Blogs from Alimos, Athens, Attica, Greece, Europe

Nous avons pris notre temps ce matin et dormi un peu plus tard. Le temps de refaire nos bagages, un petit déjeuner et nous sommes arrivés sur Nereus vers 15h. Le propriétaire a fait le tour du bateau avec Mario ... car il ne voulait rien savoir que nous restions dans le bateau !!! «Un sexiste fini» selon Pascale ;-) En tout cas pas très sympathique mais le bateau est correct. Nous nous sommes donc installés sur Nereus (Néréous pour ceux qui ne parlent pas couramment le grec ) puis sommes allés souper avec les Montpetit mais aussi des gens qui ont loués avec la même compagnie mais qui partent en flottille (tout les bateaux ensemble). Un équipage vient même d'Afrique du Sud. Moins exotique mais tout de même cocasse, une jeune fille d'un autre équipage ... read more

I happen to find the history really interesting, so if you don't want to read about it, just skip past the bullets :) Greece has over 1300 islands, but only 240 are occupied. Greece was very advanced for it'd tme and invtented democracy, science, math, comedy, tragedy, politics....and....the yoyo It's a country of contrast. They invented all that stuff, yet you can't flush toilet paper, and only ine bathroom so far has had a toilet *seat*, I kid you not. Exciting tme to be here because of the elections. The Greeks got way into debt, and if the country collapsed, the euro would suffer, so the other eu countries didn't want that. They gave Greece 110 billion euros (that was to pay off the interest, not even the principle of the debt) to help them, but ... read more

There has been a lot of unrest in Greece since the beginning of time. Other countries have often occupied Greece and many things have been done against Greece. The Nazis stole all of the Jewish gold and artwork and Germany has never recompensed them. Many of their temples and old buildings have been destroyed either by occupation from another country or by an earthquake. Some ruins are still being discovered. We saw a group of American archeological students excavating an area about which has information has not yet been released. In Athens there are no single house dwellings. Everyone lives in an apartment. All of the apartment buildings are alike as many were destroyed or decrepit after time. Athens has a big problem with illegal immigrants, due to a United Nations Policy, Athens may not turn ... read more

Tuesday 3rd May 2011 Drive from Delphi to Athens initially in the mountains then dropping to the plain before joining the Thessaloniki - Athens motorway. The instructions to find Athens Camping were good the traffic however was very heavy and a little like wacky races. At one point we nearly collided witha mobile forest aka a small pickup vastly overloaded with plants that decided to move lanes without warning - there could have been an international green incident but thankfully it was narrowly avoided. Driving here is an interesting experience it appears speed limits and road markings a purely advisory rather than a legal requirement - double whites seem to be a challenge to overtake preferably at the crest of a hill on a blind bend. Wednesday 4th May 2011 Bus to the main railway station ... read more