James
Taris
ATHENS TO SANTORINI
From antiquity to paradise
This
book (ebook) gives you a look at how Greece, Athens and Santorini really
are... not from a tourist's viewpoint, but from a Greek who was raised
in Melbourne, Australia.
James
Taris visted Greece for 2 months in 2001 and shares his daily travel diary
with you in a fresh and easy-to-read fashion.
This
book is a great help if you plan to visit Greece, Athens or Santorini.
It prepares you for the otherwise unexpected. It is entertaining, informative
and inspiring. |
GREECE
1. Athens
(Omonia Square)
(McDonalds)
(bathroom rules)
(Lofos Kolonou)
(Sintagma Square)
(Monastiraki)
(Acropolis)
(Omonia Market)
(work at Columbia Telecommunications)
(beggars)
(Greek
Birth Certificate)
2. Paralia Avlithos
(writing songs)
(Greek cafenio - cafe)
Athens
(riot police)
(Panathenaikos v AEK)
(hotel accommodation)
(Ellas Hotel)
(motorcycle pinion passenger)
(work at GreekGetaways.net) |
3.
Voula
(My dad's aunt - elderly poet and novel writer)
4. Peanea
5. Patra
6. Sami
7. Kefalonia Island
(Captain Corelli's Mandolin - movie)
8. Argostoli
(locked keys in suitcase!)
9. Lassi
(nude sunbaker)
10. Poros
11. Kilini
12. Corinth
(Isthmus of Corinth)
Athens
(Greek TV)
(Greek customs)
(Con Can - card game)
(free pigeons)
(Platia Amerikis)
(whining Greek)
(gypsies)
(gypsy street merchants)
(Greek drunkard)
(Athens burial system) |
13.
Halandri
(Greek tavern - taverna)
Athens
(doctor patient fight)
(4-4-40 lifestyle)
(Dorian Wigs)
(Greek nightlife)
(Anthony Quinn - Zorba - dies)
(trimming cactus)
(Greek National Library)
(soy milk discovery)
(Greek TV News)
(learning Greek)
(Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Peanea
(Mercedes Benz shepherd)
(pissed on by a tortoise!)
(Malaka Hot and Spicy BBQ Snack Recipe)
14. Varkiza
(swim at last!)
Athens
(conned by 3-card dealer)
(traffic management)
15. Rafina |
16.
Ios Island
(topless girls)
(rock huts)
(mountain goats)
(drunk girls)
(unconscious guy)
17. Santorini Island
18. Fira
19. Oia
(heavenly scenes!)
(cabdriver
from hell)
20. Paradise Beach
(got sunburnt)
Ios
(Vegemite discovery)
(sausages faut pas)
(hotel prices for Ios accommodation)
(cheap alcohol prices) |
From
the author
I
returned to Greece after 28 years absence. And it was unrecogniseable!
I share my daily experiences just as if it was my very first
visit there.
What
people are saying
"Love
your Greek travel diary. I once spent many months there, mainly
on the island of Moni which is off Aegina. I'd got on a boat
to Crete but had to get off because I was so seasick, and ended
up in a sort of nudist camp with just one other bloke and about
20 women. A great time." Phil Wiley - "All
The Secrets Marketing and Free Publicity Newsletter"
(Brisbane, Australia)
"Your
Travel Diary - very well written and entertaining! Laughed a
number of times ... I especially loved the entry about the tortoise
pissing on you and the 3-card dealer..." Nanette
(Melbourne, Australia)
"I
have already read a bit of your Travel Diary and found it absolutely
fascinating... It is true about not being able to appreciate
your own home until you travel overseas.. I experienced that
when I went to my own home land of Wales UK 8 years ago... I
must admit though we didn't have so much grief over the water
shortage as you experienced .. God I don't know if I could handle
that!!" Wendy (Melbourne, Australia)
Some
of the stories included in this ebook are ...
Handling
toilet and bathroom restrictions in Athens
Locking my suitcase keys in my suitcase!
Being urinated on by an angry tortoise
The shepherd herding his sheep in a Mercedes!
Getting conned by the 3-card dealer
Being stranded on Santorini’s Paradise Beach
Unusual burial terms in Athens’ cemeteries
The crazy doctor who verbally bashed a patient for jumping queue
Meeting the 4-4-40 lifestylers … working 4 hours a day,
4 days a week, 40 weeks a year
Trimming the life-threatening cactus plant
Going to the library and finding NO BOOKS!
The famous Malaka Hot BBQ Snack recipe
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Santorini - pretty as a postcard (I
took this photo on June 18, 2001)
Week
1
My
First Impressions Of Athens
Sacrifice, Compromises and Limitations
Street Walker
Omonia Market
Greece On Strike
Working For Columbia Telecommunications
I Get Email Access
End Of First Week In Greece
Week
2
Australia-Day
Baby
Postcards Galore
Relatives In Paralia Avlithos
The Gorilla Song
Apprentice Card Shark?
Week
3
Riot
Police In Athens
Hotel Accommodation In Athens
Motorcycle Pinion Passenger
greekgetaways.net
Email Order
Week
4
You're
Never Too Old
BBQ In Peanea
The Island of Kefalonia
Walk To Lassi
Home Again
Lazy Day
Greeks Do Things Differently
Week
5
Playing
Cards at Dino’s
Pigeons in Athens
Pitiful Greek
Gypsy Street Merchants
Dying in Athens
Week
6
Singing
In A Greek Taverna
Corina, Corina
Crazy Doctor, Crazy Patient
Where Do The Children Play?
Ciao Daddy
Heat Wave
4-4-40 Lifestyle In Greece
Greek Nightlife
Week
7
Greece
Burns and Zorba Dies
Dangerous Cactus Plants
Library With No Books
Breakfast Surprise
Trial By TV
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Week 8
Shepherds
And Tortoises photo
A Swim At Last
3-Card Dealer
Traffic Management In Athens
Recipe:
Malaka (Hot and Spicy) BBQ Snack
Week 9
IOS
- Topless Girls and G-Strings
IOS - Rock Huts and Mountain Goats
IOS – Good Girls Go To Heaven, Bad Girls Go To
Ios
SANTORINI – Dumped On Paradise Beach
IOS – Vegemite and Sausages
IOS – The Cost Of Travelling The Greek Islands
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