Toasted Borodinsky bread from St. Petersburg and a big mug of milky chai, by the fire this morning at my place. Oh yeah, I know how to do cold weather, boss.
Fortunately we Orthodox celebrate Christmas the old-fashioned way: feasting until Theophany (Epiphany). That means I can show you many more VFYTs you’ve sent…
Our friend and reader Giuseppe Scalas is on holiday with his family in his native Sardinia. They chartered a 55-foot ketch, and were well taken care of by its owners. He writes:
At midday we had a very nice lunch in the cockpit while the children had theirs at the wheel, with a variety of entrees, seafood spaghetti and a nice and cool vermentino wine, all with a view on the stunning sapphire-colored sea. It was pure bliss.