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Greek Orthodox Easter
We are considering visiting Greece during the Greek Orthodox Easter
Next year (2008). This will be our first trip to Greece and some guidebooks recommend against going during Easter especially if this is your first trip. We hear there may be problems finding places to stay and that it may become expensive. Also we don't like large crowds and mass chaos.. We were thinking of being in a smallish town/island (any suggestions?) where there would be some celebrations but nothing too over the top. Is this a reasonable idea? Or should we avoid Easter altogether? Thanks Steve Gerdemann |
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On Apr 18, 3:25 am, steve wrote:
We are considering visiting Greece during the Greek Orthodox Easter Next year (2008). This will be our first trip to Greece and some guidebooks recommend against going during Easter especially if this is your first trip. We hear there may be problems finding places to stay and that it may become expensive. Also we don't like large crowds and mass chaos.. We were thinking of being in a smallish town/island (any suggestions?) where there would be some celebrations but nothing too over the top. Is this a reasonable idea? Or should we avoid Easter altogether? That's a perfectly reasonable idea - we just spent Easter in a small village and there was quite a lot of activity but nothing resembling chaos - at least, not more than the usual amount of chaos you find in Greece. As I mentioned in another thread, we did encounter the problem that restaurants were not serving meat, though veg dishes and fish were no problem. B; |
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On 18 apr, 07:36, Magda magda@eu wrote:
On 17 Apr 2007 21:42:09 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: ... On Apr 18, 3:25 am, steve wrote: ... We are considering visiting Greece during the Greek Orthodox Easter ... Next year (2008). This will be our first trip to Greece and some ... guidebooks recommend against going during Easter especially if this is ... your first trip. We hear there may be problems finding places to stay ... and that it may become expensive. Also we don't like large crowds and ... mass chaos.. ... ... We were thinking of being in a smallish town/island (any suggestions?) ... where there would be some celebrations but nothing too over the top. ... Is this a reasonable idea? Or should we avoid Easter altogether? ... ... That's a perfectly reasonable idea - we just spent Easter in a small ... village and there was quite a lot of activity but nothing resembling ... chaos - at least, not more than the usual amount of chaos you find in ... Greece. As I mentioned in another thread, we did encounter the problem ... that restaurants were not serving meat, though veg dishes and fish ... were no problem. I loved Easter in Greece! Will have to go back some day, if only to see the pasxalina in bloom... and meat be damned, it's only one week! No - I agree - it's not a big deal, especially as the same tavernas that were not serving meat were happy to sell us a load of paidakia for us to cook at home!! One thing that is potentially problematic is travel - on some days it can be busy, booked-up, etc. As an aside, after the "anastasis" church service Mrs B lit lanterns round the house. Next day someone in a shop said "what a lovely idea - surrounding the house with God's light - is that a British tradition?" Errr ... no - it was just some lanterns that she picked up in IKEA and was looking for an excuse to use!! B; ps - for the terminally nosy, Chateau Bartlett is the house below the big tree :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyrh/463756231/ |
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On 18 apr, 11:52, B wrote:
On 17 Apr 2007 21:42:09 -0700, wrote: That's a perfectly reasonable idea - we just spent Easter in a small village and there was quite a lot of activity but nothing resembling chaos - at least, not more than the usual amount of chaos you find in Greece. As I mentioned in another thread, we did encounter the problem that restaurants were not serving meat, though veg dishes and fish were no problem. Surely it was just prior to Easter that they weren't serving meat, that is, during Lent. On Easter Sunday and thereafter meat should be abundantly available. Yes, of course. On Easter Sunday the air was full of the smell of roasting lamb!! B; |
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On 18 apr, 12:13, Martin wrote:
On 18 Apr 2007 02:55:23 -0700, wrote: On 18 apr, 11:52, B wrote: On 17 Apr 2007 21:42:09 -0700, wrote: That's a perfectly reasonable idea - we just spent Easter in a small village and there was quite a lot of activity but nothing resembling chaos - at least, not more than the usual amount of chaos you find in Greece. As I mentioned in another thread, we did encounter the problem that restaurants were not serving meat, though veg dishes and fish were no problem. Surely it was just prior to Easter that they weren't serving meat, that is, during Lent. On Easter Sunday and thereafter meat should be abundantly available. Yes, of course. On Easter Sunday the air was full of the smell of roasting lamb!! A bit like our back garden. Err, yes - more or less identical I would imagine. In fact as I tucked in to a nice chop, looking over the chestnut trees to the mountains beyond, I thought "this reminds me of Leiden". B; |
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On 18 apr, 12:42, Martin wrote:
On 18 Apr 2007 03:31:05 -0700, wrote: On 18 apr, 12:13, Martin wrote: On 18 Apr 2007 02:55:23 -0700, wrote: On 18 apr, 11:52, B wrote: On 17 Apr 2007 21:42:09 -0700, wrote: That's a perfectly reasonable idea - we just spent Easter in a small village and there was quite a lot of activity but nothing resembling chaos - at least, not more than the usual amount of chaos you find in Greece. As I mentioned in another thread, we did encounter the problem that restaurants were not serving meat, though veg dishes and fish were no problem. Surely it was just prior to Easter that they weren't serving meat, that is, during Lent. On Easter Sunday and thereafter meat should be abundantly available. Yes, of course. On Easter Sunday the air was full of the smell of roasting lamb!! A bit like our back garden. Err, yes - more or less identical I would imagine. In fact as I tucked in to a nice chop, looking over the chestnut trees to the mountains beyond, I thought "this reminds me of Leiden". We happen to have chestnut trees in our back garden, but the mountains are hidden by cigarette smoke and fall out from Schiphol. and the curvature of the Earth. B; |
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Martin, the last poster trying to go on and on and on, trolling around "Martin" a écrit dans le message de news: ... On 18 Apr 2007 04:21:48 -0700, wrote: On 18 apr, 12:42, Martin wrote: On 18 Apr 2007 03:31:05 -0700, wrote: On 18 apr, 12:13, Martin wrote: On 18 Apr 2007 02:55:23 -0700, wrote: On 18 apr, 11:52, B wrote: On 17 Apr 2007 21:42:09 -0700, wrote: That's a perfectly reasonable idea - we just spent Easter in a small village and there was quite a lot of activity but nothing resembling chaos - at least, not more than the usual amount of chaos you find in Greece. As I mentioned in another thread, we did encounter the problem that restaurants were not serving meat, though veg dishes and fish were no problem. Surely it was just prior to Easter that they weren't serving meat, that is, during Lent. On Easter Sunday and thereafter meat should be abundantly available. Yes, of course. On Easter Sunday the air was full of the smell of roasting lamb!! A bit like our back garden. Err, yes - more or less identical I would imagine. In fact as I tucked in to a nice chop, looking over the chestnut trees to the mountains beyond, I thought "this reminds me of Leiden". We happen to have chestnut trees in our back garden, but the mountains are hidden by cigarette smoke and fall out from Schiphol. and the curvature of the Earth. and the none so blind factor. -- Martin |
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