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Expertise
Crete, Santorini, Peloponnese, Athens....Greece. If you have special questions about visiting Greece. Anything from fact to opinion about visiting!
Experience in the area
Worldwide travel over more than 20 years, in cheap and cheerful and sublime luxury modes; from chain hotels to many invitations to stay in homes, barns, half built houses and more.
What do you like about this subject?
Love the place, much visited and now living in Crete. As I'm creating the greatest website about any destination......but, about Greece, your questions help me learn more about what people need and want to know.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
What information people really need when they travel, what helps anyone get a richer, more delight-filled experience of their visit, wandering or holiday/vacation.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
There are lakes and you can (at a pinch) even ski in Crete! Vines in Santorini are grown in a circular swirl on the ground, not typically upright, so as to grab moisture and be protected against island winds.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
The famed Cretan Kri-Kri (like a goat) is almost non-existent, if you are served this as a dish in a restaurant - ask some detailed questions to try and make sure it's the real thing (perhaps you might be concerned at helping to make such a creature extinct?)
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Recent Reviews from Users
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| steve shelton | 10/28/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | THANKS so very much for your prompt ..... |
| Sara | 08/11/09 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | Thanks so much - we'll keep trying ..... |
| Hal | 07/31/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks for the advice!! |
| DIANE | 07/29/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | thank you |
| aimee | 07/14/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | thanks. that was the inpression I was ..... |
Recent Answers from Roger Ellman
2009-11-09 athens-mykonos ferry:
Prue Best always to check on www.gtp.gr to see any ferries that may be offered in Greece. Bear in mind that many ferry services for May may not be announced until Januaryor February! At the airport
2009-11-05 Travel between port of pireaus & port of:
Stacy Strangely and often with little convenience for those such as you planning a trip well in advance, ferry schedules are often not finalised until January. It is likely there will be a faster
2009-10-30 Santorini at night:
Bernice It's not bad really as cruises (for me) never stay long enough in any one place you get to and really like! It will be dark by 9 in the evening so you will see the sunset, quite special.
2009-10-28 Athens then Mykonos/Santorini? with a infant:
Gaurav A little pressed for time today so apologies for brevity! I suggest Mykonos as it is closer to Athens This is a time of year when weather conditions can delay or have ferries canceled, so
2009-10-27 Address package to Greece:
Steve Many addresses in Greece do not mention a street address. I would send the package as you have written it on your question, the zip code (61300) is the village/town and they will likely know
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