Our trip to the U.S.A. (17)-Fiddler on the Roof.

So after visiting the Trove antique store we went to Marabeth's relatives for lunch.
On the way there were some very beautiful houses!

 The views were exceptional.

 And so was the view of the house we visited.

Look at this view of the marsh.

 And this gorgeous blown glass bauble.

 Inside the house was decorated beautifully with great taste but not wanting to intrude I will only show you a couple of things.A mirror my friend Marabeth had gifted to her sister-in-law. It is made with rope, sea glass and starfish.

The very beautiful living room. I love those colours.

 And the Yankees collection of the host!

We had a great lunch with traditional hamburgers,hotdogs and corn on the cob.

 And we adored these two little guys who live in this house too. Aren't they sweet? They did everything together.

Our hostess loved playing with our shadow puppet.

We really felt such a warm welcome in this family!

We had to leave though because we had booked seats for the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam CT. Broadway was too expensive for us so we chose a musical at a smaller venew.

We passed this magnificent iron bridge.

And arrived at this impressive theatre.

 The theatre inside.

 We watched "Fiddler on the roof" which was exceptional!

 The performance and the songs were great!
After the performance we waited for the actors to come out.

 And we got an autograph from Mr Adam Heller, the protagonist!

 I will leave you with this link to hear my favourite song from the play.Sunrise Sunset.
And this link to see how they did an exceptional dance with bottles on their heads!

Happy New Year!

It is 2015 already! Unbelievable!Happy New Year to you all!
I hope you all had a great time!
I will hopefully manage to blog more this year, or maybe not!
I am working on my New Year's Resolutions and will post them the soonest!
It's the camera thing that is delaying me. My compact pocket Olympus X-925 broke down for some reason and I am trying to learn how to use hubby's old camera a compact Nikon Coolpix L810.It was a camera that had an accident, had broken down, was fixed but the fixed camera didn't make hubby happy so was left in a drawer and a new NIKON DSLR 5100 was bought. So I just inherited the Coolpix (in a lovely red colour) and today I decided to have a look at it and see if I can use it.Till I get something else!Or not!
For the time being I will show you some photos from New Year's Eve.
This year after many many years we celebrated it at home with our relatives!

We had  a great dinner with beef, wild boar, lots of salads and desserts.

Here's the dessert I made, similar to the chocolate one I had made for Christmas. See the 4th of July tablecloth? I wanted a chance to use it!

 Barca was of course with us! She was such a good girl!

 We cut the vasilopita (New Year's pie) and the coin in the pie was won by our house!How great is that! I had bought a lovely blown glass pomagranate to give to the person who would win the coin. So we are keeping it in our house!How great is that!And no I didn't fix the cutting or put the coin in the pie. It is put by the pastry shop!

Then we exchanged gifts.
I got some books, wine, desserts, a cap and scarf and here are two gifts from my brother's family that I really loved.

We gave some gifts as well.(But no photos!)
We talked on the phone with relatives and friends.
Then we went to my mother's place and cut the pie there too.

On New Year's Day we walked Barca on the sea front! The view was magnificent but the cold was terrible!(That's a selfie with my mobile and then screenprint!) I am wearing the cap and scarf my cousin sent me!Thanks P.

Hope the new year brings happiness to everyone!

On the 6th of January and a recipe

I had prepared this post but with this and that (it is January 22nd already?) I didn't post it so here it is.
On Epiphany Day January 6th, still off school, I prepared a meal for my brother and sis, my mum and so it happened Frieda, my friend from Skiathos, was here too.

 Simple decor. Glass Christmas trees all gifts of my brother. Ionia porcelain china dishes.

 The coasters were last year's Christmas present from my dear friend Cathy in England.

We finished our meal with Orange pie.Delicious!Thanks to my drama club friend Areti for giving me this recipe.

Orange pie recipe
Ingredients

1 carton of yoghurt (200gr)
1 glass of corn oil
1 glass of sugar
1 glass of fresh orange juice
5 eggs
zest of three oranges
vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 packet of pastry sheets(phyllo, not puff)

Turn on the oven to 180 degrees.
Crush the pastry sheets into small pieces and put them in the baking tray.
Mix all the rest of the ingredients together and add them on the pastry sheets.
Bake for about 40 minutes.
When we take it out of the oven and  it is cold we add the syrup.

How to make the syrup.
Add in a saucepan 1 and a half glasses of water, one glass of fresh orange juice, 2 cups sugar, vanilla and cinammon and bring to the boil. Pour over the pie.