Greece: Old things, Delicious Yogurt and Meany Waiters
Hey Peeps…
WOW!!!! A post! Cool huh… OK, So it began as you would expect, Greece.
Yes, Greece, After Eirin’s Birthday in Barce (‘twas fun, we were tired). We headed over to Athens, after spending a night each in Gatwick airport. Fun. So Lonely Planet, our bible (along with the guidance of online forums) describes Athens as basically a hole with not much to do. But we loved it… maybe it was the autumn leaves falling and all but probably it’s just all the work they did for the 2004 Olympics.
So we liked it, despite the expensive entry fees, and enjoyed walking around the, great, shopping and looking at all the things we couldn’t afford. But most f all we loved the food! Delicious!
Yes, from the simple yuros sandwich, to the divine yogurt and sour cherries to the magic fish soup and Musakka. One day as Eirin and I were wondering near the ancient agora we decided that perhaps we were a little peckish or at least we wanted to drink some tea and think about what delicious baklava sweets we would eat. So we sat down at a café and were perusing the menu when the waiter came:
Waiter: "Can I help you"
Us: "Yes, we would like one tea and one hot chocolate please"
W: "Just drinks?"
U: "Yes for now"
W: "No, you go, no food you can’t stay!!"
U: "What??
W: "No, leave"
U: "Don’t you want business"
W: "No"
… Umm, ok, I might add at this point that it was 3.30 in the afternoon and the café was at least half empty. Ummm ok, and so as we wondered along past people enjoying their only drinks order at near-by cafes we wondered what was wrong. Had we really been travelling that long? Did we look homeless or something? Was it the stench of hostel? We tried another café:
Us: "Can we sit here?"
Waiter: "Yes"
U: "Can we just order drinks?
W: (incredulously) "Of course Lady!!!"
Uh huh!! That’s what we thought!
Hmmmm.
Well after a few days in Athens enjoying those leaves and ancient things (as well as our tea and hot chocolate finally) we went to da daaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…
THE GREEKS ISLANDS.
What do you imagine my friends, sweet pebble beaches, sun, people dancing the night away in clubs and tanning the day away…
Yeah well make sure you’re there in season. We went to Kos an Island close to Turkish coast for a 2 days chillin’. Despite the pleasant weather the place was EMPTY, all restaurants closed, and NO people. Uh huh. I read a book each day, and The Economist.
We caught the Boat to Turkey and got sea sick.
But Hey, we were in Turkey!
WOW!!!! A post! Cool huh… OK, So it began as you would expect, Greece.
Yes, Greece, After Eirin’s Birthday in Barce (‘twas fun, we were tired). We headed over to Athens, after spending a night each in Gatwick airport. Fun. So Lonely Planet, our bible (along with the guidance of online forums) describes Athens as basically a hole with not much to do. But we loved it… maybe it was the autumn leaves falling and all but probably it’s just all the work they did for the 2004 Olympics.
So we liked it, despite the expensive entry fees, and enjoyed walking around the, great, shopping and looking at all the things we couldn’t afford. But most f all we loved the food! Delicious!
Yes, from the simple yuros sandwich, to the divine yogurt and sour cherries to the magic fish soup and Musakka. One day as Eirin and I were wondering near the ancient agora we decided that perhaps we were a little peckish or at least we wanted to drink some tea and think about what delicious baklava sweets we would eat. So we sat down at a café and were perusing the menu when the waiter came:
Waiter: "Can I help you"
Us: "Yes, we would like one tea and one hot chocolate please"
W: "Just drinks?"
U: "Yes for now"
W: "No, you go, no food you can’t stay!!"
U: "What??
W: "No, leave"
U: "Don’t you want business"
W: "No"
… Umm, ok, I might add at this point that it was 3.30 in the afternoon and the café was at least half empty. Ummm ok, and so as we wondered along past people enjoying their only drinks order at near-by cafes we wondered what was wrong. Had we really been travelling that long? Did we look homeless or something? Was it the stench of hostel? We tried another café:
Us: "Can we sit here?"
Waiter: "Yes"
U: "Can we just order drinks?
W: (incredulously) "Of course Lady!!!"
Uh huh!! That’s what we thought!
Hmmmm.
Well after a few days in Athens enjoying those leaves and ancient things (as well as our tea and hot chocolate finally) we went to da daaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…
THE GREEKS ISLANDS.
What do you imagine my friends, sweet pebble beaches, sun, people dancing the night away in clubs and tanning the day away…
Yeah well make sure you’re there in season. We went to Kos an Island close to Turkish coast for a 2 days chillin’. Despite the pleasant weather the place was EMPTY, all restaurants closed, and NO people. Uh huh. I read a book each day, and The Economist.
We caught the Boat to Turkey and got sea sick.
But Hey, we were in Turkey!
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