A Song of Food and Ice

Our final Greek island! But first we had to travel here from Naxos.  This turned out to be a bit more difficult than we anticipated.  We actually ended up staying an extra day in Naxos since there aren’t any ferries that go directly from Naxos to Sifnos.  Instead, we needed to take a ferry to Paros, another island that is close by Naxos. From there we did a transfer to a ferry that took us to Sifnos.  This first part of the trip was quite nice.  The ferry to Paros was pleasant and not too long. During our very short waiting time in Paros we found a stellar café to hang out in.  When we saw the café had 4.9 stars with 57 reviews, we wondered how it managed to earn that. As soon as we tasted our drinks, we understood. We’ve been to many cafés on this trip, but the drinks here were the best we’ve had so far. We ordered a hot chocolate with Bailey’s and a decaf cappuccino with whipped cream.  The whipped cream turned out to have a bit of Bailey’s in it as well! Surprisingly deliciou

As we mentioned in our Naxos post, our new friends Marie-Jeanne and Marco recommended a private cooking class they took in a nearby town, Galini.  Our hotel host, Nicolette, has a cousin named…well, her name is the Greek word for Friday, but she goes by the nickname Voula (sp?).  Voula has a wonderful restaurant in Galini called Platia, and she does cooking classes as well.  Marie-Jeanne and Marco gave us glowing reviews of the class, and Monisha has actually mentioned that she would really enjoy doing a cooking class at some point on this trip, but it’s hard to find one that she’s confident is great and a good value.  With their and Nicolette’s recommendation, this seemed like the perfect opportunity. Plus, did we mention we like Greek cuisine?   When we arrived, we were greeted by the warmest welcome you could imagine.  Huge smile, big kisses on the cheek, and expressive Greek words we didn’t know, but could understand anyway.  She sat us down at a table with an assortment of