T1B

So the wife and I just returned from 2 plus weeks in Greece. We flew thru Paris on Air France because she had a bunch of Delta sky pesos. Air France has a Houston Paris flight and amazingly there was business class space available. We had an overnight in Paris on the way out which sucked but was unavoidable. What a waste of 27 hours. Not to mention CDG airport is one of the worst airports in the world. After that stop we were off to Athens for 4 days, Crete for 6 and Santorini for 6.

So starting in Athens we first visited the Parthenon.






We also visited a theater just below the Partenon.


Then it was off to a church on the other side of the complex.


Found this great little spot for lunch, 5 dishes, beer or wine for each person all for 24 Euros.


Next stop was the original Olympic Stadium. This stadium goes back to 500BC.




We spent the next two days working on business matters in Athens but spent each evening on the roof of our hotel with a pool, bar, and views of the Parthenon.


On our final day in Athens we hiked to the top of the highest point in Athens. Made for decent views.


Then it was off to Crete where we picked up this semi automatic Fiat Punto rental. First time I wanted to kick my own ass on this trip.


Sunset over the old fort in Rethmenon.


One day on Crete we hiked Samaria Gorge. It is the largest Gorge in Europe. We totaled 28 km on this day. We hiked from breakfast to the top of the Gorge, then down thru the gorge to the sea. There we were picked up by boat as there isn't any road into the end of gorge.










Mrs. Seater crossing the stream at the bottom of the gorge.


My view for 90% of the hike.


Mrs. Seater in the Iron Curtain, the gorge walls are 3 meters apart here and 550 meters high.


Post hike refreshment waiting for the boat.


Wait, are we refugees or hikers?


The next day we went to the beach. The day started off cool so Mrs Seater was wearing a bikini and a sweater.




Mrs Seater on our balcony in Crete.


Entrance to our hotel in Santorini.


View from our room in Santorini. Damn Cruise ships showed up every day between 10:00 and 4:00. Therefore we avoided Fira between these times.


Other hotels in the area.


One day we hiked the rim of the caldera from damn near end to end. Totaled 28 km. Mrs Seater on the trail.


View in Oia back to the north.


Bottles? Really?


Rental car in Santorini, second time I wanted to kick my own ass.


Top of the red sand beach we hiked down to one day.


Sailboat beached on the black sand beach.


All in all a great trip and we would return.

Good one. I appreciate the effort it takes to take photos, upload, organize, and post them. Saves us all from having to spend money and time to go see crumbling ruins, rocks, and such.

Not enough Mrs lefty ass shots. There were a few, but, way to much clothing on.

BTW, you look fatter every PET.

Sudden Sam wrote:...or swims with whales...

Would you accept "chats with shutyomouth"? Close enough?

smackaholic wrote: BTW, you look fatter every PET.

You'd think with all the hiking, swimming, snorkeling and skiing they do that Left would lose a pound or 20.

jiminphilly wrote:
You'd think with all the hiking, swimming, snorkeling and skiing they do that Left would lose a pound or 20.

I imagine when his money runs out, he'll lose about 120lbs.

We had an overnight in Paris on the way out which sucked but was unavoidable. What a waste of 27 hours.

If you feel you wasted 27 hours in Paris, that's your fault. Pretty pathetic, actually.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael wrote:

jiminphilly wrote:
You'd think with all the hiking, swimming, snorkeling and skiing they do that Left would lose a pound or 20.

I imagine when his money runs out, he'll lose about 120lbs.

She's more like 115. He boobies are padded.

But that's ok.

There is a difference between being large and being unathletic. My weight has been very steady at about 270 for years now. My resting heart rate, BP etc are likely far better than most on this board. My cardio is excellent. Yes I do wear a 53 in jackets and 42 in pants but those are much smaller than I wore in college. Glad to know y'all are so worried about me.

Oh, and why do you think I would lose so much weight if I suddenly had no money? Being on welfare hasn't reduced the waist size or diabetes rates much. :grin:


Mvscal,

We have been over this before. You love Paris, I don't. I am not a big fan of the food, far to rich for my taste, the smoking which is everywhere, the people - too bad Pariseans aren't like most of the rest of the French, the hotels, the infrastructure, etc. You love it and that's fine. I have been there and seen the sights and try to avoid it as much as possible. Far better European cities in my book. Hell, me avoiding Paris should be better for you, one fewer tourist is a good thing for that town.

jiminphilly wrote:

Shlomart Ben Yisrael wrote:

jiminphilly wrote:
You'd think with all the hiking, swimming, snorkeling and skiing they do that Left would lose a pound or 20.

I imagine when his money runs out, he'll lose about 120lbs.

She's more like 115. He boobies are padded.

But that's ok.

Left Seater wrote:There is a difference between being large and being unathletic. My weight has been very steady at about 270 for years now. My resting heart rate, BP etc are likely far better than most on this board. My cardio is excellent. Yes I do wear a 53 in jackets and 42 in pants but those are much smaller than I wore in college. Glad to know y'all are so worried about me.

Oh, and why do you think I would lose so much weight if I suddenly had no money? Being on welfare hasn't reduced the waist size or diabetes rates much. :grin:


Mvscal,

We have been over this before. You love Paris, I don't. I am not a big fan of the food, far to rich for my taste, the smoking which is everywhere, the people - too bad Pariseans aren't like most of the rest of the French, the hotels, the infrastructure, etc. You love it and that's fine. I have been there and seen the sights and try to avoid it as much as possible. Far better European cities in my book. Hell, me avoiding Paris should be better for you, one fewer tourist is a good thing for that town.

dude, we need to get together for the "fast for an old fat dude" triathalon/death match. I have never actually done a triathalon, yeah, I know, you are all shocked, but I would like to some day. I am starting to get back into cycling to work. Just need to hit the pool.

So, 270, huh? How tall are you?

Nice looking lady. Who's the slob--obviously too heavy to fly?

Height = 6' 3"

As for the tri, let me know. Find one in your area and I will come up there and win the clysdale division.

Thanks for the Mrs. Seater pics, Lefty.




All kidding aside, outstanding PET. That looked like a pretty strenuous hike you two took. 28k but no mention of the elevation climb. I'm going to guess from the pics that it was hardly a stroll up the steps at the air conitioned mall.

Brews look interesting too. Judging from the glass, the second is a hefeweizen?

uh oh

Fried zucchini and nobody's having any? Must be maintaining a strict fried food free diet.


And what are those things on the right? Let me take a guess- Lamb meatballs wrapped in carmelized grape leaves. :?


While you're on it, might as well describe the rest of the fare, including the beer and wine.

While alot of these vacation, home improvement, etc... PET's scream "look at me", on this board...those pics are outstanding. Thanks for sharing.

Brilliant, Lefty, and very-much Archive-worthy. Maybe one of these candy-ass mods drawing a check from this shithole and wasting perfectly-good hoot, oxygen and band-width will take a hint....

Todd,

On the gorge hike we started with about an 11km uphill hike in which we gained about 500 meters in elevation. This got us to the national park entrance where we descended from 3,400 feet to sea level over about 17km. However, the vast majority of that elevation loss was in the first 3km of the hike as we dropped down the gorge walls.

As for the lunch in Athens, we chose the Greek salad (no lettuce found in them in Greece) tzatziki (Greek yoghurt, cucumber, olive oil, garlic), stewed lamb meat balls (no grape leaves on them, just cooked long and slow so the tomato sauce was quite thick), fried zucchini (which we crushed) and grilled red snapper which wasn't one the table yet. That is one that isn't cooked until ordered.

I had an Alpha Beer and the wife had red wine. I am not much of a beer guy, but when 1/2 a liter is the same price as a coke lite, I will drink it. Oh, and the fact vodka, tequila and scotch were about 12 Euros a shot I mostly stuck with beer and wine. This wine was closest to a Merlot, with lots of legs. The other beers I had were Fix and Mythos. All of these were less than 3 Euros for a 1/2 liter.


Thanks Buc.

People can think what they want, but the 5 or 6 guys I have had a drink or a meal with from this board would prolly say I am a pretty genuine guy. And one of the reasons to post the photos is to inspire. I know that I PM'ed a poster here after one of his PETs and he gave me hotel and restaurant suggestions when we visited the same place.

Great P.E.T., Lefty. You captured some great shots.

Left Seater wrote: I am not a big fan of the food, far to rich for my taste,

You don't know shit about French food.

Left Seater wrote: I am not a big fan of the food, far to rich for my taste

Translation: The ketchup at the McDonald's in Paris is much sweeter than in the States.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:

Left Seater wrote: I am not a big fan of the food, far to rich for my taste

Translation: The ketchup at the McDonald's in Paris is much sweeter than in the States.

Assuming he even bothered to waddle out of the hotel to track down a NiggyD's. I did get a pretty good chuckle out of fat boy complaining about "rich food," though.

mvscal wrote:

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:

Left Seater wrote: I am not a big fan of the food, far to rich for my taste

Translation: The ketchup at the McDonald's in Paris is much sweeter than in the States.

Assuming he even bothered to waddle out of the hotel to track down a NiggyD's. I did get a pretty good chuckle out of fat boy complaining about "rich food," though.

Hate all you want, but there wasn't a single fast food meal consumed on our trip.

I know plenty about French food, and it is way down near the bottom of my list.

Left Seater wrote:
Oh, and why do you think I would lose so much weight if I suddenly had no money? Being on welfare hasn't reduced the waist size or diabetes rates much. :grin:

You are a very stupid man.

Greece looks like a beautiful place to visit. Can you get much food that isn't greek? I hate greek food.

I'd spend a week in France, love French food.

And you fail again.

Not surprisingly Mgo is right behind to rack your fail.


Mrs Seater isn't a stay at homer. She has her own successful career, which is why we live in SA now instead of the Houston suburbs. She certainly doesn't need my income.

Left Seater wrote:

mvscal wrote:Assuming he even bothered to waddle out of the hotel to track down a NiggyD's. I did get a pretty good chuckle out of fat boy complaining about "rich food," though.

Hate all you want, but there wasn't a single fast food meal consumed on our trip.

I know plenty about French food, and it is way down near the bottom of my list.

mvscal does have a point. you don't get a body like that passing up food that is too rich.

i figure you have the same issue with french food that i do. the fukkers just don't give you enough!!!!

Left Seater wrote:Not surprisingly Mgo is right behind to rack your fail.

Loosen your tie and calm down. It was funny.

very nice. definitely hit above your average, but, she does have a slightly crazy look. not that that's a bad thing.

Marty, do you have a woman?

trev wrote:Marty, do you have a woman?

OH MY GOD... :o ...I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME...

Sudden Sam wrote: Congrats, Marty!

Finally!!!

I KNOW!

mvscal, you can SUCK IT!

P.S. ~ Sam will you help plan my bachelor party. It's gotta be kickin'!

smackaholic wrote:

very nice. definitely hit above your average, but, she does have a slightly crazy look. not that that's a bad thing.

She's practicing her kegels.

Trev,

Sure in Athens. Not so much in the smaller islands. But if you like seafood you will be fine. As for the French food I am sure mvscal can suggest a few places.

Marty, you're a funny, funny guy.

RACK Trev....excellent judge of character.

Left Seater wrote:I know plenty about French food,

You obviously don't know anything. Why do you even bother to pretend?

mvscal wrote:

Left Seater wrote:I know plenty about French food,

You obviously don't know anything. Why do you even bother to pretend?

He's not pretending.

I guess you've never heard of "French Fries" and "French Toast"?




Look, the guy's only 50 years old and he's sporting a boiler the size of an 80 year old grandpa with a waistband riding up around the throat... and his tit's are bigger than his daughters.

He could pretty much eat a whale... and still be hungry.






He's had his fair share of "French" going down his gullet.