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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Now I know where asparagus really comes from.
    I did not know either. There are olive tree groves on the side of the mountain road, and under almost every tree there is a thorny asparagus bush growing. Not every one of them has asparagus sprouts , but enough of them do to collect a meal in 15 minutes of foraging. It was a lot of fun.
    The only thing now is to het a negative covid test. Even though we feel fine. we keep testing positive, and we cant move to our next destination until we have a negative test because it is required by the hotel.
    The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

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    A lot has been happening since my last post.
    We left Aigion, in the Peloponnese and headed for the seaside town of Oropos in Attica , about an hour north of Athens
    on our way there we passed the Isthmus of Corinth
    My big fat Greek adventure-corinth-jpg

    We rented a little apartment for the month a stones throw from the beach and woke up to this from my bedroom window.
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    Was surprising warm for late April ,had lunch on the beach, and I read a couple pf chapters from a book I am readding while the wife tried to stay out of the sun. Good luck that happening summertime in Greece. I told the wife she might as well give it up. LOL
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    But you can take the girl out of Thailand , but you cant take thailand out of the girl. So next day, Pad Thai for lunch on the balcony.
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    For our next instalment me headed for the Oracle of Delphi to try and get the lottery numbers. LOL
    I will post pictures ,but if you don't hear from me again, it means that our quest at the Oracle was successful. LOL
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    Great Pics BB. Keep them coming.

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    So we drove up Parnassus mountain to head for Delphi, difficult to convey the scope and grandeur of the mountain ranges, I can see why the ancient Greeks and one not so ancient would see the gods in their snow covered slopes
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    A roadside creek
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    and a cool drink from the fountain on the other side
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    And then we arrived at Arahova, the village before we enter Delphi
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    Nice trip. I can't wait to go back to that part of Europe.

    Btw just curious , have you seen any Ukraine or Russian flags around ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Nice trip. I can't wait to go back to that part of Europe.

    Btw just curious , have you seen any Ukraine or Russian flags around ?
    No we have not seen any of that.
    The only effect of the war that I have seen here is the skyrocketing price of electricity and fuel prices. Gas for the small car we have rented is over $8 galon.
    The general sentiment from anyone I talked to seems to be pro Ukrainian and grossly uninformed, so I stay away from such conversations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    general sentiment from anyone I talked to seems to be pro Ukrainian and grossly uninformed,
    Do you think the two are related?

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    By the way, as I said I have been busy. and last week I was issued my Greek ID card, (taftotita as it is called here) and yesterday after filing numerous document , killing several trees for the paper trail, and several squids for the ink, I was informed that I can pick up my Greek passport next Thursday.
    If I hear anyone complain about Immigration and the bureaucracy in Thailand I will slap them in the face. The bureaucrats here in Greece make their Thai counterparts look like rank armatures.
    Bureaucracy here has developed into a fine art.If you are sort in patience do not come here!!
    The complexity is IMO a byproduct of compartmentalization to reduce the influence of any component in the process and eliminate corruption.
    It makes me miss for the corruption in Thailand LOL.
    As an example .After filing the application with an Immigration officer you have to pay a fee before the application is processed , To pay the fee you need a document from KEP (Greeks love their acronyms ) in another building and several miles away. Then you have to take that document in a bank or post office , pay , get a receipt, and then go back to the IO and give her the receipt .
    Anyway, next week I will have my Greek passport. Still need to short out my wife's status , which is another story. If we are not able to do so in time, we would have to leave after her three month tourist visa expires (From the US you get three months stay visa exempt) also good news is you can deice here with your US licence for six months.
    Next rant, I will talk about Greek driving LOL . The Good new is their Highway system is as good or better than any in the US and once you get in it, driving from place to place is a breeze, but in the city ..... lets just say that with every purchase of that very expensive gas they should dispense Xanax, Greek drivers can use it. LOL.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    Do you think the two are related?
    In my 65 years of life , and contributing to my disenchantment with democracy, sadly I have found that popular opinion is easily manipulated and is often grossly misinformed. I have thought about this extensively ,and I am sad to say that I can't think of a solution. Any other alternative is just as bad or worst.
    I am afraid we are royally screwed and destined to kill each other.
    How pessimistic is that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    Do you think the two are related?
    We are all pro Ukrainian, I dont think there is anyone in this forum who likes to see innocent people suffer and die.If there is any relationship to the uninformed part it is how that support is expressed.
    I am sure we all have the best intentions but Have you ever heard the saying "The way to hell is paved with best intentions "?
    Stupid people always think they are right , do you know why?
    Because they are stupid. Question everything , it is the only way to reduce the level of stupidity we all possess.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    Because they are stupid. Question everything , it is the only way to reduce the level of stupidity we all possess.
    That’s a fallacy. Questioning everything will not make your smarter.

    just ask Backspit or any Trumpanzee

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    That’s a fallacy. Questioning everything will not make your smarter.

    just ask Backspit or any Trumpanzee
    I stand corrected. I should had said. Critically question everything, especially one's bias.
    I personally have often been wrong in the past. If that is the case, then why can't I be wrong now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    I will talk about Greek driving LOL . The Good new is their Highway system is as good or better than any in the US and once you get in it, driving from place to place is a breeze
    apart from the idiocy of driving on the right you mean.

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    apart from the idiocy of driving on the right you mean.
    I concede that if we ever found ourselves in a jousting situation as we often do, we would be at a distinct disadvantage, but for all other situations. How can driving on the right be wrong?

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    ^ Ya know BB... whenever I see this thread on the 'Top 10 Stats' front page bit of TeakDoor, it's abbreviated to 'My Big Fat Greek...'

    And each time it reminds me of this hugely obese Austrian chick I once took out of a night club and down to a beach in Naxos, many many years ago.

    Red owed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    . How can driving on the right be wrong?
    You were showed the correct side and then inexplicably followed the Frenchies, just how right do you think that can be. I mean the French ffs.

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    ^^ did she have a lot of Germanic body hair

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    The big fat Greek adventures seems to be going great BB

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    You were showed the correct side and then inexplicably followed the Frenchies, just how right do you think that can be. I mean the French ffs.
    it's right there in the word. We drive on the Right and you guys drive on the opposite of the right which as per definition is the wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    it's right there in the word. We drive on the Right and you guys drive on the opposite of the right which as per definition is the wrong.
    Your wife drives on the left and surely you know by now that she is always right in everything even when its the left.

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    Your wife drives on the left and surely you know by now that she is always right in everything even when its the left.
    Unfortunately I am painfully aware of that , and if I forget she is sure to remind me in many subtle and some not so subtle ways
    She always says 'It's up to you" but we all know that that it's never up to me.
    In the beginning being the ignorant farang that I am , I believed her.
    I still have the emotional scars LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    She always says 'It's up to you" but we all know that that it's never up to me.
    those are wise words born of experience and you know that ensuring 5 nibbles a day is the way to keep her happy, with chili there of course. One way to make a Thai miserable and that is Chili withdrawal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    She always says 'It's up to you" but we all know that that it's never up to me.
    In the beginning being the ignorant farang that I am , I believed her.
    I still have the emotional scars LOL


    We should start a support group.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumpy View Post


    We should start a support group.

    we have one. It’s called going to the pub.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumpy View Post


    We should start a support group.
    I hope it is not like the senility group I joined. Every time we had a meeting , no one could remember to show up .
    Baraboom LOL

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