Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alfred Breull wrote: > All in all I agree to your friends (and your) descriptions. It's different > in the small > islands - there are more people, since they are living there and they are > too poor to go > back to Athens. In general, the Greeks are very warm-hearted ... I was > invited into their > houses several times, and took a lot of pictures inside. Maybe, it's not so > bad, to visit > Chalki also, although it became one of the UNO's "world's peace islands" 15 > y ago, and > a lot of Greek US citizens spent their money in new hotels close to the > harbour. On the > other side, they refreshed the old houses (within the 250 people village) > also ... If > you go there, be careful with fresh water, at least if you don't like > diarrhoe: It comes > from a basin (Zisterne ?) near the mountain monastery, and caries unfriedly > guests > sometimes :) > > The food ship for Chalki leaves Rhodos (middle) at 14 h local time :) > > Unfortunately the Greeks and Turks are (military) enemies, which is not > better since > the last EU debacle (sp ?) 2 days ago. Both sides get rather upset, if you > mention > the other nation, and if you have bad luck, you run into serious troubles ... > > Alf > > Hello. I am in Athens, and if you need any help on finding good photo spots, e-mail me and I'll tell you. There are some amazing locations that few people know about, and are worth going to. I am now working on a photo book on discovering Greece. Regards.