What’s the most inspiring part of living in a small Greek village?
Watching the elders work in their gardens each morning and seeing them forage for herbs to prepare their daily cuisine.
GREEK LESSON
Rosemary has been known since ancient times to improve memory and one of the muses (from the nine daughters of Jupiter) named Mnemosyne (memory) is illustrated in pictures carrying rosemary. It’s also been rumored that ancient Greek students wore rosemary around their necks to aid their memory.
GREEK LESSON:
The word thymus comes from the word meaning courage in Greek.
Every morning since I have arrived in Crete I start the day with Greek coffee and it's amazing! That's quite a compliment coming from a Seattlite, the birthplace of coffee in the U.S. (and Starbucks).
Why is Greek coffee so much better? Well, it's all in the preparation which creates a higher concentration of more protective compounds than your average cup of joe.