The temperatures have climbed and as the days hit forty degrees, the Mediterranean Soap Opera that is now my life, has swung into full force. Perissa is a small village, on a relatively small island and when not swapping stories at each other’s bars, over frappes gone warm, people discuss and dissect...

Perissa, Santorini

Having just stuffed my face with moussaka pie from the bakery behind my room, I have no choice but to drape, prone on my bed, and write – if for no other reason than to ignore the indigestion pains. Dishes are so big and the ingredients so nourishing, that it is quite possible...

In four days, I'll be leaving Sydney to spend two months on the beautiful island of Santorini, thus avoiding the Southern Hemisphere's winter (cold weather and I don't get on, and I count anything beneath 20 degrees to be cold). All moments of madness, including cultural confusion, communication comedy,...