Greece was amazing.... from the sunkissed hard black islands and white and black jerzees of the Santorini cliff hugging houses, to near perfect facial structure and bronzed torsos of the Greek pantheon....looks like the Gods and Godesses descended and decided to settle down around the Mediterranean :)! And,from their lazy bearing to the frenzied pace of Modern Athens just about sparing the 2500 yr old Acropolis to survive as a last bow of reverence to a long irritable hallowed past and desperate to get on with a future around commercial success....but not too desperate really ...to a 160kmph drive to the laid back mountains of Delphi where the possessed priestess' of Oracle have left but a few columns and stones to survive amongst some stunning views and cool breeze and finally to a mountain town near Delphi where the tenacious claws of neither Indian enterpreneurship nor Bangladeshi roadside hawking have reached and a big jawed Greek bartender Yorge,who gave us a free drink just because he has not seen any Indians before :)!
We would love to go back to Santorini and spend a month on the rocky mazes of Ia settlement, harrowing the artists to challenge their touristy work,gazing at the near-perfect looking usherer at port-side cafe in Ia, keeping the tiny bookshop lady up till late in her store, forcing the coffee shop owner to mix some Kalmane in his Arabica while the Greek music croones or..simply, just sit on a white and blue deck and sip Ouzo with Lemonade (its horrible with water!) while the sun starts a tantalizing red kiss along the alluring edges of the Cyclades Volcanic rim !
Its not always Greek..when you can unbderstand the language,often untold!
(Writing partially contributed by Raj Basu!)
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