Kali Ellatha

Greece is blue which happens to be one of my favorite colors. The sky is blue, the sea is blue, and they decorated the whole country with blue here and there which matches nicely the white, green and pink. I'm still dreaming of the tomatoes which were of course not blue, but nicely red and so incredibly good

This year I have been lucky with business trips, and the one last week to Greece was no exception from that perspective

Ok, the cats are not blue either, atleast not all of them (copy right A.)

Greek stereotypes

In addition to work, this turned out to be a trip of exploring Greece and Greek stereotypes. Before going, I heard many things about Greece and Athens, but as it was a business trip I couldn't explore it all of course,. However, based on the little introduction I got to Greece and all kind of Greek stuff, I made some conclusions. The negative comments seem to be exaggerations and all the good ideas about Greece turned out to be very correct and I even discovered many more very nice things :)

And even if there apparently were some strikes during my stay, it was very difficult to imagine the recent violence to take place here.

My hotel was just next to the Akropolis, and I spent many good moments in the surroundings including dinners and bars, some inspiring working time, and even a visit to the new museum. The unofficial guided walk the first evening can be summarized to “on your right, you can see Akropolis…” :), while from outside the museum, the comment would be "in your front and back you can see Akropolis"

I'm now a hat addict...:)

I really liked Greek fashion, and nobody believed me when I repeated that I'm not a girl who is into shopping. In addition to several other nice things, I also found some hats, and I wanted to buy them all, but finally with a reasonable logic, I decided on two – one pink and one white.

A friendly lady in a shop even made a photo to show me how nice the blue one was also from behind. She almost convinced me, but unfortunately shopping limits in terms of items and budget were already passed since long..

Short island visit

The main problem with Greek islands is that there are too many of them and they all seem to wait to be discovered. This time, there were several constraints to consider but finally we went to the little island Hydra which was not far, and with convenient timetable for departure.We did not regret.