the greek way

just a week ago i was having my 13 hours busride from parvati to delhi, and then it was delhi, amman, tel-aviv and athens. damn tiring, oncluding one and a half days in tel aviv with condensed reunions, and a stressing overbooked flight from amman to tel-aviv that made me make it through land.

however, i am trying to recover here in athens, with the special local passionate, hedonistic and laid-back lifestyle. souvlaki (grilled meat), tzaziki (sheep yogurt based salad), rocky nudist beaches and fresh vegtebles. we all here share the passion for food, and there are local friends and two world-class shefs around so the standard for food is very high. i am having a special diet to recover from the exhausting way - it starts with beer during brunch and lunch, in early afternoon we turn to ouzo, and on sunset the bottles of wine are opened. not easy, but a man got to do what a man got to do. the greek believe in long time sitting in the ouzeries with a few mazzettes, and having a slow and heartly conversation.


there are 3 of us now - meni, ori and myself, and we are all very excited about the reunion which will be completed tomorrow when we will turn to skiathos, an island with one of the 5 best beaches in the world, and one with a wild singles scene. as the title that sara from dharamsala suggeted for the trip - from amonastery to a whorehouse... from cutting off your desires to setting them free.

we spent today 2 hours just in the markets to pick some ingredients for the light early supper which is about now... so i will turn now to the real thing.. i am quiet dizzy so maybe it is the time to open a bottle of white wine to refresh myself.