island of Agkistri - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Cycling on the island of Agkistri

Author and photographer: Annette Spaan Scroll down for the Dutch version After a bike tour through the capital of Greece with Let’s meet in Athens I am on a roll. Why not discover a Greek island in the same way? I am joining the day trip to Agkistri. In the port of Piraeus the...

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Horta – edible wild greens - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Horta – edible wild greens

I don’t know how common a sight this is in other countries, but my childhood memories include watching my parents – alone or with friends – walking slowly through fields slightly stooped over and gaze fixed intently on the ground, casually chattering in between stopping and prying greens from the ground with the short-handled knife...

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Celebrating the first of May Greek style - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Celebrating the first of May Greek style

May first is a celebration throughout all of Greece, with its roots in ancient times. Mother nature was impersonated in the Goddess Dimitra. Dimitra lost her daughter Persephone who remained in Hades – the underworld – so the story goes. But every spring Persephone could return to her mother, who was so happy every time...

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The red eggs of Greek Easter - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

The red eggs of Greek Easter

Photographer: Annette Spaan The egg was a symbol of rebirth of the earth in Pagan celebrations of spring. Adopted by the early Christians it became a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus at Easter. Red eggs are perhaps the brightest symbol of Greek Easter, representing the blood of Christ and rebirth. We also dye eggs in...

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Sea kayaking fun at Odyssey - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Sea kayaking fun at Odyssey

My blog would not be complete without discussing the Odyssey’s sea kayaking adventure holidays. I have therefore asked my very good friend, business associate and kayak instructor Brian Gibbons to make a contribution. I have known Brian since 2005 when we started working together, he is now part of my big Greek extended family. Brian...

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Greek Easter at The Odyssey part 2 - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Greek Easter at The Odyssey part 2

Author and photographer: Annette Spaan Dutch Travel Journalist Annette Spaan spent months at The Odyssey and is a guest blogger for Katerina’s Kouzina. Read all about her experience of Greek Easter at The Odyssey last year. It’s Easter Sunday! Today the resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated. I am excited to experience my first...

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Greek Easter at The Odyssey - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Greek Easter at The Odyssey

Author and photographer: Annette Spaan Dutch Travel Journalist Annette Spaan spent months at The Odyssey and is a guest blogger for Katerina’s Kouzina. Read all about her experience of Greek Easter at The Odyssey last year. Coming from the Netherlands, Christmas has always been the biggest religious event for me. Now that I have celebrated...

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Sea Urchins - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Sea Urchins

The 48 days of Greek Lent begin on Kathara Deftera, or “Clean Monday” which follows the three weeks of carnival, or apokries. There’s no other holiday on the Greek calendar with such a special culinary tradition as this first day of Lent, including the bread. On “Clean Monday”, Greeks eat lagana: a flat, oval-shaped unleavened...

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Greek carnival – Apokries - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Greek carnival – Apokries

My daughter Dora says that sometimes she feels like she’s in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Born in Greece but raised in the Netherlands, she is at home in both countries. What reminds her most about the movie is when I tell her that a word she’s using has a Greek root. Traditions...

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My garlic man and his magic garlic - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

My garlic man and his magic garlic

You may have noticed the garlic braids in many pictures of The Odyssey. You can see these ropes hanging almost everywhere you look. Garlic from Tripoli Every year, during the month of May, you’ll see a Mazda pickup truck loaded with ropes of garlic driving around Poros. It’s my garlic man: he comes from Tripoli,...

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Greek tea - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Greek tea

Is it not wonderful to warm up in the winter months with a hot cup of tea? In Greece we have some lovely flavors to choose from. Here are three of my favorite traditional teas: Mountain tea – Τσάι του Βουνού Mountain tea has always been and remains a popular herbal tea in my country. It...

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Yoga Week at the Odyssey - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Yoga Week at the Odyssey

Author and photographer: Annette Spaan Dutch Travel Journalist Annette Spaan spent months at the Odyssey and wrote this blog about her experiences. The yoga and meditation week at the Odyssey seems like a great opportunity to finally put my brain into a much needed zen-mode. When I try to relax, at least ten different...

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Athens by bike - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Athens by bike

Author: Annette Spaan. Photographer: Annette Spaan and Monique van Hulst Dutch Travel Journalist Annette Spaan spent months in Greece and wrote this blog about her experiences. Scroll down for the Dutch version From Bangkok to New York to Buenos Aires, tourists are discovering world cities more and more by bike. Quite often it is the...

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Hotel tip Athens: Athens Center Square Hotel - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Hotel tip Athens: Athens Center Square Hotel

When in Athens you want a hotel which feels like coming home, within walking distance of the sights. The three-star hotels of Athens Hotels Group offer just that. They are located in two of the nicest districts of the historic center. Hotels Plaka and Hermes in the old neighbourhood of Plaka, built at the foot...

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Katerina’s Farm - Katerina's Kouzina - Odyssey Poros

Katerina’s Farm

Author and photographer: Annette Spaan Dutch Travel Journalist Annette Spaan spent months at the Odyssey and wrote this blog about her experiences. If you are wondering where Katerina gets such wonderful fresh ingredients, you need to look no further than her olive farm on the Peloponnese mainland. Here she and her husband grow their own...

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