My First Month on Steemit!

Hello my steemit friends! I’ve been postponing the #introduceyourself post for a month now, but I think it’s time for me to tell you a couple of things about myself. I’ll try not to be boring.
My blog will be mainly about cooking and recipes, and creating magic in the kitchen, but let me tell you what other things interest me so you know what to expect.

Teaching
I am an English teacher and translator. I work with primary school children and I love them sooo much. I love the honesty and straightforwardness that kids have and their beautiful energy which is contagious. And yes, my students love me too, and I go to school with I smile on my face every day. Ok, not every single day, but still.

Grandad’s Cookbook

I enjoy cooking ever since I know about myself. I love everything about food. The taste, the smell, the colors, the cultural aspect and the way you learn about different countries through their food. But most of all I love the way food connects people, the way it gathers them around the table where they talk, laugh or share their difficulties in life.

It was about two years ago when I discovered a cook book that used to belong to my Grandfather. I never met him since he died before I was born, but I had heard stories about his cooking skills. I remember my father telling me how all the women from the neighborhood used to ask my grandfather for recipes and advice on cooking.
When I saw the book and his handwritten notes inside it, when I saw which recipes he liked, it was like meeting him for the first time. The idea about writing a cooking blog was there, but it wasn’t until that moment that I decided that I want to cook from his book and get to know him through his favorite recipes. I hope he sees me and is proud of me from up somewhere.

Active Life

My town is very small. Maybe we don’t have cinemas, theatres or departments stores, but we have nature that’s breathtaking. The town is surrounded by mountains and we have a beautiful lake in a20 minutes car drive distance. I love hiking and I am a member of a hiking group, so I spent most of my weekends exploring the mountains or conquering some mountain top. I love how people are good, and happy up in the mountains. How we think that we climb a mountain and fight with the natural conditions, but in fact we overcome our own fears and weaknesses up there.

My other love is my bike, so during the summer you can expect some biking posts and experiences.

This winter I also started skiing. I am not so good, but good enough to be enjoying it. We have a nice skiing resort near so every day that I have free time I work on my skiing skills.

Travel

I see travel as a way of getting to know people and getting to know myself through the different experiences. I love getting lost in crowded streets and looking at maps. Every time I am in a new country I explore the food, the spices, the wine. The best way to know a country is through its cuisine.

Our cuisine has Mediterranean and Oriental influences. It’s full of colors and life. I’ll write about my trips and culinary experiences in other countries too. Beware 

You’ll notice that I will have a lot of vegan recipes. I’m not vegan, but in our Orthodox Christian religion we have lent four times a year, and the food we can have then is basically vegan, so many posts with fruit and vegetables are coming your way.

In short, I love cooking for my family and friends, I love making people happy, I love music and art and I try to live life focusing on the good things and with hope the bad things won’t be more than I can handle.

My experience on steemit has been great so far. There are so many talented people here and you have a beautiful feeling that your efforts and work are being appreciated.

I hope I wasn’t too long and I hope this steemit journey is a good one for every each of us.