In the grotto...

Some inside pictures of our 'grotto' so you can get a feel what our cave is like.

Pizza...Pizza...Pizza

Look out Campana's! We're in the pizza business. We finally got all of our special tools and the right wood and were able to fire up the brick oven. I found an awesome website...read up on the rules and regulations of "true" neopolitan pizza...and away we went. We had so much fun and it all tasted so good! Taryn went for her favorite pepperoni and onion, Earl was anxious to try out an old combination he remembered of cream, proscuitto, and peas...we then whipped out a sweet italian sausage and roasted garlic creation...and I finished up with a recipe I was taught in Ischia last weekend...The Sweet Lorenzo...(it was just called the Lorenzo at his restaurant but I liked it so much I had to add the Sweet part)...a delicious pizza with a cream base, gorgonzola cheese, white onion and rocket (argula). Mmmmmmmmmm!!!
We already have two more pizza parties planned for this month and will probably add more. We've already decided to purchase an oven to take back to the states with us...we love it!

La Dolce Vita

Somebodies got to do it...this is where I'm forced to sprawl out and enjoy the sun, a good book and a glass of wine. You can see Ischia in the distance...ahhhhh.

Mmmmm...moussaka

I came home from Greece inspired to create a my own version of their moussaka. Mine is made with chicken in place of veal and nested into an eggplant shell. It was really very tasty if I do say so myself!

Medieval Town of Rodos

The Bee Museum

Honey is a big part of the Mediterranean diet...think of all that yummy baklava...we picked up some of the local nectar here at the Bee Museum. I bought jars of roasted mixed nuts steeping in sweet golden goodness. One of the best things we ate while in Greece was their simple desert of Greek yogurt covered with the honeyed nuts...it was delicious!

Relaxing in Greece

Here's Earl and me taking a break from strolling around Medieval Rodo's. We were able to walk around the whole town in what used to be "the moat".

Taryn gathered rocks on the beach in front of our hotel. You can just make out Turkey in the background.

Goofin' Off in Medieval Town Rodo's, Greece

Rhodes Island, Greece Spring Break 2008

Rhodes, Greece was voted #5 in Trip Advisors Top 100 Places to Visit in the World...unfortunatly we went during the OFF season and the entire town we were staying in was closed down...literally...it was like walking in a ghost town...we kept expecting to see a tumbleweed roll down the deserted street...eerie. Lucky for us we made our own fun and had a good time. The majority of the island was not operating...deserted theme parks and boarded up McDonald's (not that we would have gone to those places but it paints a picture)...but the Medieval Town of Rodo's was in full swing and let's not forget our 20 minutes at the fascinating Bee Museum. We'll have to return to Greece another time, another island to quell the need for me to visit my "fantasy" of Greece...but we'll always have some fond and quirky memories of Rhodes.

TARYN'S BIG SLUMBER PARTY

What does a teenage girl want to do when the man of the house goes on an underway? Have a freakin' slumber party...yeah! Taryn invited eight girls and yep, all eight of them were able to attend.