Greece
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
A marvellous country. Full of life, culture, mountains, surrounded by coasts and regularly flooded by millions of tourists
who know more about the ancient greeks than they did themselves. In Athens you will easily find a German tresspasser
who can tell you what Socrates said to one of his friends while visiting his aunt under an Olive tree underneath the
Akropolis. You should then be very impressed and say something like "Yes. Did not Plato write this?" and leave the
place as fast as possible without crashing into the Ionic order right behind you.
If you take no care of all the other tourists you will find your visit to Greece very inspiring. You might - for example - go
to Nauplion, a small town in the south of the Pelloponneese, with an impressing Venetian Castle on top of a nearby hill.
This castle is called Palamidi and at night you don't have to pay the entry fee - if you get over the surrounding
walls after climbing up all 911 stairs to the top of the hill. There you can see more stars than from any other place in
the world.
You should not fail to visit Aigina, a wonderful, small island situated somewhere to the south of Athens. The Aphaia-Temple
there is the most beautiful building you will ever see in your life. You MUST try the pistachios. They are the best in the
world. It is also absolutely necessary to go to Delphi. Not
because of the Apollo-temple or the Stadium or so, but because of the outlook on the bay. Pity for you if it is no
completely clear day.
You might encounter some serious problems when staying in Greece. If you try to drive a car in Athens you should
forget everything you have ever heard about traffic regulations. Just start your car and follow any other road user who
might know what he is doing and where he is going to. Do not stop when the traffic lights are switching to red and do
not go, when they are green. Just pass a crossing when everybody else does so and wait when all the others are
waiting.
If you're hungry you should try not to look like a tourist looking for a traditional Greek Tavern, because then every
landlord will come runnig out of his Restaurant screaming things like "Yes please, yes please! Best Moussaka in town!
Yes please, come on, come on!" to show that he is owner of just the kind of etablissement you don't want to enter.
I recommend not trying to dance in Greek taverns. If you try and succeed, you are either a genious or a Greek yourself
or all the others don't know how to do it correctly themselves. If you fail you will do so with your legs tied up.
who know more about the ancient greeks than they did themselves. In Athens you will easily find a German tresspasser
who can tell you what Socrates said to one of his friends while visiting his aunt under an Olive tree underneath the
Akropolis. You should then be very impressed and say something like "Yes. Did not Plato write this?" and leave the
place as fast as possible without crashing into the Ionic order right behind you.
If you take no care of all the other tourists you will find your visit to Greece very inspiring. You might - for example - go
to Nauplion, a small town in the south of the Pelloponneese, with an impressing Venetian Castle on top of a nearby hill.
This castle is called Palamidi and at night you don't have to pay the entry fee - if you get over the surrounding
walls after climbing up all 911 stairs to the top of the hill. There you can see more stars than from any other place in
the world.
You should not fail to visit Aigina, a wonderful, small island situated somewhere to the south of Athens. The Aphaia-Temple
there is the most beautiful building you will ever see in your life. You MUST try the pistachios. They are the best in the
world. It is also absolutely necessary to go to Delphi. Not
because of the Apollo-temple or the Stadium or so, but because of the outlook on the bay. Pity for you if it is no
completely clear day.
You might encounter some serious problems when staying in Greece. If you try to drive a car in Athens you should
forget everything you have ever heard about traffic regulations. Just start your car and follow any other road user who
might know what he is doing and where he is going to. Do not stop when the traffic lights are switching to red and do
not go, when they are green. Just pass a crossing when everybody else does so and wait when all the others are
waiting.
If you're hungry you should try not to look like a tourist looking for a traditional Greek Tavern, because then every
landlord will come runnig out of his Restaurant screaming things like "Yes please, yes please! Best Moussaka in town!
Yes please, come on, come on!" to show that he is owner of just the kind of etablissement you don't want to enter.
I recommend not trying to dance in Greek taverns. If you try and succeed, you are either a genious or a Greek yourself
or all the others don't know how to do it correctly themselves. If you fail you will do so with your legs tied up.
