Browsing articles tagged with " greece"
Jun
12
2008

Santorini to the rescue.

I was about to generalise and say that Greece has bad food, rude people and bad service but all that changed yesterday when I went to Santorini. The story so far – At the hostel in Athens I bought a ticket on a large ferry that goes to the Greek islands. My destination, Santorini. You see photos of Santorini everywhere. We even had them in our livingroom in Brisbane many years ago. The whitewashed houses [...]

Jun
6
2008

Fast cars and dirty streets.

Saturday and Sunday 31st May and 1st June. Working on the outskirts of Athens at a rundown air force base, sitting in a trailer with bad aircon and editing cars racing. Woo Hoo! It is strange here as it’s the media HQ but also gets spectators coming to see their favourite drivers and cars being worked on. I’m not a big rally car fan… ok, I’m not a fan at all. The setup here is [...]