In a small, seafront “mezedopolio” in Kalamos, we ate raw swordfish in olive oil, washed down with raki, which, in my opinion, tastes very similar to cold saki. And sounds almost the same. That potato salad up there is the best one I’ve ever had, so I asked them for what’s in it to make it so good, so here’s the list of ingredients, painstakingly translated by my host…

Potatoes

Mayo

Mustard

Radish

Spring onion

Red and yellow peppers

Dill

Parsley

Yoghurt

Needless to say, the potatoes are the star of the show here, the other ingredients are chopped up very small and completely in the background

These are some mastic flavoured sweets I bought for the people at work, and scoffed all by myself. Mastic is a tree resin, which tastes a little bit like honey – it’s definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, but being a lover of weird and unusual flavours,  I couldn’t get enough of them

So, you could say that the trip to Greece was a massive success, I felt so happy over there that a little holiday home in Kalamos has now been added to my list of wildly improbable dreams. I imagine myself swimming in the crystal-clear sea every morning, buying fresh fish straight from the fishermen for lunch, and drawn-out dinners with friends and family on one of those long wooden tables that all Mediterranean   people seem to have, surrounded by pine trees, of course – my favourite smell in the whole world