Oh Wow is me. As the space ship reported backed to base “Houston we have a problem”
so to do I echo the same words.
“We have a problem” Bronni has Broken her G string and it
must be fixed.
Now before your minds start spinning out with visuals of
Bronni in a G string and I do admit we did hit 39oc yesterday, and G strings
are not uncommon in this part of the world on a lot of people who would look a
lot better in a toga, this is the 3rd
string on her guitar.
We have dragged this stupid budget ¾ guitar around the world
with us and the 3rd sting broke.
Challenge to find a new string.
I think Isaac suggested this as a game while he was in China . “Select a
random object and try and purchase it scoring yourself based on the time and accuracy
of your purchase”
As we move north english has become less common both in
people who can speak it and signs. We know that the typical tourist town will
not have a music store and elected on Lamia
that is big enough to have a music store yet not too big to get lost.
We have no idea what the word music looks or sounds like in Greek The internet is not working on Bronni’s phone so we set the GPS for
the city centre and after navigating a whole lot narrow one way streets we
decide to park and start walking.
Okay which way? Who to ask?. Mi-las Ang-gli-ka (Do you speak
English) wasn’t making much head way.
Bing. A Bright idea! Lets carry the guitar, out of its case
with the broken string.
Within 2 minutes a man walks up to us and says. “You must be
English and you need a new string for your guitar”
We are told
“ Walk to the end of the street, turn left, walk to the
square, turn right, next left then the next right then show someone else your
broken string”
He promptly smiles shakes our hand wishing us well in Greece and
walks on.
Within 5 minutes we
had a new string.
I’d say 9/10 on Isaac system. We are back on track.
This is an amazing country to travel particularly if you
keep in context the economic and political uncertainty. The country has 30%
unemployment. There are 100’s of kms of unfinished roads, tunnels, bridges and
buildings that work has just stopped. There are a lot of empty shops and the
tourists sites and infrastructure are void of people.VAT is 23%.
Walking through Delfoi yesterday the streets were deserted. A shop owner comment was “this is my shop”
and pointing above him “this is my home”.
“You tell your friends that this is a good place to travel and in time
my business will be okay.”
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| Kate_ the World of Zeus |
…..and so we do.
While Greece may have some awesome islands and beaches we
should not forget that this civilization has existed here for more than 6000yrs
and it has an amazing blend of old and new intermingled with its music and arts.
The people are warm and generous and do not at all represent the oily slicked
back hair we see in Melbourne .
If you have a choice between Italy
and Greece , take Greece .
You’ll
feel more of a person rather than a cash cow.
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| Ju & Heidi's new home. Close to climbing &extreme skiing |
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| Can be seen also in the above pic. A quiet night in the hills |
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