Tag: Melbourne
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All the Way From Down Under to Canada!
Read more: All the Way From Down Under to Canada!One thing we feel really good about with our Global FieldTrip is that is has inspired others to “go for it” and travel – especially our family from Australia! Last Christmas, our cousins from outside of Melbourne wanted to experience a white Christmas in Canada – and the Siomos family got what they wished for!…
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Australian Robin Hood?
Read more: Australian Robin Hood?How do you become a folk hero by robbing banks? Let’s check out the interesting story of notorious Ned Kelly. During the mid-1800’s Australia had its own version of the “Wild West”, particularly during the time of the gold rush. While the majority of people were either trying to scrape out a living as farmers in…
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A Slice of Heaven
Read more: A Slice of HeavenWhile in Melbourne, we had a chance to have a cooking class with chef extraordinaire Teta Maria Damchev. We baked Apple Slice which is a Hungarian dish, but since Melbourne is a cosmopolitan city, we are counting this as one of our Australian recipes. 🙂 Apple/apricot filling 5-6 sliced apricots 5-6 Granny Smith apples, grated…
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The Best Aussie Dessert
Read more: The Best Aussie DessertKnock, knock Who’s there? Pavlova for, Pavlova for who? Pavlova for me! Yum yum! We were so happy to add pavlova to our global fieldtrip recipe book from Australia! (Especially me) We made it twice; once with Teta Mary and Alycia Siomos at their house, and a second one at Teta Maria Damchev’s house. Here’s…
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Our Big Fat Aussie Family – (Part 3)
Read more: Our Big Fat Aussie Family – (Part 3)Coming from a big fat Greek family split between Canada and Oz, there are lots of relatives for us to visit, however with limited time we couldn’t meet with everyone. But lucky for us we were able to meet with some cousins of my grandfather. This time, we went to a beautiful town called Point…