Was looking through some old stuff yesterday and found a few slips of paper from some of the old little memories from Athens in the ole days.
Tag Archives | 1988
Park Parties
living as we did in the mmiddle of such an inhuman landscape we yearned for the feel of earth on our feet.
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Porto Germeno
We rarely gpot to go out en masse but this time, pre season, Manolis excelled himself.
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Chasing Chickens
It was evening in Oinoi train station, an hour’s north of Athens and a dark and isolated place. We were the only lights for many miles around and we were gathered there waiting on a train. The only thing really to do in the station was to eat and drink. and we did.
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Edelweiss Souvlakia
Somehow, come the end of many an evening Julie and I would find ourselves in a Souvlatsidiko on Patission Street, we used to order a couple of souvlaki pittas with tzatziki and beers and sit on the white marble steps outside as the sun threatened to rise. I dont know what the bar was called, [...]
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Getting to Eleusina
Running trains meant an ever vigilant presence on any incoming trains to Athens. One of the busiest ( as it linked up with a Brindisi – Patras ferry – was the 309 this came into Eleusina at around 4pm each day, though it was, like most trains, late often as not. Trouble is that there was [...]
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Piraeus
Of course the busy port of Piraeus did not escape our attention. I often had to catch the early bus from Omonia to the port and wait for the early morning ferries to come our way.
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Zippi Zappa Malia
Opposite of where we worked was a very narrow, yet deep bar called Zippi Zappa. It was run by two smiling fellows,:Stavros and Michalis. We, Andy, Ian and I, often wandered in there at some stage of the evening for B52′s or Tequila Slammers. The place always had a good vibe.
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Eleusis portal to Attica
here in fading light I learnt a lot, I sat with Tim and Larry as distant lights lit up tracts of track towards us. I sat with many friends : Ahmed, Candia, Dave, Kenny, Thomas, Bea, Hannes, Lars, Patrick and others- so many others, as diesel trains made their way through the night to us, [...]
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