tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post2781919812928973966..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Greece, Zorba....etc.Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-18402453365636652472012-08-25T13:22:28.695-05:002012-08-25T13:22:28.695-05:00Anonymous ~~ Hi! What a super memory to have stas...Anonymous ~~ Hi! What a super memory to have stashed away! <br />He was quite a looker back then. He had what I and a dear, long-gone friend used to call "the typical male Aquarian look" - pleasantly regular features, a well-balanced face - usually dark hair but not always. I used to keep a list of 'em but lost it in a computer crash at some point. <br />:-)<br /><br />His lifestory gives the lie to that old astrologers' myth that Aquarius is cold and stand-offish. ;-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-71168962294385456152012-08-25T11:05:24.382-05:002012-08-25T11:05:24.382-05:00About 35 years ago, while waiting to be seated in ...About 35 years ago, while waiting to be seated in the famed Round Table Restaurant at the Algonquin Hotel in NYC, I turned around to discover a certain Mr Alan Bates standing directly behind me. After Mr Bates gave me the old male once-over, he broke into a most charming smile. (My Aquarius in the 5th?) A fun memory, to be sure. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-28245062878086505222012-08-24T13:03:43.007-05:002012-08-24T13:03:43.007-05:00mike ~~ Hi - and thank you kindly!
Yes, I have to ...mike ~~ Hi - and thank you kindly!<br />Yes, I have to say that I've never heard a bad word about Greece as a vacation destination from those I've met who have visited the country.<br /><br />I was drawn more to Italy than Greece in my younger days, and loved Rome and Milan, but travelled there with a native - my first husband so that probably helped with the issues you mentioned.<br /><br />The USA has been portrayed in many hues and variations hasn't it, and some way, way more scary than in the Zorba movie!<br /><br />There's enough here, though, to last a person more than 2 lifetimes, travel-wise....can't help but love the land.....its government - not so much. <br />;-) Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-28762953058962264572012-08-24T12:54:43.401-05:002012-08-24T12:54:43.401-05:00anyjazz ~~ Strange, wan't it? I suppose we ha...anyjazz ~~ Strange, wan't it? I suppose we have to remember that it's a movie (or more accurately a book) of its time; the book was published in 1946 we're talking about the early 1940s or even some years earlier, long before the tourism polishers had softened rough edges of any destination. The book would probably have been a better introduction to the story and its ideas - I suspect.<br /><br /> Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-80609543619398664062012-08-24T11:53:26.887-05:002012-08-24T11:53:26.887-05:00I certainly enjoy your eclectic blog and want to s...I certainly enjoy your eclectic blog and want to say thanks! I visited Greece with most of my time on Crete...what a wonderful country! I was treated like family in most places. Can't say the same for Italy, where I was constantly on-guard for rip-offs and weirdness. Don't let movies sway you...I've seen many movies about this country (USA) that made me shiver.mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-9627817617316445622012-08-24T11:26:56.262-05:002012-08-24T11:26:56.262-05:00You're right. The whole movie made me uncomfo...You're right. The whole movie made me uncomfortable. Every scene. I was never sure why.anyjazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319237414264543250noreply@blogger.com