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August 21st 2009
On Saturday 15th August it was Agias Panagias and a public holiday in Greece. George says he will take us for a trip to Prespa Lake in Northern Greece. The fresh water lake is bordered by Greece, Albania and Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Macedonia. We leave around 7.50am to drive to Prespa. When we were driving to Prespa, we went to a little nearby village called Agios Germanos and took photos of 2 different families having whole lambs on the souvlas going. One said they come each year to their run down family home from Germany and do it on the Saint Day of Mary ( Agios Panagias) . They offered us some tsipouro, a very strong white liquor and cut off some of the cooked lamb to have as mezee. Such hospitality to us- strangers ... read more
GRECJA: Stopa jednak nie stop. Tomasz musi poczekac w salonikach.
Published: August 16th 2009Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki
August 16th 2009
Ale zycie mnie po dziwnych zakretach prowadzi! Juz w poprzednim poscie pisalam, ze zdradzilam stopa na rzecz pedalowania, a jednak plecak na plecy zarzucam i w droge jutro ruszam ponownie! Moje 10 probnych dni wspolnej podrozy z chlopakami minelo i poki co bardzo mi sie podoba. I pedalowanie i towarzystwo. Okazalo sie, ze dobra intuicje mialam zabierajac w ta podoz buty biegowe, bo miesiac przed spotkaniem chlopakow biegalam prawie codziennie. Nie wiem czy dalabym rade wydolnosciowo gdyby nie to. Teraz mamy juz z Tomaszem, moim rowerkiem, pol tysiaca kilometrow za soba. Zdobylismy Olimp, wspielismy sie na meteory i wlasciwie jakos w naturalny sposob coraz czesciej rozmawiamy z chlopakami o wspolnej dalszej drodze. Juz nie tylko Turcja i Cypr, ale tez i Afryka sie w naszych rozmowach przewija...Doszlismy wiec do wspolnego wniosku, ze skoro tak, no to ... read more
August 13th 2009
Week 38 in Greece 2nd August George, Aleka, Sofoula and Sakis (Michael’s cousins) come out around 9am. Then Soufoula goes with George to buy some fish for lunch from Mihanonia. George takes Souflula, Sakis and me to the beach and we stay there for one hour before ringing George to come and pick us up. (what luxury, as normally Michael and I walk the 15 minutes back home) George grills the fish for lunch. Soufoula made a lovely eggplant dip for lunch and Aleka made halva, a semolina dessert. We had a lovely day talking and catching up. Michael showed our house to Sofula on Google Earth. Also we spoke to Tony on Skype and Sofoula and Takis took the opportunity to say hello too. 5th August-I show Yirrakenna how to make pavlova using eggs from ... read more
August 3rd 2009
Thursday 23rd July The lights of Salonika look like a jeweled necklace when seen from a vantage point not far from Mama’s house. On the TV news last night, a Greek farmer was saying he has to grow 10 kg wheat to get sufficient money for the cost of a loaf of bread. ( 70 Euro cents for a 370gm loaf) Michael used the electric chain saw, the axe and sledge hammer to cut out the rest of the unproductive olive tree that they had cut down last Sunday. Michael said because it has lots of knots in the timber, it is relatively easy to cut into chunks whilst it is still fresh. But if you leave it to dry out, you won’t have a hope After tea, we took a photo of the two storks ... read more
Greece - part 1 Polychrono
Published: August 26th 2009Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki
August 2nd 2009
Yet again, Greece never disappoints! On July 17, Aleks and I drove from Novi Sad (NS), going south through Serbia, stopping in Leskovac for some famous south-Serbian bbq and other meat delicacies, continuing through the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM, or as we refer to it, just short Macedonia, (*one of the former Yugoslav republics, now a separate country, not yet in the EU, mostly due to their name, which is also the name of a northern part of Greece (where Alexander the Great came from), which the Greek do not like at all, and henceforth, make it hard for them to become part of the EU - just my interpretation of current events - for more info, check more on Wiki, or talk to a Macedonian, both from FYROM and Greece. When we arrived ... read more
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July 25th 2009
Sat 18th July 2009 Today our friend Joe flies in from Athens. We get to Salonika Airport about 20 minutes before Joe’s arrival and see that his flight is delayed. Apparently a go slow with the air traffic controllers in Athens. Think they are not happy with the current Government’s handling of the economic crisis. Joe said he arrived in Athens on Friday at 7.20am after his flight from Melbourne. He could not get to his hotel till 12 noon, so dropped his luggage off and walked around Athens for about 5 hours. Then went on a bus tour and a meal and show at night. He stayed at a hotel right in the Plaka area. After some lunch we catch the bus at 2.30pm to go into Salonika. Supposed to be 39 C today, so ... read more
July 23rd 2009
Tuesday 7th July We go with Yirrakenna and Thodera to Kalamaria ( a suburb of Salonika) and park the car near the water edge and then walk about 4 km along the paved water edge to Salonika with the thousands of other people doing the same thing. Just back from the water edge is a new garden built in Oct 2008 and it has different themes- a rose bed garden with the beds featuring the same coloured roses all together in the same bed- red, then yellow, etc. There was a water feature garden with water lilies, although they were not opened, as about 7pm and starting to get a little dark. There is a designated bike lane for the cyclist. People were fishing, there were 3 large boats taking people out on a cruise around ... read more
July 21st 2009
Monday 22nd June We hire a car and get to Thessaloniki airport but Narelle and Peter’s flight from Athens has been delayed for 40 minutes. It takes ages for them to get their luggage, so at 1.45 pm they come out. We drive to Mama’s and have the pastitsio I had made in the morning. We we talk a bit and then take them to their hotel around 4.30pm for a sleep, as Peter nearly falling asleep. They had arrived in Athens at 4pm on Sunday and had taken a tour of Athens, In the park near the Hermes Hotel where they were staying in the centre of the city, there was a free concert of bands playing Beatles music from 9-10.30pm non stop. Ral said. they really enjoyed it. We tell Ral and Peter to ... read more
July 13th 2009
Week 31 & 32 in Greece 7th June The wheat in the nearby paddock adjoining the main Salonika Road was cut today with a New Holland combine and then wheat augered into the waiting truck.. Where people had thrown some rubbish like metal bars and an old kerosene heater, the combine driver did not cut that area, as the rubbish would have wrecked his machine. I assume he is a contract harvesting operator, as I heard him with his machine up higher in the hinterland after on and must have been cutting another farmer’s wheat. Later in the day the haymaker guy came along and made big rolls of the cut straw. Michael has an appointment at the dentist at 1pm, as his filling fell out last week. It is one recommended by Vicky, Mama’s friend. ... read more
