Blogs from West Greece, Greece, Europe - page 6

Geo: 38.2381, 21.7392 GÜN 4 Günlerden Pazar Patras (Yunanca: Πάτρα / Patra, 1974'e kadar: Πάτραι / Pátrai, Osmanlı döneminde: Balyabarda), Yunanistan'ın Atina ve Selanik'ten sonra üçüncü büyük şehridir. Atina'nın 215 km batısında, Korint Körfezi ile Akdeniz'in birleştiği noktada bulunur. Yunanistan'ın güneybatısında yer alır. Atina'dan 3,5 - 4 saatlik tren yolculuğu ile ulaşılır. Kel alaka diyeceksiniz ama Malatya ile kardes sehirdir. Sabah 08:30 da kalktık. Ayşeciğim kahveleri döktürdü. Ben hemen toparlandım. Biraz terleyince, tekrar yıkanmaya karar verdim. Sonra borcumuzu ödedim ve yola vurduk. Yol ,direkt olarak ,kampın önünden devam ediyor. Öğlen Korent civarında bir lokma bir şey yedik. Çok rahat bir seyahatten sonra Patra ya vardık. Gemimizi buldum Check in yapmak gerekiyormuş onu da yaptık..... memur ilgisiz bir tavırla 30 ... read more

29th May ‘09: Finding a football stadium without a map is reasonably simple. A DAF garage on Thrakis Street, Patras, however, is quite another matter. Spaznavs and Autoroute 2007 are next to useless down here; one has to use “the force” instead. Or buy a map. Although a map is a sensible, well-founded notion in, say London or Berlin, this is Greece - and they use funny letters to confound us. A Patras map does exist - with streets marked in the Roman alphabet - but the index is in Greek. We’re stumped. Patras is not a small hamlet of half a dozen avenues. The solution, then, is for Little Dick to scout ahead, paying a taxi driver to lead the way, and to call me with garbled directions. Voila, Namibian and I arrive with a ... read more

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SAA er vi endelig kommet til Graekenland. Fredag morgen tog vi med et tog fra Napoli til Bari hvor vi skulle sejle fra. Sejlturen tager omkring 15,30 time, og det er hundedyrt. Rederiet vi skulle sejle med ville have 16 Euro per person bare for at faa lov til at sidde paa daekket, og det var kun saa "billigt" fordi vi har Interrailpas. Ellers tog de 77 Euro per person for at faa et saede at sidde paa indenfor - saa vi valgte at tage daekket. Vi skulle sejle kl. 20 om aftenen, men allerede kl. 17 gik vi ombord. Vi fandt et sted der var overdaekket, og hvor vi kunne sidde paa plastichavestole. Det var selvfoelgelig lige ved siden af en bar, saa der var larm og raab hele aftenen. Vi fandt os saa et ... read more

Ever wonder where we got the English word "gymnasium" from? I know I have...n't. (lol) Perhaps it wasn't a shock that we borrowed the word from the Ancient Greeks, but what surprised the hell out of me was that it meant "place to be naked." As in bare-bottomed, with all your bits and pieces on display for public inspection. Er? I think we have another English equivalent to that though...it's more commonly referred to as "porn," in my native tongue, lol. Athletes would also slather their naked bodies with healthy amounts of olive oil to imbue their skin with a healthy glow, so as to appeal to the spectators of the Games...which were all men. Women weren't allowed even to watch the events. ... So what exactly does that say about the Greeks in the realm ... read more