Sample Program

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10:30 am. Scenic walk through Hora, to the ancient 'smiling' lion. Guided visit to the Museum.
12:00 pm. Lunch at a local fish tavern.
Afternoon free for napping or swimming.
6:00 pm.
Cooking class: using almonds to make amygdalota, the traditional flour-less almond cookies of the Cyclades.
7:30 pm. Greek olive oil tasting, followed by a tasting of artisanal Greek cheeses, served with wine, salads, and homemade bread for dinner.

9:00 am. Pick up and stop at the port to, hopefully, get the day’s catch from the kaiki or the fishmonger’s.
10:00 am.
Cooking class: rolling phyllo pastry with Stamatia and Ela, phyllo experts; making pites (pies) --crunchy cheese pie, spinach and garden herb pie, etc. Preparing the fish for grilling.

1:00 pm. Long Mediterranean lunch alfresco with the homemade pites, salads, and fig-leaf-wrapped charcoal-grilled fish; tasting spoon-sweets (fruit preserves) for dessert, with traditional artisanal yogurts. Afternoon free for swimming or napping. 6:30 pm. Drive to Xyla, for sunset drinks and meze on the beach (bring your swimsuit and flashlight).

10:30 am. Cooking class: making lemon marmalade with fruit from our trees. Making myzithra (the ricotta-like fresh cheese) with our neighbor’s milk; tasting myzithra with honeys from different parts of Greece.
12:30 pm. Farewell lunch at Stathi and Ela's: homemade pickled vegetables and other appetizers, then we will feast on free-range Kean lamb youvetsi, roasted in the wood-fired oven with orzo pasta in tomato sauce. For dessert Ela will make her signature galatopita (milk pie).

Evening--or next day, at wish--transportation to the ferry to Lavrio.