About us

Why the name

Ouzo and Sangria

It was decided to select something that most of us will remember from Spain and Greece, (hangovers maybe) among many of the choices. We selected Ouzo and Sangria.

A tasty blog and

friendly travel site

Geece and Spain. Travel tales, Resorts and Destinations, activities and tours, food and beverage experience blended with local recipes, lifestyle and the sound of music.

Picture from the popular Full day tour from Rhodes to Marmaris, Turkey year 1973

My name is Borge Karlsson

Fifty years ago I started to work for the Swedish holiday company Vingresor [now called Ving] in Rhodes, Greece, followed by Spain (Benidorm-Majorca-Menorca-Lanzarote and Fuerteventura) and Kenya East Africa and Gambia in west Africa.

Happy days, great memories worked and meet some fantastic people and it was always blue sky!

I stayed in travel and 40 years later decided that to create a travel blog. In this, I had a little help from my friends.

The sky is still blue and the Mediterranean is still ‘the’ fantastic holiday venue.

Those were the days my friends…

70 %

of all the images are our own as well as images on Instagram, Pinterest. Photos, if you would like to use them, please contact us first.

30%

of all the images have been provided by

  • accommodation suppliers,

  • National and local tourist boards

  • local agents and ferry companies

    Thank you!

We use links to YouTube and Vimeo for video presentations.

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