Re: Winter in Greece
- Subject: Re: Winter in Greece
- From: R* B* <b*@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 10:45:25 -0800 (PST)
Hey Nick,
(*green with envy*)
What the mediterranean looks like in mid winter? Well, if you look up, it
looks a lot like Seattle. Feels a lot like it too, unless you are lucky
to get "Alkyonidhes" (Halcyon days - where the term comes from I think), a
kind of "indian summer" in the middle of December or January where the
temperature suddenly goes up to 21 or so and the sky clears. I shall wish
you Alkyinidhes.
> countryside near Nafplio in the Peloponnisos. The electricity is not yet
> connected, so things will be at most candle-lit at night, and the bulk of
> the local toad population (Bufo viridis, for herpetologically minded) now
> lives in the water cistern beneath the house.
Just hope you have the heat dealt with....as in a gas canister secured. :)
Enjoy your holiday, and say hi to the Urginea for me. :) You will see
them all over the place, hung on houses and for sale as New Year charms,
so to speak. And be sure and drink some salepi!
Take care
bob
