Re: Traveling to Greece
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:31 pm
Kish did you fly across the ocean or around it?
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I've never had a Greek Gyro in Greece, but will add that a Turkish doner kebab is another level above any Gyro I've had as well. Sounds amazing. Thanks for taking the time to share your adventure.Kishkumen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:06 pmThis evening we went into downtown Desfina and ate at a little gyro restaurant with reasonable prices. Non-tourist Greece is very reasonable. The gyros were so much better than the ones you get in the US, even the pita bread is so much better. I drank a couple of Fix beers (Fix is a Greek brand with 5% alcohol). The beers were 1.5 Euros a piece! And pretty tasty. We ran into the Greek physicist who is our partner in the excavation having a coffee in the town square. There was a monument close by to Isaias, bishop of Salona, who very nearby raised the flag of Greek independence from the Turks. I plan to visit the Isaias museum in town while I am here. The sunset was lovely, the air cool and dry. Being in Greece feels wonderful.
Jersey Girl wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 2:51 amI think he'll know what I mean based on my first post to him in the thread and that made by Screech.
I imagine that with your classic academic educational background, you must be pretty well versed in classical Greek as well as Latin. Is there enough similarity between ancient Greek and modern Greek so that you can converse fluently with the locals, without the need of translator? Or have you made it a point to learn contemporary Greek as well as Classical Greek? How greatly do they differ from each other?Kishkumen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:06 pmThis evening we went into downtown Desfina and ate at a little gyro restaurant with reasonable prices. Non-tourist Greece is very reasonable. The gyros were so much better than the ones you get in the US, even the pita bread is so much better. I drank a couple of Fix beers (Fix is a Greek brand with 5% alcohol). The beers were 1.5 Euros a piece! And pretty tasty. We ran into the Greek physicist who is our partner in the excavation having a coffee in the town square. There was a monument close by to Isaias, bishop of Salona, who very nearby raised the flag of Greek independence from the Turks. I plan to visit the Isaias museum in town while I am here. The sunset was lovely, the air cool and dry. Being in Greece feels wonderful.
Wait, are you saying this was not a secret passed from the Freemasons to McDonalds?Physics Guy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:23 amThe fact that blended instant coffee powder and ice makes a surprisingly good frothy beverage seems to be a modern Greek discovery.
Pending a reply from someone better informed - modern Greek as written is certainly closer to ancient Greek than Italian is to Latin. But:Gunnar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:18 amI imagine that with your classic academic educational background, you must be pretty well versed in classical Greek as well as Latin. Is there enough similarity between ancient Greek and modern Greek so that you can converse fluently with the locals, without the need of translator? Or have you made it a point to learn contemporary Greek as well as Classical Greek? How greatly do they differ from each other?