Blogs from Attica, Greece, Europe - page 4

Despite having yoghurt, muesli, fruit, juice, several pastries and coffee for breakfast I set off on my food tour. Leaving the eggs, bacon, breads etc was a good decision, well not really I’ve become so accustomed to not having that English style breakfast I no longer really even think about it. Perhaps I should have had less of everything though because a focus of the tour was on sampling. Met Trevor, an English trained chef who has lived in Athens for almost 20 years at Syntagma Square (doesn’t everyone met everyone there), and set off on the Athens Food Adventure. First stop probably 2 metres away! And that’s the tone for the tour. Little walking, lots of eating. Only 3 in the group and that’s why my take away bag was choc a block full. We ... read more

How good is Athens? Rhetorical question really. I love it. Everywhere are reminders of just how special this place is. Be it the history of the Olympics, the marathon, the Romans, the Byzantines, the great Greek thinkers (well the big 3), the Ottomans, even King Ludwig of Bavaria and particularly his son (first king of Greece) and I haven’t even mentioned the Acropolis or the Parthenon! It is so good to walk around. I’m certainly not the only one walking around, the streets are full of tourists and from all over the place. The walking tour I did had more Germans and Dutch than Aussies and they were not the only nationalities. Again the tour was pretty good. They have to be at least OK or they don’t make as much on tips. In Greece the ... read more

6 EKIM 2022 ÇARŞAMBA Bu akşam Kızım Denizle buluşma günümüz…. Bütün günüm evi toparlamakla geçti Arada marketten evin eksiklerini giderme faaliyetleri de var … Akşam üstü haberleşme sonucu, dün akşamki balıkçıda toplanma kararı alındı ..Stelios'u ( benim avukatım )davet etmiştim O, 20:30 kızım da 21:30 civarında avdet etti.. Hava soğuk ve rüzgarlı .. Çok keyifli bir yemek olmadı .. Meğerse kızım Stelios'la görüşmek istemiyormuş.. Ben ona güzellik olsun diye davet etmiştim. Neticede kızımın arkadaşı fakat yine yaranamadık .. kızım yarın sabah memleketi Hollanda 'ya dönüyor ... Öpüşüp ayrıldık. Biz de dönüp yattık... ... read more

4 EKIM 2022 PAZARTESİ Bizi Kyllini ye geri götürecek gemimiz 8:45 te kalkıyor.. Rahatça gemiye yetiştik . Bu adamların sisteminde aracınız ayrı bir kişi sayılıyor ve ona ayrıca bilet alıyorsunuz .. Bir saat sonra Kyllini ‘ye vardık ve acilen Patra yoluna girdik .. Meşhur Rio köprüsünün kıyısından geçip Atina ya yöneldik .. Evimize varmadan önce, bir markette gerekli alışverişi yaptık .. Öğleden sonra evdeydik .. Elimizden geldiği kadar eve kurulmaya çalıştık . Sveta, mahrum kaldığı denizine kavuştu.. Ben gitmedim ama Votsalakia plajının parasız yatılı zamparaları Svetanın “adeta yok model” bikinisini gördükten sonra eminim ki çok neşelenmişlerdir.. Gecemizi balkonda yenilen yemekten sonra tamamladık …... read more

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind… ~ Plato, Greek Philosopher HE SAID... Today we were travelling southeast from Delphi to Athens. After returning from a brisk walk and visit to the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia in the early morning, we grabbed a quick cup of tea from the downstairs breakfast room at Hotel Varonos, then prepared our packs for the three-hour road trip to Athens on a public bus. As we waited at Delphi’s bus interchange, I breathed in the extraordinary view from this diminutive hillside town for the last time – the Pleistos River valley stretching to the shimmering Gulf of Itea. It was a spectacular setting, and one I’d never tire of. When our bus arrived, we climbed on board with little room to spare ... read more