Betsey On the Go

09/05/2025

🐟 Bigeye Tataki, avocado, heart of palm, kiwi, dill, apple relish, cucumber, almond crumble, chive oil

🐚 Scallop Crudo, variations of peach, almond tuile, ginger chutney, thai basil, vadouvan ponzu

🍖 Beef and Potato Croquettes, Japanese BBQ sauce, Alabama White sauce, furikake, katsuobushi

🐟 Black Cod, pepper mèlange, eggplant brûlèe, piperade, tomato miso, nasturtium, red pepper nage

🥘 Braised Pork Belly Mapo Tofu, silken custard, spicy broad beans, chive, steamed rice

09/01/2025

Remainder of August back in Charleston 🤖

08/26/2025

Post 10-mile hike at Kyma Cafe + Bar in Agia Roumeli 🏖️

🥗 Cretan Salad
🍗 Chicken Souvlaki

08/23/2025

Google: Where was the Minotaur kept?

📍 Palace of Knossos in Crete

08/20/2025

always with the good eats - and the S’Mores Cheesecake dessert special this week 🤤… delicious

08/12/2025

Hiking the Samaria Gorge in Crete 🥾

We woke up at 6:00AM, loaded up our pack and drove to the parking lot of the Samaria Gorge for the start of our almost 10-mile hike (our Airbnb was only a 25-minute drive from the lot.)

From there, we began our walk as soon as the gates opened to the National Park (around 7:15AM that day.) It was 6 euros per person to enter (free for kids under 18.) Only one other family from France and a solo hiker were there right at opening (we did not see them again on the trail.)

The terrain was extremely rocky almost the entire time (hiking boots highly recommended to help avoid a broken ankle!) This was what made the hike difficult, not because of much elevation gain or incline (we were walking downwards or level most of the time.) The views were absolutely gorgeous the entire time.

There were plenty of rest areas along the way, with a few restrooms sprinkled throughout. We saw a couple of mules, some ruins of the ancient city of Samaria, and a handful of hikers who passed us during our 5+ hour journey through the canyon.

We stopped for lunch (homemade sandwiches, apples + chips) about 4 hours in, and we finished our journey in the small beach town of Agia Roumeli where we enjoyed a couple of cold beverages and more snacks at a beachfront cafe, followed by a dip in the Mediterranean to cool off.

The town is inaccessible by car, so we road the ferry over to the coastal town of Sougia - and from there we had to take an hour long bus ride back to the parking lot where our rental car was. It was quite the adventure!

08/08/2025

08/07/2025

More from our summer in Greece
Part III 🇬🇷

07/27/2025

Learning Ancient History because I failed it in 9th Grade

🇬🇷 Part II (so far)

07/27/2025

Summer in Greece, so far
🇬🇷 Part I

05/02/2025

Lunchtime at after exploring Aguas Calientes