The Durrells.
Let me start by saying that I only like feel-good shows or comedies. I don’t care for any program or movie that involves things blowing up, car chases or bad things happening to good people. I think you get the picture.
I also hope that I learn something from the shows / movies I watch. Here’s a great example. About 25 years ago my cousin asked me to join her in entering the Culinary Challenge at State Fair. I never thought of entering a county fair much less THE State Fair. I’m a reasonably good baker / cook but…I took the challenge.
I wanted to only enter one item to see how the process works and to find out if this is something I would like to do in upcoming years. So many categories to choose from…where do I start.
My pecan pie has always been a hit so I decided to enter that, but what could I do to make it special. Then I remembered an episode of The Walton’s that I watched years before where Grandma entered a pecan pie into the Jefferson County Fair. She added one tablespoon of whiskey to the pie. That was her secret ingredient. What the heck…I had nothing to lose. But I did one better…
I had some honest-to-goodness moonshine from the hills of Tennessee in my possession. I’ll just add one tablespoon of that.
On judging day I dropped my pie off and went to work. It was a couple of weeks later that I received something in the mail from State Fair and it was a blue ribbon. My pie actually took first place.
I guess adding booze to a recipe is something I learned on TV. 😉
So which show am I in love with? It’s currently playing on Amazon Prime and it’s called The Durrells in Corfu. It’s a four-season series, takes place in Corfu Greece, and it’s about a family from England in the mid to late 1930’s who moves to Corfu. And it’s based on a true account of this family journey written through the eyes of the youngest son, Gerry.
Greece holds a special place in my heart. My husband is Greek and we’ve been to Greece three times in the last eleven years and we’re going back in three months. And we’re going back as a big family trip in June of 2022.
I’ve never been to Corfu but enjoyed watching the show and seeing familiar things that probably occur on every island that is a part of Greece.
So what could I possibly have learned from The Durrells? I learned the acceptance and patience from Louisa, the desire to be something great from Larry, the hard exterior and soft interior of Leslie, the dreams of Margo, and the passion and beliefs of Gerry. Most important I watched a love, friendship, and respect grow between Spiro and Louisa.
I finished watching the series for the second time last night and was still excited at the beginning of each episode and still cried at the end because I didn’t like the ending (although it actually happened) and because I didn’t want the series to end.
We have so many series and movies available to us through Amazon Prime, Netflix, and many others but I know I will come back to The Durrells again. I urge all of you to watch this heart-warming, funny and amazing family.
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