Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Greece is a wonderful country, although it's beginning winter period right now, with temperatures around 15 deg C, 60 deg F, and rainy days. People are very friendly (if you avoid tourist centers), and each place is fine, not just Athens with its famous ruins, or the Butterfly Valey at Rhodos. If you like to do yourself a favour: Visit one or two of the thousands of small islands, maybe Lesbos, Karpatos (east side), Kreta (north). If you can manage, use one of the small food boats, since you and your heart wouldn't want to miss the harbor entrance from sea side: The small white houses with their dark windows look like little ghosts from distance, welcoming you :) The colors are simply great in Greece (you will not forget the color impression), at least in the smaller villiages and on the islands. If you have bad luck, and one of the rare winter storms comes while you are there, care for a hotel, since the small and very cheap pensions have no heating in general. Besides, if you go in a restaurant in on of the small villages, they will guide you into the kitchen, and make you look into each pot and oven for your food selection. Food ships come Thursday or Friday usually to the small islands, which means that the rich Friday, Saturday or Sunday salad will fade out/away during the rest of the week :), leaving tomatoes lasting longest :) Once again: avoid tourist centers, there the sales persons are very agressive and cold hearted from experiences with German, British, or Scandinavian tourists. Basically, the Greeks are extremely friendly and warm hearted, and you will find it in all non-tourist places. Alf - ---------------------------------------------------- At 18:13 09.12.1997 -0500, Tina Manley wrote: >My Leicas and I are leaving next week for three weeks in Greece.