TAKING THE BISCUIT

Friends who have gone from being visitors to Kalymnos to being residents there are always desperate for those home comforts they miss from their days in Blighty (such as Galalaxy, Marmite and Cheddar cheese) and which aren't available in Greek stores - even, as Oscar Wilde would say, for ready money.

What I love about being a temporary resident in Greece (or, indeed, any country that is not home) is the range of items that are unique to that place - or, at least not to be found in my local Tesco. For example - and this may be a bit shocking to any Britishers of a nervous disposition - McVitie's Digestive biscuits with strawberry pieces!

Actually, surprisingly better than you might suppose, but obviously impossible to introduce into the British market-place without causing a national uprising!