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We are home from Greece and would like to thank you for your assistance with our travel arrangements there.
Everything went smoothly and we LOVE your country.
Thanks for your suggestions and help making our vacation truly memorable.
I will definitely recommend you to my friends here in the US.
–Liz Barnes
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Dear All: You did a great job of selecting hotels and making our arrangements for this trip.
The hotels were all in great locations.
Overall we had a wonderful vacation in Greece
– Lloyd & Bobbie Ferguson USA
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Thank YOU!. . .
Dear All: You did a great job of selecting hotels and making our arrangements for this trip.
The hotels were all in great locations.
Overall we had a wonderful vacation in Greece
– Lloyd & Bobbie Ferguson USA
Thank YOU!. . .
Dear All: You did a great job of selecting hotels and making our arrangements for this trip.
The hotels were all in great locations.
Overall we had a wonderful vacation in Greece
– Lloyd & Bobbie Ferguson USA
Selected for quality, location, price.
Hotels for every budget!
Lux to Economy !
Kathari Deftera ~ Clean Monday
This first day of Lent is celebrated forty days before Paska (Greek Easter), and (at least in regard to food), stands
in strong contrast to the three preceding weeks of meat centered feasting, drinking, and carousing during Apokries, which
has climaxed on the preceding day. Many people celebrate it with a picnic outdoors, if weather permits.
Among the traditional Lenten foods served is the flat bread called 'lagana', which is topped with sesame seeds. Though meat and dairy
are prohibited, octopus and kalamari are eaten, along with any kind of pulses (lentils, beans, peas, etc.).
Wine is drunk at
this meal as well, and there is dancing and kite flying, the latter a custom that began in Athens, and which takes place
there on Filopappou hill, in the green park next to the Acropolis, as well as all over Greece in the countryside, with
people trying to outdo one another with the beauty, uniqueness, or high flying capacities of their kites. Satirical, or
even raunchy jokes, are told on this day, rather surprisingly, given the shift from the indulgences of Apokries to the
stringencies of Sarakosti.
