Travel Greece & Live!

This Travel Greece and Live blog although it is currently being set up as just a blog, will in the due course of time become a portal site for two other Greek blogs - and possibly two websites.

So .. while I will be starting with a broad overview, later I will be taking a more in-depth look at the topics which make up the respective pages you find here.

But it would be wonderful if you could share your experience of travel in Greece with us .. as I know the blog will be the richer for it. Please do therefore take a few minutes to leave a comment. It would be most appreciated.

What images do you conjure up when you think of travel in Greece?

The azure blue of the sun drenched Mediterranean, the heady perfume of meadows full of wildflowers heralding the onset of spring or of pineneedles crackling underfoot on one of the mountain trails; terraced vineyards tumbling down the valley ridges or the omnipresent groves of olive trees .. entrenched in antiquity?

Perhaps - the narrow flag-stoned streets winding between white-washed village houses, the flotilla of small fishing boats, bobbing lights astern, rounding the headland, as dusk descends into balmy night? Struggling to find just the right Greek phrase when the phrasebook is not much help, or gazing with awe on the Parthenon and marvelling in its architectural illusions?

Maybe, that romantic encounter in a quayside taverna, or, the sight of a wizened crone in funereal black? Or does the aroma of must and citrus wafting up from the fruit-laden baskets straddling the donkey you met on a hillside path come to mind?

The stirring sounds of rembetika? The uninhibited giving of self and the irrepressible delight, as the music strikes up, the plates are smashed and the dancing begins? Or is it that inexpressible quality of light imbued with a spiritual and ethereal essence to which no painter’s brush or palette can do justice?

It matters little whether your travels in Greece have seen you exploring spots off the beaten track on the mainland, or whether you’ve sought the peace and quiet of a seaside village on one of the Greek islands (those ’scattered stones’), in offseason. Where-ever you travel in Greece your senses will be assailed with a raft of experiences all too personal to you and when you come to leave, these memories of your time spent in Greece will leave an indelible impression.